Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Albums of 2020 NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Albums of 2019 NPR · Fresh Air
Favorite Albums of 2018 NPR · Fresh Air
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Yahoo

Trending Lists

Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Enoch GoldLink
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman
The Spin Messa
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Influencers Kurtis David Harder
XXX Danny Brown
The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard
I Shall Die Here The Body
Barry
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Couples Therapy
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
The Sum of Us Heather McGhee
Your Honor

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