Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Eric Kohn: IndieWire: The Best Movies of 2020
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: Best Films of 2011
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1. The Best Films of 2016: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
2. 30 Favorite Films of 2014: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2020 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Movies of 2020 Eric Kohn · IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
27 Best Movies of 2012 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 40 Albums of 2012 Jim DeRogatis · WBEZ · Sound Opinions
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Chromatica Lady Gaga
Toho Sara 東方沙羅 Toho Sara
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Highwomen The Highwomen
Jinpa Pema Tseden
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Music for Shape-Shifters: Field Recordings from the Amazonian Lowlands, 1981-1985 Wakuénai (Curripaco)
August by Cake Guided by Voices
amor de encava WEED420
$uccessor Dedekind Cut
DILO Lucia Nimcová & Sholto Dobie
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
Aura Reworks Hatis Noit

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