Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2023
IndieWire: Top 50 Films of 2012
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Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty

Moana with Sound (1980)
1. Best Films of 2015: Aaron Cutler: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2012 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly
Dean's List 2017 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
In Place of Monuments Naima Ramos-Chapman
Songs from the North Soon-Mi Yoo
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere Nate Smith
Silent Night John Woo
Bernie Richard Linklater
Francofonia Aleksandr Sokurov
A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Les Blank
Because I Was a Painter Christophe Cognet
The Onania Club Tom Six
Two Shots Fired Martín Rejtman
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Kenji Mizoguchi

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