Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Movies of 2025
The Best Movies of 2024 Washington Post
Top 20 Films of 2022
The Best Movies of 2021
Best Movies of 2020 Boston Globe
The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s Boston Globe
Best Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
28 Best Movies of 2014 Boston Globe
Top 26 Movies of 2012 Boston Globe
Top Movies of 2011 Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal
The Best Albums Of 2025 HuffPost
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Emo Albums Of 2022 Ian Cohen · Uproxx
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Paste
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Devotion Jessie Ware
XXX Danny Brown
Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda
33 34 NPVR
Apparition serpentwithfeet
Quarry Jane White
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Ghost Detergent Prostitutes
Smitten Pale Waves
As We Speak Béla Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer
A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews
Some People Really Know How To Live Shit & Shine

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