Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Hard Knocks: Los Angeles

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The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020: Atlantic

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Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Predators David Osit
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Urchin Harris Dickinson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time

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