Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Nashville Scene

Lists

The 2020 Jim Ridley Film Poll
The 10 Best Films of 2020 Jason Shawhan
The 2019 Jim Ridley Film Poll
The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll
The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Out of Touch Jaakko Eino Kalevi
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong
Communion Park Jiha
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
The Harbingers

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