Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Kaouther Ben Hania

The Voice of Hind Rajab
- The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
- Top Ten Films of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang
Four Daughters
The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
Beauty and the Dogs
1. Top Ten Narrative Feature Films by Women in 2017: Another Gaze

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Getting Killed Geese
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
lode Gillian Allnutt
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Southernmost Leo Boix

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