Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Martha C. Nussbaum

The Monarchy of Fear
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Anger and Forgiveness
1. 16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson
The Antidote Karen Russell
XXX Danny Brown
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst

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