Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
Consequence: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s
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1. The Top Ten Best Movies of 2020: Kyle Smith: National Review
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1. Best Films of 2016: Ren Jender: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2011 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club

Trending Works

The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Borrasca
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Tomboy Panda Bear
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro
The Serpent
France Bruno Dumont
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
A Hologram for the King Tom Tykwer
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Who Is Government? Michael Lewis
I'm a Virgo Boots Riley

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