Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Rakshak Bloodywood
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill

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