Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Yoshiyuki Okuyama

5 Centimeters per Second
- #5 Best Films of 2025: Blake Simons: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

40 Sonnets Don Paterson
Transcription Ben Lerner
MITH Lonnie Holley
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
Hyena! Fran Lock
The Castle Jon Ronson
Jutland Selima Hill
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
Deep Lane Mark Doty
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose

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