Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Stephanie Zacharek: Time: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Sarah Larson: New Yorker: The Best Podcasts of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Best Albums of 2025
Best Albums of 2024
Best Albums of 2023
Best Albums of 2018
Best Albums of 2017

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The 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Pose
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Margaret Kenneth Lonergan
Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger
After the Flood
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
I Love You Jennifer B Jockstrap
Wish Defense FACS
Presence Steven Soderbergh
Andor
Chromakopia Tyler, The Creator
Liberation Day George Saunders

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