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
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
- Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
We the People Jill Lepore
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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