Year-End Lists

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Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2014
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Slant: 25 Best Films of 2014
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Fatal Optimist

by Madi Diaz

Appears on five lists

3 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
9 Top 10 Albums of 2025: Stephen Thompson: NPR: NPR Music
9 Best Southern Albums of 2025: Bitter Southerner
32 Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions

Top 10 Albums of 2025: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth

Trending Works

The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
How Economics Explains the World Andrew Leigh
Tali Girls Siamak Herawi
Sex & Food Unknown Mortal Orchestra
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
The Things We Say, the Things We Do Emmanuel Mouret
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Joker Todd Phillips
Sing Like Fish Amorina Kingdon
Anora Sean Baker
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Jaime Brittany Howard
Varmints Anna Meredith
We're All Going to the World's Fair Jane Schoenbrun

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