Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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25 Best Movies of 2018 Esquire: Nick Schager

Movies
The Favourite - Yorgos Lanthimos

Top 20 Films of 2018 Genevieve Koski

Movies
Zama - Lucrecia Martel

Favorite US Releases of 2018 Darren Hughes

Poetry
The Carrying - Ada Limón

Best Poetry of 2018 Book Riot

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2018 David Hudson

Movies
Happy as Lazzaro - Alice Rohrwacher

Top Ten Films by Women in 2018 Another Gaze

Music
Heaven and Earth - Kamasi Washington

Top 100 Albums of 2018 Under the Radar

Movies
Let the Sunshine In - Claire Denis

Films I Adored in 2018 Saige Walton

Music
You Won't Get What You Want - Daughters

Top 50 Albums of 2018 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

Music
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino - Arctic Monkeys

Top 10 Albums of 2018 Observer: Kitty Empire

Movies
Leave No Trace - Debra Granik

10 Best Films of 2018 Observer: Mark Kermode

Movies

Best Movies of 2018 CBS News: David Morgan

Movies
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler

50 Best Movies of 2018 Film School Rejects

TV Shows

Favorite TV of 2018 Liz Shannon Miller

Movies
The Other Side of the Wind - Orson Welles

Top 20 Films of 2018 In Review Online

Movies
The Image Book - Jean-Luc Godard

Best Films of 2018 Desist Film

Movies

50 Best Movies of 2018 Paste

Movies
Isle of Dogs - Wes Anderson

Top Ten Films of 2018 Filmspotting: Josh Larsen

Movies
Vox Lux - Brady Corbet

Best Movies of 2018 San Francisco Chronicle: Mick LaSalle

Movies
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron

Top Ten Films of 2018 Jeffrey M. Anderson

Music
Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression

Movies

Favorite Movies of 2018 Barack Obama

Books

Favorite Books of 2018 Barack Obama

Podcasts

The 21 Best Podcasts of 2018 Esquire

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