Year-End Lists

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

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1. The Best Albums of 2020: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
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1. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste

Trending Lists

Top 5 Films of 2012 David Thompson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Paste
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture

Trending Works

Yellow & Green Baroness
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
I Wish I Knew (2010) Jia Zhang-ke
Good Luck, Take Care Terry Klein
Visions of Dallas Charley Crockett
Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise Jaimie Branch
Brahms – Schumann Yuuko Shiokawa & András Schiff
Damn Kendrick Lamar
just like any other day (어느날) : background music for your mundane activities Okkyung Lee
Atlas of Green Dialect
Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan The Mountain Goats
Take Care BigXthaPlug
Warm Blanket Worriers
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

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