Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014

13 January 2015

Black Messiah - D’Angelo and The Vanguard

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018201720162015201320122011]

Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014

07 January 2015

Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014 (as posted on Twitter in this series of tweets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

[see also 2018201720122011]

Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2014

07 January 2015

Unflesh - Gazelle Twin

The Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2014

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201320122011]

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: 28 Best Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Ty Burr: 28 Best Movies of 2014, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 2022202120202010s20122011]

Honorable Mention

BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 14 Greatest Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer

Alison Willmore: 14 Greatest Movies of 2014, as published by BuzzFeed

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172016201520122011]

Antiquiet: 30 Best Albums of 2014

05 January 2015

Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!

Antiquiet: 30 Best Albums of 2014

[see also 20132011]

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Atlantic: Christopher Orr: 30 Best Movies of 2014

05 January 2015

A Most Violent Year - J.C. Chandor

Christopher Orr: 30 Best Movies of 2014, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2018201720162015]

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically)

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2014

05 January 2015

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2014

[see also 20232022202120202010s20192018201720162015201320122011]

Keyframe: Miriam Bale: Top 9 Films of 2014

04 January 2015

Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson

Miriam Bale: Top 9 Films of 2014, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog

[see also 2010s201820172016201520132012]

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014

01 January 2015

Obvious Child - Gillian Robespierre

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201320122011]