Year-End Lists

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

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Emily St. James: Vox: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019
IndieWire: Best Films of 2011
Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2018
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Trending Lists

Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2016 A.A. Dowd · A.V. Club
The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019 Emily St. James · Vox
The Best Books of 2021 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 35 Films of 2015 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 Loudwire
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 20 Films of 2014 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg
House of the Seasons Jung Min Oh
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Caste Isabel Wilkerson
The Dirties Matt Johnson
Dust Laurel Halo
Tyrel Sebastián Silva
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright
Censor Prano Bailey-Bond
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Moonlight Barry Jenkins

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