Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Jon Pareles: New York Times: Best Albums of 2024
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound Poll: Ten Best Films of 2020
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Lists

The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Pareles · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
Fleabag
Stranger Things
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Social Network David Fincher
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Doga Juana Molina
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh

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