Year-End Lists

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Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026
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The American Sector

by Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez

Appears on eight lists

#5 Top Ten Films of 2020: Max Carpenter: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
#6 Best Films of 2021: Genevieve Yue: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#8 Best Films of 2021: R. Emmet Sweeney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#10 Best Films of 2021: Jeff Reichert: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#12 Best Films of 2021: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#15 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
#18 The Best Movies of 2020: Richard Brody: New Yorker
#88 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Capernaum Nadine Labaki
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Feu Nekfeu
Flesh David Szalay
Shiraz (1928) Franz Osten
Music Complete New Order
Flashlight Susan Choi
I Swear Kirk Jones
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Blue Raspberry Katy Kirby
Don’t Think Twice Mike Birbiglia
The Witch Robert Eggers
Chokepoints Edward Fishman

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