Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
The Antidote Karen Russell
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Gladiator II Ridley Scott

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