Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Women's Prize: Fiction 2026
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Albums of the Year 2025
Albums of the Year 2024
Top 50 Albums of 2023
Albums of the Year 2022
Albums of 2021
Albums of the Year 2020

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Horses Jake Skeets
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Defiance Loubna Mrie
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron

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