Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Podcasts of 2018: Sarah Larson: New Yorker
15 Best Podcasts of 2018: Peter Larsen: Mercury News

The Best Podcasts of 2021: Sarah Larson: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Middle Jesse Welles
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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