Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Birth of a Nation
- 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
Janesville Amy Goldstein
The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Rakshak Bloodywood
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Beings Lanterns on the Lake
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Down Cemetery Road
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
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