Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Kenji Mizoguchi

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
1. Best Films of 2015: Aaron Cutler: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2017 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2012 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

In Place of Monuments Naima Ramos-Chapman
Songs from the North Soon-Mi Yoo
Because I Was a Painter Christophe Cognet
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
The Onania Club Tom Six
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Les Blank
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Kenji Mizoguchi
Bernie Richard Linklater
KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere Nate Smith
Silent Night John Woo
Francofonia Aleksandr Sokurov
Two Shots Fired Martín Rejtman
The Terrorizers Edward Yang

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