Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2024
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2024
Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2024
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2024
Goldsmiths Prize: 2024
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2010s Movies
Jourdain Searles: Best Black Films of the 2010s
30 November 2019
Jourdain Searles
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Best Black Films of the 2010s
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Pariah
Dee Rees
20 Feet From Stardom
Morgan Neville
Beyond the Lights
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Selma
Ava DuVernay
Bessie
Dee Rees
The Fits
Anna Rose Holmer
Creed
Ryan Coogler
O.J.: Made in America
Ezra Edelman
Kiki
Sara Jordenö
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
I Am Not Your Negro
Raoul Peck
Get Out
Jordan Peele
Strong Island
Yance Ford
Girls Trip
Malcolm D. Lee
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Dan Gilroy
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Shakedown
Leilah Weinraub
Black Mother
Khalik Allah
Fast Color
Julia Hart
Little Woods
Nia DaCosta
Widows
Steve McQueen
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
Amazing Grace
Sydney Pollack
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
Luce
Julius Onah
High Flying Bird
Steven Soderbergh
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Xavier Burgin
Vision Portraits
Rodney Evans
Us
Jordan Peele
Atlantics
Mati Diop
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Dolemite Is My Name
Craig Brewer
Burning Cane
Phillip Youmans
Fences
Denzel Washington
Mother of George
Andrew Dosunmu
Dear White People
Justin Simien
Nappily Ever After
Haifaa al-Mansour
Middle of Nowhere
Ava DuVernay
Rafiki
Wanuri Kahiu
Steel Magnolias
Kenny Leon
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Göran Olsson