Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Peter Kubelka

Arnulf Rainer (1960) + Antiphon + Monument Film installation
- Top 5 Films of 2012: Gabe Klinger: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Works

Breathe Mélanie Laurent
A Shining Jon Fosse
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Good Mothers
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Legion
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez

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