Year-End Lists

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

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Kate Muir: Sight & Sound: Top 5 Films of 2012
NPR: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011
Roger Koza: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2014
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The First Woman

by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

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The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
Books of the Year 2011 Benjamin Schwarz · Atlantic
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade Matt Patches · Polygon
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Fly
The 10 Best Books of 2014 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2014 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop

Trending Works

La grazia Paolo Sorrentino
Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo
$uccessor Dedekind Cut
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St Swamp Dogg
Floating Features La Luz
Collapse Aphex Twin
Renaissance Beyoncé
Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck
Decadence and Decay Silver Talon
Sinners Ryan Coogler
As You Were Liam Gallagher
Honey Samia
The Haunted Wood Sam Leith

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