Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Always Shine
1. 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
2. 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny
Green
1. 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2022 Publishers Weekly
Top 10 Films of the 2010s Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

‘Til Madness Do Us Part Wang Bing
Ash is Purest White Jia Zhang-ke
False Dawn George Selgin
XXX Danny Brown
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel & Ethan Coen
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
Certified Copy Abbas Kiarostami
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Tabu Miguel Gomes

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