Year-End Lists

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

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Paste: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Ty Burr: The Best Movies of 2025
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Blood Oaths Of The New Blues
- 2013 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
Briarwood
- Top 20 of 2011: Raven Sings the Blues

Trending Lists

50 Best Albums of 2014 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
The Best Movies of 2025 Ty Burr
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Narcos: Mexico
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
The Onania Club Tom Six
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
May December Todd Haynes
Thelma Joachim Trier
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Last Summer Catherine Breillat

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