Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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Lists

The 50 Best Podcasts of 2020: Atlantic

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Brendan Menapace: Esquire
The 30 Best Podcasts of 2022: Esquire
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019: Wired UK

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Flashlight Susan Choi
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Foretold
Parasomnia Dream Theater
By the Stream Hong Sang-soo
More Pulp
Sex Education
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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