Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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20 Best Books of 2020
The Best Books of 2019
15 Best Books of 2018
11 Favorite Books of 2017

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Nichole Perkins
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Eddington Ari Aster
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Feu Nekfeu
28 Years Later Danny Boyle

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