Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014
Owen Gleiberman: Variety: The Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2022: Atlantic
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
The Best Books of 2022: New York: Vulture
Best Books of 2021: New Statesman
Best Fiction of 2021: Guardian

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
50 Best Albums of 2014 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Poetry of 2025 Elisa Gabbert · New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Narcos: Mexico
The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Last Summer Catherine Breillat
XXX Danny Brown
Fleabag
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Thelma Joachim Trier
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
May December Todd Haynes

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