Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
RogerEbert.com: Christina Newland: Top Ten Films of 2017
Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
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2018 Movies
Paste: 50 Best Movies of 2018
29 December 2018
Paste Magazine
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50 Best Movies of 2018
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First Reformed
Paul Schrader
Annihilation
Alex Garland
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Christopher McQuarrie
Hereditary
Ari Aster
You Were Never Really Here
Lynne Ramsay
Burning
Lee Chang-dong
The Rider
Chloé Zhao
Widows
Steve McQueen
Mandy
Panos Cosmatos
Roma
Alfonso Cuaron
Lean On Pete
Andrew Haigh
Paddington 2
Paul King
Leave No Trace
Debra Granik
The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joel & Ethan Coen
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson
Incredibles 2
Brad Bird
Private Life
Tamara Jenkins
The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci
Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley
Avengers: Infinity Wars
Anthony and Joe Russo
Zama
Lucrecia Martel
BlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee
A Star Is Born
Bradley Cooper
Happy as Lazzaro
Alice Rohrwacher
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller
Cold War
Pawel Pawlikowski
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
Bisbee '17
Robert Greene
Bodied
Joseph Kahn
Apostle
Gareth Evans
Support the Girls
Andrew Bujalski
First Man
Damien Chazelle
Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino
Blindspotting
Carlos López Estrada
Thoroughbreds
Cory Finley
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski
Game Night
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Let the Sunshine In
Claire Denis
The Night Comes for Us
Timo Tjahjanto
Thunder Road
Jim Cummings
Minding the Gap
Bing Liu
Shirkers
Sandi Tan
Crazy Rich Asians
Jon M. Chu
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Desiree Akhavan