Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best TV Shows of 2019: Complex

The Best TV of 2019: David Bianculli: NPR: Fresh Air

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Getting Killed Geese
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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