Year-End Lists

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of notable 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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Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
1. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste
Fragile Things
The View from the Cheap Seats
1. 16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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