Year-End Lists

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

Andor

The Playlist The Best TV Of 2025

Fela Kuti: Fear No Man

Benjamin Cannon: Atlantic The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025

Adolescence

Guardian The 50 Best TV Shows of 2025

Altruism - Dale Cornish

Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus The Best of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Max Cea: Esquire 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

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

W The Best Movies of 2025

The Pitt

Esquire The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025

Stag Dance - Torrey Peters

Traci Thomas: WBUR Top Books of 2025

Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2025

There Is No Place for Us - Brian Goldstone

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2025

Adolescence

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

The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Odie Henderson: Boston Globe 10 Best Movies of 2025

Pluribus

W The Best TV Shows of 2025

Train Dreams - Clint Bentley

Bilge Ebiri: Slate Top 20 Films of 2025

Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 50 Albums of 2025

I Do Know Some Things - Richard Siken

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2025

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

People The 10 Best Movies of 2025

Lux - Rosalía

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The Best Albums of 2025

Ruth - Kate Riley

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