Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Scott Tobias: The Dissolve: Top 15 Films of 2014
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2014
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The Best Albums Of 2025
The Best Albums Of 2024
The Best Albums of 2023
The 5 Best Albums Of 2022

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant

Trending Works

We Layli Long Soldier
Hunter Huntress Hawker Laura Cannell
The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters Julie Klam
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Movie Betty Wright and the Roots
On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sang-soo
Olympic Mess Helm
Huna Abdelrahman ElGendy
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
More Life Drake
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Python's Kiss Louise Erdrich
Ti Amo Phoenix
DS2 Future

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