Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
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Sight & Sound
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The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
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Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire
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Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Werner Herzog
Family Romance, LLC
The 50 Best Movies of 2020
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Paste
Notable Films of 2020
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Glenn Kenny
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
The Best Movies of 2020
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Nick Schager: Esquire
Notable Films of 2020
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Glenn Kenny
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Top Ten Films of 2016
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Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
Into the Inferno
28 Best Movies of 2016
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Manohla Dargis: New York Times
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best Films of 2011
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Peter Bradshaw: Guardian
50 Best Released Films of 2011
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Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
25 Best Films of 2011
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Slant
Top 10 Films of 2011
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Nick Schager: Slant
Top 10 Films of 2011
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Ed Gonzalez: Slant
Top 10 Movies of 2011
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Dana Stevens: Slate
Best Films of 2011
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Tasha Robinson: A.V. Club
The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s
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Stephanie Zacharek: Time
Into the Abyss
Best Films of 2011
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Alison Willmore: A.V. Club
Best Films of 2011
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Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012
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Thirza Wakefield: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2011
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A.O. Scott: New York Times
Top 10 Movies of 2011
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David Edelstein: New York