Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
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Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty

by Ramona Ausubel

Lists

100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Wicked Jon M. Chu
The Good Mothers
Breathe Mélanie Laurent
A Shining Jon Fosse
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Legion
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund

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