Year-End Lists

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

The Best TV Shows of 2023 Vulture: Jen Chaney

Showing Up - Kelly Reichardt

The Best Movies of 2023 Vulture: Alison Willmore

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan

The Best Movies of 2023 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross - Anohni and the Johnsons

The Best Music of 2023 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Take Me Back to Eden - Sleep Token

30 Best Albums of 2023 Revolver

The Wren, the Wren - Anne Enright

Best Literary Fiction of 2023 Library Journal

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Best Poetry of 2023 Library Journal

Guts - Olivia Rodrigo

Top Albums of 2023 AP: Maria Sherman

Grapevine

Best Podcasts of 2023 New York Times: Reggie Ugwu

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? - Kara Jackson

The Best Albums of 2023 The Line of Best Fit

Past Lives - Celine Song

The 20 Best Movies of 2023 Rolling Stone: David Fear

Beef

Best TV Shows of 2023 USA Today: Kelly Lawler

Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) - Yves Tumor

50 Best Albums of 2023 Consequence

American Fiction - Cord Jefferson

The 10 Best Movies of 2023 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

False Lankum - Lankum

Albums of the Year 2023 Quietus

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Best Poetry of 2023 Financial Times: Maria Crawford

Balladz - Sharon Olds

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Guardian: Kate Kellaway

Rat Saw God - Wednesday

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Our Culture

Fallen Leaves - Aki Kaurismäki

The 10 Best Movies of 2023 Time: Stephanie Zacharek

Trenque Lauquen - Laura Citarella

Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma

The Bear

10 Best TV Shows of 2023 Esquire

Volcano - Jungle

20 Best Albums of 2023 Esquire

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The 20 Best Books of 2023 Esquire

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023 Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert