Year-End Lists

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

Esther Perel

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel
1. The 50 Best Podcasts of 2018: Atlantic
The State of Affairs
- Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2022 Clémence Polès Farhang
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2022 Cinema Scope
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2022 Elena Lazic · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2022 Brian Darr · Senses of Cinema · Senses of Cinema World Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.