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
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2016
Vulture Podcast Survey: The Best Podcasts of 2023
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023
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2018 Movies
The Playlist: 25 Best Films of 2018
15 December 2018
The Playlist
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25 Best Films of 2018
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You Were Never Really Here
Lynne Ramsay
First Reformed
Paul Schrader
Hereditary
Ari Aster
Annihilation
Alex Garland
Burning
Lee Chang-dong
Roma
Alfonso Cuaron
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham
The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos
Leave No Trace
Debra Granik
Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino
Paddington 2
Paul King
First Man
Damien Chazelle
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
Mandy
Panos Cosmatos
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Morgan Neville
Sorry to Bother You
Boots Riley
Wildlife
Paul Dano
The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci
Private Life
Tamara Jenkins
A Star Is Born
Bradley Cooper
BlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee
The Rider
Chloé Zhao
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Just a point or two from cracking the top 25
Blindspotting
Carlos López Estrada
Vice
Adam McKay
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller
Cold War
Pawel Pawlikowski
Crazy Rich Asians
Jon M. Chu
After that
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Christopher McQuarrie
Widows
Steve McQueen
Thunder Road
Jim Cummings
Thoroughbreds
Cory Finley
Love, Simon
Greg Berlanti
Incredibles 2
Brad Bird
Let the Sunshine In
Claire Denis
The Tale
Jennifer Fox
Custody
Xavier Legrand
Claire’s Camera
Hong Sang-soo
Game Night
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Upgrade
Leigh Whannell
Madeline’s Madeline
Josephine Decker
1985
Yen Tan
Araby
João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa
Foxtrot
Samuel Maoz
Minding the Gap
Bing Liu
Vox Lux
Brady Corbet
Museo
Alonso Ruizpalacios
This Is Congo
Daniel McCabe