Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Dana Stevens: Slate: The Best Movies of 2020
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Brad Luen: 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 10 Albums of 2017 NPR · NPR Music
10 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2020 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best TV Shows of 2023 Esquire
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
45 Favorite Albums of My 2025 Brad Luen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Books of 2025 USA Today

Trending Works

The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland
Lágrimas De Primavera Letters from my Garden
Red Memory Tania Branigan
XXX Danny Brown
Captain Fantastic Matt Ross
The Club Pablo Larraín
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang
Large Animals Jess Arndt
Baby (Being a black youth) One Be Lo
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet Ana Katz
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
HoodWitch Faylita Hicks
Sex Education
Estradas Nídia & Valentina

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