Year-End Lists

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

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The Best Films of 2017 Chicago Reader
The Best Films of 2016 Chicago Reader
Favorite Films of 2015 Chicago Reader
20 Favorite Movies of 2014 Chicago Reader
Top Ten Movies of 2013 Chicago Reader
22 Favorite Movies of 2012 Chicago Reader
10 Best Films of 2011 Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Glow On Turnstile
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Tranquilizer Oneohtrix Point Never
Results Andrew Bujalski
XXX Danny Brown
Into the Morning Grace Vonderkuhn
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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