Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

Movies
One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Esquire: Max Cea The 10 Best Movies of 2025

TV Shows
Pluribus

Autostraddle The Best TV Of 2025 With Lesbian, Queer Women and Trans Characters

Music
Lux - Rosalía

Independent The 20 Best Albums of 2025

TV Shows
The Pitt

Alan Sepinwall The Best TV Shows of 2025

Books
Exit Zero - Marie-Helene Bertino

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

Movies
The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça Filho

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2025

Books
Dead and Alive - Zadie Smith

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2025

TV Shows
Adolescence

Boston Globe: Chris Vognar The Top Ten Best TV Shows of 2025

Movies
The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson 10 Best Movies of 2025

Music
Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse

The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano Top 50 Albums of 2025

Poetry
Salvage - Hedgie Choi

New York Times: Elisa Gabbert The Best Poetry of 2025

Books
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

Books
The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

WBEZ The Best Reads of 2025

Music
Lux - Rosalía

Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2025

Movies
Sinners - Ryan Coogler

IGN The Best Movie of 2025

Music
Lonely People with Power - Deafheaven

Brooklyn Vegan Top 55 Albums of 2025

Movies
One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Playlist The 25 Best Films of 2025

Books
Nobody's Girl - Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The i Paper: Anna Bonet The 10 Best Books of 2025

Movies
The Brutalist - Brady Corbet

The i Paper: Christina Newland The 10 Best Films of 2025

Music
We Were Made Prey - Kathryn Joseph

God Is In The TV Albums of the Year 2025

Books
Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson

Christian Science Monitor The Top 25 Books for 2025

TV Shows
The Lowdown

Uproxx The Best TV Shows of 2025

Music
Getting Killed - Geese

Far Out The 50 Best Albums of 2025

Books
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

USA Today Best Books of 2025

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