Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2020
First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Best Films of 2020 AP: Jake Coyle

The Best TV Shows of 2020 Variety: Caroline Framke

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Best Movies of 2020 Variety: Owen Gleiberman

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Best Movies of 2020 Variety: Peter Debruge

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The 20 Best Albums of 2020 Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim

The Best Movies of 2020 Uproxx

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Alison Willmore

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

Top 50 Albums of 2020 The Wire

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Albums of 2020 Flood

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Pitchfork

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Best Movies of 2020 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

How Much of These Hills Is Gold - C Pam Zhang

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020 Lit Hub

Betty - Crystal Moselle

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020 Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd

Dead to Me

The 10 best TV shows of 2020 Los Angeles Times: Lorraine Ali

10 Best Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Treble

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 17 Best Movies of 2020 HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Billboard

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The Best TV of 2020 Slate: Willa Paskin

What We Do in the Shadows

The Best TV Shows of 2020 Uproxx

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The 60 Best Albums of 2020 PopMatters

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

51 Best Albums of 2020 Gigwise