Year-End Lists

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

2020
Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Albums of 2020

Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

Slate: Chris Molanphy: Top 13 Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2020

Verge: Joshua Rivera: The Best Movies of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

KCRW: Top 10 Albums of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Vanity Fair: The 15 Best Books of 2020

Rolling Stone: Best Podcasts of 2020

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt: The Best Films of 2020

Long Violent History - Tyler Childers

Holler: Albums of the Year 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Guardian: The 50 Best TV Show of 2020

Daily Beast: Kevin Fallon: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Slate: Brittany Spanos: Top 13 Albums of 2020

Barack Obama: Favorite TV Shows of 2020

Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2020

She Dies Tomorrow - Amy Seimetz

Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles: Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Best Movies of 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

A.V. Club: Caroline Siede: The Best Films of 2020

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets - Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

A.V. Club: Beatrice Loayza: The Best Films of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: The Best Films of 2020

Saint Frances - Alex Thompson

A.V. Club: Roxana Hadadi: The Best Films of 2020

I Was at Home, But - Angela Schanelec

A.V. Club: Lawrence Garcia: The Best Films of 2020

The Twentieth Century - Matthew Rankin

A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco: The Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman

A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2020

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

Ultimate Classic Rock: 25 Best Rock Albums of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Joshua Rothkopf: Top 20 Films of 2020

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2020

The Painter and the Thief - Benjamin Ree

Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 25 Best Movies of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Passerby: Best Television of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Passerby: Best Albums of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Passerby: Best Books of 2020

Sound of Metal - Darius Marder

Passerby: Best Films of 2020

Verge: Joshua Rivera: The Best TV Shows of 2020

Atlantic: The 16 Best Albums of 2020

Eternal Atake - Lil Uzi Vert

The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker: The Best Films of 2020

New Yorker: Katy Waldman: My Favorite Fiction of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Best Films of 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2020

Enter the Aardvark - Jessica Anthony

A.V. Club: 15 Favorite Books of 2020

Mrs. America

Polygon: Noel Murray: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Screen Slate: Top 20 Films of 2020