Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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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

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times

Trending Works

Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Get Out Jordan Peele
Belonging and Betrayal Charles Dellheim
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Time Garrett Bradley
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
A Man on the Inside

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