Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Maureen Ryan

Lists

My Top 10 Movies of 2021
My Top 11 TV Shows of 2021
Top TV Shows of 2018
20 Best TV Shows of 2017 Variety
20 Best TV Shows of 2016 Variety

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Resurrection Bi Gan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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