Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
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The Best Films of 2025
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New Yorker: Justin Chang
Top 10 Films of 2025
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Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
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Cory Finley
Bad Education
The 10 Best Movies of 2020
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Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
The 15 Best Movies of 2020
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Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
The 17 Best Movies of 2020
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Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost
The Best Movies of 2020
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Mara Reinstein: Us Weekly
The 25 Best Films of 2020
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David Ehrlich
Top 20 Films of 2020
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Joshua Rothkopf
The 30 Best Films of 2020
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Little White Lies
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2020
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A.V. Club
My Favorite Movies of 2020
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Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Films of 2020
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Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
The Best Movies of 2020
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Nick Schager: Esquire
The Best Movies of 2020
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Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2020
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Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
The Best Movies of 2020
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Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
Top 10 Films of 2020
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Scott Tobias
Best Movies of 2020
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Peter Debruge: Variety
Favorite Films of 2020
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Genevieve Koski: The Next Picture Show
Thoroughbreds
Top 15 Films of 2018
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Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
Top 15 Films of 2018
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Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
Best Films of 2018
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Megan Christopher: Much Ado About Cinema
Top Ten Films of 2018
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Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
Top 15 Films of 2018
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A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
Best 25 Films of 2018
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A.V. Club
Top 15 Films of 2018
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Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
Best Films of 2018
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Much Ado About Cinema
20 Best Movies Of 2018
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Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost
25 Best Films of 2018
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The Playlist
50 Best Movies of 2018
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Paste
Top 10 Movies of 2018
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Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
