Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best TV of 2020 Washington Post
Best TV shows of 2019 Washington Post
Best TV Shows of 2018 Washington Post
20 Best TV Shows of 2017 Washington Post
20 Best TV Shows of 2016 Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Hallow Road Babak Anvari

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