Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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John Waters: Artforum: 10 Best Films of 2014
Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2022
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The Air Year

by Caroline Bird

Lists

Best Poetry Books of 2020: Guardian

Trending Lists

10 Best Films of 2014 John Waters · Artforum
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
80 Best Albums of 2013 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
The Broken King Michael Thomas
Is This Thing On? Bradley Cooper
Cool Town Grace Elizabeth Hale
Eddington Ari Aster
Sorry to Bother You The Coup
On Falling Laura Carreira
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
The Intentions of Thunder Patricia Smith
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Bright I Burn Molly Aitken
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Outside Noise Ted Fendt

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