Year-End Lists

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

2020
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets - Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

The Best Films of 2020 Slant

Uncivil War - Shemekia Copeland

The Best Albums of 2020 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman

The Best Films of 2020 Economist

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Floodlines

The Best Podcasts of 2020 Vulture: Nicholas Quah

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 NME

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Top 10 Shows of 2020 Vulture: Jen Chaney

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Top 10 Shows of 2020 Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz

Formations - Hawktail

Top 20 of 2020 Folk Alley

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The 45 Best Albums of 2020 The Forty-Five

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 30 Best Albums of 2020 Spin

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Slant

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

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Vulture: Molly Young

The Dream - Hailey Whitters

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

Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Open Mike Eagle

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Beats Per Minute

My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020 New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce

Actress - Anne Enright

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The Best Albums of 2020 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Best Films of 2020 AP: Lindsey Bahr

Floodlines

The Best Podcasts of 2020 New Yorker: Sarah Larson

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 Noisey