Year-End Lists

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

Goodbye to Language - Jean-Luc Godard

J Hoberman: Artforum 10 Best Films of 2014

Trouble in Paradise - La Roux

Time Out London 30 Best Albums of 2014

Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!

Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ Top 40 Albums of 2014

Food - Kelis

Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune Top 20 Albums of 2014

Euphoria - Lily King

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2014

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York The 20 Best Movies of 2020

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson

David Ehrlich: Little White Lies 25 Best Films of 2014

Lese Majesty - Shabazz Palaces

Gorilla vs. Bear 35 Favorite Albums of 2014

Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels

Stereogum 50 Best Albums of 2014

Li’l Quinquin - Bruno Dumont

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2014

Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs

Paste 50 Best Albums of 2014

Songs of Innocence - U2

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2014

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Sight & Sound Top 20 Films of 2014

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - Roz Chast

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2014

Citizen - Claudia Rankine

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2014

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2014

John Waters: Artforum 10 Best Films of 2014

St. Vincent - St. Vincent

NME Top 50 Albums of 2014

Morning Phase - Beck

Mojo 50 Best Albums of 2014

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music - Sturgill Simpson

American Songwriter Top 50 Albums of 2014

Black Metal - Dean Blunt

Crack Magazine Albums of the Year 2014

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Washington Post The Ten Best Books of 2014

How to Be Both - Ali Smith

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2014

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - Roz Chast

Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction 2014