Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Chris Ryan
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Amanda Dobbins
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Sean Fennessey

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Albums of 2011 Claire Suddath · Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama

Trending Works

Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker

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