Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Top Ten Films of 2023: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post

Trending Works

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Love in Exile Shon Faye
The 43
Fierce Poise Alexander Nemerov
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry

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