Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2014
A.A. Dowd: Favorite Metal Albums of 2025
Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2026
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Empire of AI

Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

by Karen Hao

Appears on two lists

The Best Books of 2025: Economist Science and technology
100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times Nonfiction

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Favorite Metal Albums of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
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 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll

Trending Works

Reservation Dogs
Love Is Colder Than Death Romance
The Great
Rain Cynthia Barnett
Throw Me to the Wolves Patrick McGuinness
All Are Saved Fred Thomas
Mythic Quest
Louie Louis C.K.
You’re Not You Anymore Counterparts
Only Murders in the Building
No Pablo Larraín
For All Mankind
Station Eleven
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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