Year-End Lists

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

Annette - Leos Carax

Favorite Theatrical/VOD Releases of 2021 Darren Hughes

The Beatles: Get Back - Peter Jackson

The 10 Best Films of 2021 CBS News: David Morgan

Revolution Shuffle - Michael Pisaro-Liu

Our Favorite Albums, 2021 Tone Glow

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

2021 Albums of the Year Atwood Magazine

Quo Vadis, Aida? - Jasmila Žbanić

Best Movies Of 2021 Deadline: Todd McCarthy

Painful Enlightenment - Jana Rush

83 Favorite Albums Of 2021 Hanif Abdurraqib

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen

The Best Movies of 2021 Esquire: Nick Schager

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Top 50 Films of 2021 Film Stage

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Best 20 Films of 2021 Sarah Knight Adamson

Raise The Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Best of 2021 AllMusic

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Best Movies of 2021 Ty Burr

Procession - Robert Greene

The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 Polygon: Noel Murray

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time - Lili Horvát

The Best Movies of 2021 Polygon

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Vox: Emily St. James

i became birds - Home Is Where

The Top 30 Albums of 2021 Jordan Cronk

Succession

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Gothamist: Ben Yakas

Screen Violence - Chvrches

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Patrick Ryan

In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Melissa Ruggieri

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 USA Today: Brian Truitt

Maintenance Phase - Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

The Best Podcasts of 2021 Vulture Podcast Survey

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021 Electric Lit

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - Aleksandre Koberidze

Ten Best Films of 2021 Michael J. Anderson

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Favorite Novels of 2021 Electric Lit

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 10 Films of 2021 Collider: Ross Bonaime

The Blues of Heaven - Barbara Ras

Top 10 Poetry Books of 2021 Whittier Daily News: Maggie Smith

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Noel Murray

Titane - Julia Ducournau

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Leila Latif

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger

C'mon C'mon - Mike Mills

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Caroline Siede

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Katie Rife

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco

Identifying Features - Fernanda Valadez

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Carlos Aguilar

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd

Baking It

The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 BuzzFeed

Sweet Bobby

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2021 Guardian

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

The 20 Best Books of 2021 Atlantic

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

40 Best Books of 2021 Parade Magazine

The Green Knight - David Lowery

The 50 Best Movies of 2021 Paste

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Best Films of 2021 Observer: Mark Kermode

Glow On - Turnstile

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Brooklyn Vegan

The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021 Slate: Willa Paskin

9/12

The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021 Atlantic

Outside Child - Allison Russell

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021 No Depression

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Top 10 Albums of 2021 Observer: Kitty Empire

The Turning Wheel - Spellling

Top 50 Albums of 2021 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

The 20 Best Albums of 2021 A.V. Club