Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2014
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The Washington Post: Books: 2025

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art Shinichi Atobe
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
I Saw the TV Glow Jane Schoenbrun
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Communion Park Jiha
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Cool Planet Guided by Voices
Hata Unacheza: Sub-Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s various artists
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized
The Open Book Sessions Ronica & The Blazing Stars

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