Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
Best Movies of 2025: New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
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Liars
- The 15 Best Books of 2024: Los Angeles Times
- 38 Favorite Books of 2024: Lit Hub
Very Cold People
- The 5 Best Novels of 2022: Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times
300 Arguments
1. Best Books of 2017: Entropy
- 24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club
Ongoingness
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova
The Guardians
1. Top 10 Books of 2012: Salon

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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