Year-End Lists

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

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top Ten Films of 2022 Brian Darr · Senses of Cinema · Senses of Cinema World Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2022 Clémence Polès Farhang
Top 10 Films of 2022 Cinema Scope
Best Films of 2022 Elena Lazic · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.