Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Films of 2017: John Waters: Artforum

Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes

Trending Works

Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hijack
Le Kov Gwenno
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Death Farm Carl Hauck
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock

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