Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2011
NPR: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011
Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014
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Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt

Raw Power
- Favorite Films of 2020: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
20 Best Movies of 2014 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
17 Best Feature Films of 2015 Adrian Martin · Fandor
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Fly
Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012 Kate Muir · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Blackstar David Bowie
Men Without Women Haruki Murakami
Zola Janicza Bravo
Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo
Laugh Track The National
Melt Boxed In
Caprisongs FKA twigs
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart
Paradise Slow Club
No Dream Jeff Rosenstock
Samantha Toro y Moi
Personal Problems Bill Gunn
The Haunted Wood Sam Leith
Killjoys

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