Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Jake Coyle: AP: Top 10 Movies of 2014
In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
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Magic & Machines

by Vanishing Twin

Appears on two lists

75 Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus

Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Bolívar Marie Arana
The Danish Girl Tom Hooper
The Devil in Silver Victor LaValle
A Trace of Sun Pam Williams
Get Up Sequences Part Two The Go! Team
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
Conclave Edward Berger
The Promise Damon Galgut
Pop Song Larissa Pham
The Lack of Light Nino Haratischwili
Tall, Dark, and Handsome Delbert McClinton, Self-Made Men, Dana
Redeployment Phil Klay
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein

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