Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Owen Gleiberman: Variety: The Best Movies of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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Lists

The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019: Wired UK

Trending Lists

Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Fin John Talabot
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Rakshak Bloodywood
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma

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