Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple

The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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