Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2016
Sight & Sound: Top 35 Films of 2015
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1. The Best Movies of 2020: Nick Schager: Esquire
- Notable Films of 2020: Glenn Kenny
The Endless
- Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny

Trending Lists

Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 35 Films of 2015 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 20 Films of 2014 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2016 A.A. Dowd · A.V. Club
The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019 Emily St. James · Vox
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 Loudwire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Illang: The Wolf Brigade Kim Jee-Woon
Longlegs Osgood Perkins
Censor Prano Bailey-Bond
House of the Seasons Jung Min Oh
The Dirties Matt Johnson
Gloss Theo Burt
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Thoroughbreds Cory Finley
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Desiree Akhavan
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Let Him Go Thomas Bezucha
Caste Isabel Wilkerson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh

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