Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Jake Coyle: AP: Top 10 Movies of 2014
Scott Tobias: The Dissolve: Top 15 Films of 2014
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Now Jazz Now

100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings (1960-80)

by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore

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The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read: Vanity Fair

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll

Trending Works

Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Fire of God’s Love Sister Irene O’Connor
Internal Drone Infinity Living Hour
Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Impossible Monsters Michael Taylor
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
New Blood John McNally
Wearing Out the Refrain Bad Moves
The Book-Makers Adam Smyth
The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos
Legends Wilson Tanner
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater

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