Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2011
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
Hip Hop Golden Age: The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020
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by Jill Lepore

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10 Best Books for 2023: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune

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25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020 Hip Hop Golden Age
Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 Kirkus Reviews
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Paste
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
Best Nonfiction of 2022 Powell's Books
Dean's List 2020 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Joy David O. Russell
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
A Black Screen Too Rhayne Vermette
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Smote Reverser Oh Sees
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel & Ethan Coen
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg
Ambulance Michael Bay
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Osgood Perkins
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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