Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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IndieWire: Best Films of 2021
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The Lookback Window

by Kyle Dillon Hertz

Lists

Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023: Vanity Fair

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Movies of 2025 Ty Burr
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Best Albums of 2014 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Half Living Things Alpha Wolf
The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic
May December Todd Haynes
Two Years at Sea Ben Rivers
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
While We’re Young Noah Baumbach
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Thelma Joachim Trier
It's a Sin
Hinterlands Scott Barley
The Onania Club Tom Six

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