Year-End Lists

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Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award
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The Paperboy

by Lee Daniels

Appears on two lists

3 Top 25 Movies of 2012: Wesley Morris: Boston Globe
8 20 Favorite Films of 2012: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 20 Films of 2014 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2026 Award Polaris Music Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The Best Films of the 2010s RogerEbert.com

Trending Works

The Road From Memphis Booker T. Jones
The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher
At Eternity’s Gate Julian Schnabel
Vol. II Angine de Poitrine
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Metro Boomin
Trashed Derf Backderf
If Books Could Kill
Sun Leads Me On Half Moon Run
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
Pure Comedy Father John Misty
Ida Pawel Pawlikowski
Tokyo Vice
Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 P'tit Belliveau

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