Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The Best Films of 2020
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
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Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2023: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

50 Best Albums of 2014 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Ty Burr
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork

Trending Works

In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Onania Club Tom Six
Thelma Joachim Trier
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
May December Todd Haynes
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Last Summer Catherine Breillat
Narcos: Mexico

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