Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Mercury Prize: 2026 Award
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2023 Thomas Flew · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP

Trending Works

The Channel Jana Prikryl
Killing Spree Jorie Graham
Decadence and Decay Silver Talon
In These Days of Prohibition Caroline Bird
Dahomey Mati Diop
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Behold Shara McCallum
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City Elysia Crampton
Hide Me Under the Blood and I Shall Be Satisfied Keith Jarrett
Microshift Hookworms
Pageboy Elliot Page
On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sang-soo
Feel Free Nick Laird

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