Year-End Lists

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Top Ten Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine
12 Best Films of 2017 IndieWire
10 Best Films of 2016 IndieWire
Top 10 Films of 2015 IndieWire · Thompson on Hollywood
Top Ten Films of 2011 IndieWire

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Seer Swans
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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