Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Paste: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
Quietus: Albums of the Year 2025
Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times: 20 Best Movies of 2012
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by Jesse Ball

Lists

Best Books Of 2018: Kristin Iversen: Nylon
Best Fiction of 2018: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Favorite Albums of 2022 Steven Hyden · Uproxx
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Paste
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Consequence
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Films of 2011 Jonathan Rosenbaum · IndieWire · Village Voice Film Poll
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex

Trending Works

Bombshell
Ear Hustle
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
The Price of Tea in China Boldy James & The Alchemist
Jackass Forever Jeff Tremaine
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Pacifiction Albert Serra
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Juror #2 Clint Eastwood
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
thank u, next Ariana Grande
World of Tomorrow Don Hertzfeldt
Instant Life Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, Andrew Kim

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