Year-End Lists

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

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Top 20 of 2020: Folk Alley

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Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant

Trending Works

Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Rakshak Bloodywood
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman
Gladiator II Ridley Scott

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