Year-End Lists

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

The Girls

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

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