Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Invention

by Courtney Stephens

Appears on seven lists

8 Best Films of 2025: Chloe Lizotte: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
8 Best Films of 2025: Kevin B. Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
11 Best Films of 2025: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
14 The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
23 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
62 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Max Cea: Esquire Honorable mention

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Lodestar Shirley Collins
Remote Control Discovery Zone
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Lean In Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke
Communion Park Jiha
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Orpheus vs. The Sirens Hermit and the Recluse
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
The Stepkids The Stepkids
The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Moodymann Moodymann

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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