Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Elizabeth F. Thompson

How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
10 Best Books of 2018 Washington Post
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Ambulance Michael Bay
Spotlight: Snitch City
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Goldstar Imperial Triumphant
Living for a Song: Tribute to Hank Cochran Jamey Johnson
American Symphony Matthew Heineman
The Post Steven Spielberg
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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