Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Jake Coyle: AP: Top 10 Movies of 2014
Scott Tobias: The Dissolve: Top 15 Films of 2014
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

Appears on two lists

The Eight Best Podcasts of 2023: WBEZ: Nerdette
My 25 Favorite New Podcasts of 2023: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

Trending Lists

Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
50 Best Albums of 2016 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Intermezzo Sally Rooney
Galore Oklou
Circle of Hope Eliza Griswold
Mrs. Fletcher
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles Elijah Fox
Hold on to Your Heart The XCERTS
Live at Jerry’s Emily Robb
A Glitch in the Matrix Rodney Ascher
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Michele Filgate (editor)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers
In Each and Every One Polar Bear
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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