Best Of

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  Best of The best music of 2010: The Ballots

  The individual ballots of each of our 16 music reviewers, along with extra commentary on what did and didn't make the final list.

  December 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best music of 2010

  Narrowing the best music of 2010 down to 25 albums wasn’t easy, but it had to be done.

  December 8, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best books we read in 2009

  January 7, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best games of 2009

  Another best-of? Sure! Why not?

  January 4, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The year in television: 45 indelible moments from 2009

  It's moments like these that make leaving the couch unwise.

  December 22, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The least essential albums of 2009

  There's music you need to hear. And there's this stuff.

  December 21, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The year in film 2009

  The votes are in. And these are the winners.

  December 17, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The 19-plus worst films of 2009

  Exploring the dregs of 2009.

  December 16, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The top 25 albums of 2009

  What did the best music of '09 sound like? Like this.

  December 9, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best music of 2009: The Ballots

  A trip inside the best music tabulation sausage factory.

  December 9, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Almost the best films of the '00s: orphans and personal favorites

  25 films that didn't make our Top 50 list get some passionate defenses.

  December 3, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best films of the '00s

  The deliberations have ended: Here are our picks for the 50 best films of the '00s.

  December 3, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best bad movies of the ’00s

  They failed. And yet, they entertained.

  December 2, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of Our favorite film scenes of the ’00s

  The most unforgettable film moments from the '00s.

  December 2, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best film performances of the ’00s

  The A.V. Club picks the performances of the decade.

  December 1, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best books of the ’00s

  Here are our picks for the 30 most unforgettable books published this decade.

  November 25, 2009 | 12:02am -

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  Best of The 10 best short-story collections of the ’00s

  The best of the small stuff.

  November 25, 2009 | 12:01am -

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  Best of The 15 best videogames of the ’00s

  Where did the decade go? A lot of it went playing these, the best games of the '00s.

  November 23, 2009 | 12:01am -

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  Best of Best music: the orphans

  The A.V. Club's music reviewers reveal their favorite discs that didn't make the top 50.

  November 19, 2009 | 3:00pm -

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  Best of The best music of the decade

  The A.V. Club picks the best albums of the '00s.

  November 19, 2009 | 2:00pm -

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  Best of The decade’s best metal

  Our monthly metal columnist surveys the decade.

  November 18, 2009 | 11:45am -

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  Best of The best electronic music of the ’00s

  Our two electronic-music experts round up the decade's best.

  November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best comedy albums of the decade

  The comedy album experienced quite a revival in the '00s. Here are our picks for the best. 

  November 16, 2009 | 1:40pm -

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  Best of The best TV series of the ’00s

  It was a good decade for television. And here are our picks for the best of the best.

  November 12, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best TV episodes of the decade (from shows not on any of our other lists)

  Not every great moment made it to our list of best series. Here's some standout episodes from some of the rest.

  November 12, 2009 | 12:00am -

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  Best of The best reality series/competitions of the ’00s

  Our best of the decade series pits reality shows against one another in a battle for the top.

  November 11, 2009 | 12:00pm -

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  Best of The best made-for-TV movies/miniseries of the ’00s

  A look at the best miniseries and TV movies the '00s had to offer.

  November 10, 2009 | 11:57am -

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  Best of The best late-night comedy/talk shows of the ’00s

  Our weeklong look at the best television of the decade continues.

  November 10, 2009 | 11:09am -

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  Best of The best one-season wonders of the ’00s

  Our weeklong look at the best television of the decade kicks off with some shows that didn't make it as far as they should have.

  November 9, 2009 | 2:55pm -

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  Best of The Year In Film 2007

  The A.V. Club's film writers pick the best films of a very good year and throw in some observations on the rest of the year.

  December 19, 2007 | 12:42am -