Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Why Poetry

by Matthew Zapruder

Appears on three lists

Best Books of 2017: Entropy

Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger
36 Best Books of 2017: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
10 Best Films of 2018 Mark Kermode · Observer
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2024 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Digital Garbage Mudhoney
Floating Features La Luz
A Very English Scandal
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Testing A$AP Rocky
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Nana Jean Renoir
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Blackstar David Bowie
What You Want Maureen N. McLane
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Sugar & Spice Hatchie
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins

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