Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire: Favorite Films of 2011
Steven Hyden: Uproxx: Favorite Albums of 2022
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Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

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The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Consequence
Favorite Films of 2011 Jonathan Rosenbaum · IndieWire · Village Voice Film Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Paste
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Albums of 2022 Steven Hyden · Uproxx
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard

Trending Works

The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Pacifiction Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
The Price of Tea in China Boldy James & The Alchemist
Juror #2 Clint Eastwood
thank u, next Ariana Grande
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
Ear Hustle
World of Tomorrow Don Hertzfeldt
Instant Life Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, Andrew Kim
Jackass Forever Jeff Tremaine
Either/Or Elif Batuman

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