Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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by Ross Lipman

Lists

10 Best Films of 2015: Nicole Brenez: Artforum

Top 15 Movies of 2016: Dana Stevens: Slate
20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Autumn Nathaniel Dorsky
Snack Shack Adam Carter Rehmeier
Fargo
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
Stochastic Drift Barker
The Art of Uncertainty David Spiegelhalter
Good Girl Aria Aber
Dos estaciones Juan Pablo González
Caveman Wakes Up Friendship
I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey

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