Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Ma’ Rosa
1. 10 Best Films of 2016: James Quandt: Artforum
Thy Womb
1. 30 Favorite Films of 2014: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Ad Astra James Gray
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
On Falling Laura Carreira
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Getting Killed Geese
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Saint Omer Alice Diop

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