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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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Circumstantial Pleasures

by Lewis Klahr

Lists

My Favorite Films of 2020: Simon Abrams

Top 25 Films of 2020: In Review Online
Best Movies of 2020: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo David Fincher
Noble
The History of Money David McWilliams
The Apothecary Diaries
National Average Big Special
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Weapons Zach Cregger
Anora Sean Baker
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
Stochastic Drift Barker
Gen V
Mrs. Fletcher
Reservation Dogs

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