Year-End Lists

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Noel Murray: The Dissolve: Top 15 Films of 2014
In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
Jake Coyle: AP: Top 10 Movies of 2014
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Mama's Last Hug

Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

by Frans de Waal

Appears on two lists

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: BookPage

100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Ratchet Shamir
Melt My Eyez See Your Future Denzel Curry
Forever Charly Bliss
Stranger in the Alps Phoebe Bridgers
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Forest Of Your Problems Snapped Ankles
Thinking Out Loud Young Dolph
What a Time to Be Alive Superchunk
My Krazy Life YG
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Coming Home Leon Bridges
The North Water Andrew Haigh
Painful Enlightenment Jana Rush

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