Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2014
IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2014
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2024 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2023 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2022 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2021 · Anthony Fantano
50 Best Albums of 2020 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2019 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2018 · Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2017 · Anthony Fantano

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club

Trending Works

Pareidolia Eiko Ishibashi & Jim O’Rourke
Sweet Enough Sam and Louise Sullivan
Internal Drone Infinity Living Hour
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Clone Row Ches Smith
Gravity Joona Toivanen Trio
Fire of God’s Love Sister Irene O’Connor
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum
Listen Ship Henry Threadgill
New Blood John McNally
Places of Unknowing Jamie Lidell
Legends Wilson Tanner

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