Year-End Lists

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

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Esquire: Max Cea The 10 Best Movies of 2025

Pluribus

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

Lux - Rosalía

Independent The 20 Best Albums of 2025

The Pitt

Alan Sepinwall The Best TV Shows of 2025

Lonely Crowds - Stephanie Wambugu

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

Hamnet - Chloé Zhao

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2025

There Is No Place for Us - Brian Goldstone

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2025

Adolescence

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

The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson 10 Best Movies of 2025

Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse

The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano Top 50 Albums of 2025

Salvage - Hedgie Choi

New York Times: Elisa Gabbert The Best Poetry of 2025

Mutual Interest - Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

Ruth - Kate Riley

Jezebel: Nora Biette-Timmons The Best New Novels of 2025

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

WBEZ The Best Reads of 2025

Lux - Rosalía

Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

IGN The Best Movie of 2025

Lonely People with Power - Deafheaven

Brooklyn Vegan Top 55 Albums of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Playlist The 25 Best Films of 2025

Nobody's Girl - Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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

The Brutalist - Brady Corbet

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

We Were Made Prey - Kathryn Joseph

God Is In The TV Albums of the Year 2025

Good Dirt - Charmaine Wilkerson

Christian Science Monitor The Top 25 Books for 2025

All Her Fault

Uproxx The Best TV Shows of 2025