Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Sight & Sound Poll: The Best Films of 2020
IndieWire: The Best TV Shows of the 2010s
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Summer Farah

I Could Die Today and Live Again
- Best Poetry Collections of 2024: Electric Lit Additional Favorite Poetry Collections

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of the 2010s IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Communion Park Jiha
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Cool Planet Guided by Voices
Hata Unacheza: Sub-Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s various artists
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
The Open Book Sessions Ronica & The Blazing Stars
From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art Shinichi Atobe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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