Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

2018's 12 Best Movies Vogue
10 Best Movies of 2017 Vogue
Best Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 11 Films of 2015 Vogue

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Serpent
All the Cities of the North Dane Komljen
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
A Hologram for the King Tom Tykwer
Technically Acceptable Ethan Iverson
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
France Bruno Dumont
Tomboy Panda Bear
Who Is Government? Michael Lewis
Borrasca

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