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Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2026
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Center for Fiction: 2026 First Novel Prize
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The Rescue

by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

Appears on seven lists

#9 Best 20 Films of 2021: Sarah Knight Adamson
#11 Best Films of 2021: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#17 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
#17 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#5 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll Best Documentary

Best Films of 2021: Lindsey Bahr: AP Also of note
Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline honorable mentions, in no particular order

Trending Lists

Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Trending Works

Kibogo Scholastique Mukasonga
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Mascarade Gayance
The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk
Dirt Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Dark Hearts Annie
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
Release Spirit Khotin
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Heavyweight
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Nothing 2 Loose DJ Healer

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