Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
- 15 Best Movies of 2011: Nerve

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Antidote Karen Russell
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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