Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Francisco Rojas

A Sense of Nothing
- Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024: Michael Sicinski
Sea of Glass
- 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023: Michael Sicinski

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2015 In Review Online
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Her Spike Jonze
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Buck Cindy Meehl
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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