Year-End Lists

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In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2014
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Emily’s D+Evolution

by Esperanza Spalding

Appears on eight lists

18 50 Best Albums of 2016: Spin
28 Best 50 Albums of 2016: NPR: NPR Music
30 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pitchfork
36 Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
39 The Top 50 Albums of 2016: Treble
41 50 Best Albums of 2016: Complex
48 50 Best Albums of 2016: Rolling Stone

48 Best Albums of 2016: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Celestial Lineage Wolves in the Throne Room
Born This Way Lady Gaga
Open Epic Julia Drescher
Dahomey Mati Diop
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Fireworks Wednesday Asghar Farhadi
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
This Part Is Silent SJ Kim
By the Stream Hong Sang-soo
Flags of the Sacred Harp Jackie-O Motherfucker
hydrostudies yosi
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Close Your Eyes Víctor Erice

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