Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2026
Wesley Morris: Grantland: Top 30 Movies of 2014
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2026
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Paperbacks from Hell

The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix

Appears on one list

24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
80 Best Albums of 2026 Uncut
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Best Films of 2026 Jordan Cronk · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Switzy Emma Cline
Gloria Don’t Speak Lucy Apps
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer
Joker: Folie à Deux Todd Phillips
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The End of Everything M. John Harrison
The Eleventh Hour Salman Rushdie
Selma Ava DuVernay
Things to Come Mia Hansen-Løve
Alouette! Les Louanges

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