Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Lullaby

by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa

Appears on two lists

#6 Best Films of 2022: Rachel Pronger: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#34 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Jessica Kiang

Trending Lists

Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

40 Sonnets Don Paterson
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
The Castle Jon Ronson
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Jutland Selima Hill
MITH Lonnie Holley
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
Hyena! Fran Lock
Deep Lane Mark Doty
Transcription Ben Lerner

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

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