Year-End Lists

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

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A.V. Club: Year in Film 2011
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
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The Paranoid Style

The Interrogator
- My Favorite Music of 2024: Steve Erickson
For Executive Meeting
1. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau
A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life
1. Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau
Rock and Roll Just Can't Recall + 3
1. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
Underworld USA
1. Dean's List 2017: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best 15 Films of 2024 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Year in Film 2011 A.V. Club
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Fly
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Cliff Walkers Zhang Yimou
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Ocean to Ocean Tori Amos
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
Close Your Eyes Víctor Erice
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
Insomnia Marina Benjamin

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