Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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20,000 Days On Earth
1. 28 Top Movies of 2014: Stephanie Zacharek: Village Voice
2. 21 Best Movies of 2014: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Zbig Edward Luce
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Resurrection Bi Gan

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