Year-End Lists

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

2021
The Lost Daughter - Maggie Gyllenhaal

AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2021

For All Mankind

USA Today: Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2021

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The Independent: Clarisse Loughrey: The 10 Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Baltimore Magazine: Max Weiss: Favorite Films of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021

Montero - Lil Nas X

Dazed: The Best Albums of 2021

Dune - Denis Villeneuve

Uproxx: The Best Movies Of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: The Best Movies of 2021

Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice

DIY: Best Albums of 2021

Early Morning Riser - Katherine Heiny

Los Angeles Times: Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Novels of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Screen Slate: Best Movies of 2021

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Electric Lit: Favorite Poetry Collections of 2021

Prioritise Pleasure - Self Esteem

Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021

New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning

Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Empire of Pain - Patrick Radden Keefe

Los Angeles Times: Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen

Los Angeles Times: Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2021

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2021

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

Clash: Albums of the Year 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2021

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

Los Angeles Times: Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021

The Beatles: Get Back - Peter Jackson

Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd: The 13 Best TV Shows of 2021

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

NPR Music: Bob Boilen: Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Screen Slate: Chloe Lizotte: Best Movies of 2021

West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

San Francisco Chronicle: Mick LaSalle: Top 10 Movies of 2021

Hey What - Low

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - Valerie June

NPR Music: Ann Powers: Top 10 Albums of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso: Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Film Comment Poll: Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2021

Reservation Dogs

Hollywood Reporter: Angie Han: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Fienberg: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Books of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Flood: The Best Albums of 2021

Esquire: The 50 Best Books of 2021

BBC Culture: 10 Best Albums of 2021

The Green Knight - David Lowery

Slate: Dana Stevens: The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

Aack Cast - Jamie Loftus

Vulture: Nicholas Quah: The Best Podcasts of 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Glenn Kenny: Notable Film Releases of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2021

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji: Top Ten Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2021

Violation - Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

RogerEbert.com: Mary Beth McAndrews: Top Ten Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Good Morning America: Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2021

Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021

Fire - The Bug

Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan: The Best Music of 2021