Year-End Lists

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Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Penelope

Appears on two lists

4 The 10 Best TV Shows of 2024: Judy Berman: Time

The Best TV Shows of 2024: Angie Han: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2011 Web in Front
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times

Trending Works

Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Paradise Slow Club
Homo Sapiens Nikolaus Geyrhalter
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wes Ball
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman Pierre Földes
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer

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