Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2014: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

The 10 Best Books of 2014: New York Times: New York Times
The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev

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