Year-End Lists

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

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Chris Ryan
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Amanda Dobbins
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Sean Fennessey

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Adolescence
Suspicious Minds
Wellwater Karen Solie
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Too Much
Museum Music Edward Skeletrix
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
At Fargrounds Jacken Elswyth
Big Time Angel Olsen
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
John & Paul Ian Leslie

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