Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Hillbilly Elegy

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

Lists

Top 20 Books of 2016: Sarah Begley: Time

Best Nonfiction of 2016: Powell's Books
Nonfiction 2016: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Magdalene FKA twigs
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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