Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Wesley Morris: Grantland: Top 30 Movies of 2014
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Jake Coyle: AP: Top 10 Movies of 2014
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BBC Culture

Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025
The 24 Best Books of 2024
The 20 Best Films of 2024
The 20 Best Films of 2023
The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022
The 20 Best Films of 2022
The 21 Best TV Shows of 2022
10 Best Albums of 2021
The Best Books of the Year 2020 · Lindsay Baker
Best Albums of 2020 · Nick Levine
The 10 Best Books of 2016 · Jane Ciabattari
The 10 Best Books of 2015 · Jane Ciabattari
The 10 Best Books of 2014 · Jane Ciabattari
The Top 10 Books of 2013 · Jane Ciabattari

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
50 Best Albums of 2016 Pitchfork
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Mincemeat Leonardo Lucarelli
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
In Each and Every One Polar Bear
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Intermezzo Sally Rooney
Better Go Mad in the Wild Miro Remo
A Glitch in the Matrix Rodney Ascher
Hold on to Your Heart The XCERTS
Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles Elijah Fox
Mrs. Fletcher
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Live at Jerry’s Emily Robb
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers
Channel Orange Frank Ocean

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