Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Filmmaker Magazine: Top 50 Films of 2019
Uproxx: Best Albums of 2021
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The Dig

by Simon Stone

Appears on two lists

The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste

The Best Movies of 2021: Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best Films Of 2024 The Playlist
Best Albums of 2022 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
Best Albums of 2021 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Boyhood Richard Linklater
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
Chicken for Linda! Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
The Lighthouse Alison Moore
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka
Depreciated John R. Miller
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
Coming Apart Body/Head
Gloss Drop Battles
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones

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