Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2016
Sight & Sound: Top 20 Films of 2014
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
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Essentials
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1. Top 20 Albums of 2023: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Master Mariama Diallo
This Is Not a Movie Yung Chang
The Dirties Matt Johnson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Rebel Ridge Jeremy Saulnier
The Kid with a Bike Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Burning Lee Chang-dong
House of the Seasons Jung Min Oh
Longlegs Osgood Perkins
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Super-Infinite Katherine Rundell
Thoroughbreds Cory Finley
Caste Isabel Wilkerson

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