Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Emily St. James: Vox: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019
Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2016
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Lists

The Best TV Shows of 2025 Variety
The Best TV Shows of 2024 Variety
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Variety
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 The Ringer
10 Best TV Shows of 2016 The Ringer

Trending Lists

Top 20 Films of 2014 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Films of 2016 A.A. Dowd · A.V. Club
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019 Emily St. James · Vox
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Books of 2022 Economist
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2021 Economist
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 Loudwire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Tyrel Sebastián Silva
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
House of the Seasons Jung Min Oh
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Caste Isabel Wilkerson
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Censor Prano Bailey-Bond
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
The Dirties Matt Johnson

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