Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
Best 20 Films of 2021: Sarah Knight Adamson
Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels

Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
Best Films of 2021: Lindsey Bahr: AP

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Succession
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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