Year-End Lists

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

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by Hayes Carll

Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter

Favorite Albums of 2016: No Depression

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
50 Best Albums of 2018 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
‘Til Madness Do Us Part Wang Bing
Tabu Miguel Gomes
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Nope Jordan Peele
Ash is Purest White Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
XXX Danny Brown
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel & Ethan Coen
Certified Copy Abbas Kiarostami
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade

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