Year-End Lists
A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
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New York Times
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The 10 Best Books of 2024
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
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Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist
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The Best Books of 2025
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Corneliu Porumboiu
The Whistlers
The Best Films of 2020
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Noel Murray: A.V. Club
The Best Movies of 2020
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Richard Brody: New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2020
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Nictate
Top Ten Films of 2020
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Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
The Best Films of 2020
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Slant
Best Movies of 2020
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IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Films of 2020
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Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
The 50 Best Movies of 2020
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Paste
The Best Movies of 2020
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Nick Schager: Esquire
My Favorite Movies of 2020
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Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Films of 2020
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Jason Shawhan: Nashville Scene
Best Films of 2020
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Glenn Heath Jr.
Infinite Football
Top 20 Films of 2018
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Jordan Cronk
Best Movies of 2018
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Richard Brody: New Yorker
Best Movies of 2018
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The Ringer
Best Films of 2018
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Glenn Kenny
The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the 2010s
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Richard Brody: New Yorker
The Treasure
Best Films of 2016
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Robert Koehler: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Mike Rubin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Ed Gonzalez: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Michael J. Anderson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Vadim Rizov: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Saul Austerlitz: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2016
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Daniel Walber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Top Ten Films of 2015
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Cinema Scope
50 Best Films of 2016
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Slant
25 Best Films of 2016
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Matt Prigge: Metro
35 Best Movies of 2016
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Richard Brody: New Yorker
Top Ten Films of 2016
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Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
The Best Films of 2015
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Adam Nayman: A.V. Club