Year-End Lists

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IndieWire: Best Films of 2021
Adam Morgan: Esquire: The 35 Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2020
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Best TV Shows of 2018: Hank Stuever: Washington Post

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The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Ty Burr
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2014 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Two Years at Sea Ben Rivers
Live Forever Bartees Strange
Your Sister’s Sister Lynn Shelton
The Onania Club Tom Six
May December Todd Haynes
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic
Hinterlands Scott Barley
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Thelma Joachim Trier
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