Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

Podcasts
Aack Cast - Jamie Loftus

The Best Podcasts of 2021 Vulture: Nicholas Quah

Movies
Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Notable Film Releases of 2021 Glenn Kenny

Movies
Violation - Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

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

Movies
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico

Movies
Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Films of 2021 Spectrum Culture

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

10 Best Movies of 2021 Good Morning America: Peter Travers

TV Shows

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021 Little White Lies

Music
Fire - The Bug

The Best Music of 2021 Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan

Books
Second Place - Rachel Cusk

15 Favorite Books of 2021 A.V. Club

Books
Matrix - Lauren Groff

The Best Books of 2021 Vulture: Hillary Kelly

Music
In Heaven - Strand of Oaks

Top 25 Albums of 2021 Magnet

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

Best Films of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Films of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: Lovia Gyarkye

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Films of 2021 Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney

Movies
Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

The 21 Best Movies of 2021 Vox: Alissa Wilkinson

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Tomris Laffly

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Susan Wloszczyna

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley

Movies
The Green Knight - David Lowery

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Roxana Hadadi

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The Ten Best Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com

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

Top Ten Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson

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