Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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A.V. Club: Year in Film 2011
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
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American Standard
Shame
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey
2. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
Wake in Fright
1. 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
2013 Award The Booker Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Year in Film 2011 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top Ten Albums of 2024 Clémence Polès Farhang

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Take It, It's Yours Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan
Carnivale Electricos Galactic
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Dancing While Falling Quantic
Cliff Walkers Zhang Yimou
Paradise Slow Club
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
Grown Unknown Lia Ices
Removal Acts Erin Marie Lynch
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Ocean to Ocean Tori Amos
The Identity Trap Yascha Mounk

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