Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2018: The Playlist

Best TV Shows of 2018: NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 In Review Online
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Hundreds of Beavers Mike Cheslik
Boom Town Sam Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Forever, episode "Andre and Sarah"
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Andor
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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