Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024
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National Review

Lists

The Top Ten Best Films of 2021 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2020 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Films of 2019 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2018 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Movies of 2017 Kyle Smith

Trending Lists

Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

End Explosions in the Sky
All That Glitters Orlando Whitfield
to hell with it PinkPantheress
King of the Hill
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes
SOS Deluxe: LANA SZA
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Sipsworth Simon Van Booy
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Buckeye Patrick Ryan

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