Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

My Favorite Films of 2020
Top Ten Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2017 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2015 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Billboard
50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022 Loudwire
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s Consequence

Trending Works

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child in a winter house brightening Abigail Zimmer
Vigilante Vigilante: The Battle for Expression Max Good
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bottoms Emma Seligman
The Temple Woods Gang Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
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Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl Carrie Brownstein
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary

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