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
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
Sight & Sound: Top 11 Films of 2012
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The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

by Olivier Guez

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Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022: Lit Hub

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The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Last Summer Catherine Breillat
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
DX Friendzone
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Blackstar David Bowie
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Apricity Syd Arthur

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