Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The 30 Best Podcasts of the 2010s: Paste

The 30 Best Podcasts of 2022: Esquire

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Magdalene FKA twigs
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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