Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2014
Scott Tobias: The Dissolve: Top 15 Films of 2014
Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2014
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How the Gaokao Shapes China

by Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau

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The Best Books of 2025: Economist Politics and current affairs

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve

Trending Works

You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay
Hall of Fame Big Sean
Rain Cynthia Barnett
Caprisongs FKA twigs
Rosetta Dua Saleh
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Pandora's Kitchen Ron Koertge
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza Peter Beinart
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Mira Denis Shabaev
Who Are the Girls? Nova Twins
The Lowdown
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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