Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike D’Angelo: Top Ten Films of 2025
In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
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Lists

10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Brandon Katz

Trending Lists

Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top Ten Films of 2025 Mike D’Angelo
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 100 Albums of 2023 Under the Radar
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020 Hip Hop Golden Age
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Brendan Menapace · Esquire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Infantilised Keith J. Hayward
Songs of Praise Shame
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Animated Violence Mild Blanck Mass
Everything’s Getting Older Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Blackstar David Bowie
Holy Ghost Modern Baseball
A Brief Introduction To Unnatural Lightyears Olivia Wilde
Music For People In Trouble Susanne Sundfør
Street Worms Viagra Boys
Paradise Slow Club
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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