Year-End Lists

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

2020
I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top 10 Shows of 2020

Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

Folk Alley: Top 20 of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

New Yorker: Doreen St. Félix: The Best TV Shows of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Vulture: Molly Young: The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Dream - Hailey Whitters

Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss: The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020

Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Open Mike Eagle

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2020

New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce: My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2020

Floodlines

New Yorker: Sarah Larson: The Best Podcasts of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2020

Variety: Caroline Framke: The Best TV Shows of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Variety: Owen Gleiberman: Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Variety: Peter Debruge: Best Movies of 2020

Uproxx: The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién: The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri: The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Vulture: Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Flood: The Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2020

How Much of These Hills Is Gold - C Pam Zhang

Lit Hub: Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Ted Lasso

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

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

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

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2020

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs: The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Slate: Willa Paskin: The Best TV of 2020

What We Do in the Shadows

Uproxx: The Best TV Shows of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

PopMatters: The 60 Best Albums of 2020

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2020

Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

NPR Music: Ann Powers: The Best Albums of 2020

The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donoghue

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Top Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Entertainment Weekly: The 15 Best Albums of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Rolling Stone: Best Albums of 2020

Homie - Danez Smith

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt: The 10 Best Movies of 2020

How To with John Wilson

Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020