Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
National Book Award: Fiction 2026
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2019 A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2019 RogerEbert.com
Top 15 Films of 2018 A.V. Club
Top Ten Films of 2017 RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron
The Tsugua Diaries Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice

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