Year-End Lists

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

Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2020 XXL

Róisín Machine - Róisín Murphy

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 Albumism

The Best Television Series of 2020 Sight & Sound TV Poll

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Best Books of 2020 Refinery29

I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First - Angie Mazakis

Best Poetry of 2020 Boston Globe

Best Books of 2020 Boston Globe

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Films from 2020 ARTery: Sean Burns

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

The 30 Best Films of 2020 Little White Lies

Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

The Best Movies of 2020 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

Evermore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Chris Willman

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Andrew Barker

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Jem Aswad

Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Top Ten Albums of 2020 Clémence Polès

Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

Top 13 Albums of 2020 Slate: Chris Molanphy

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

Favorite Albums of 2020 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

The Best Movies of 2020 Verge: Joshua Rivera

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

Top 10 Albums of 2020 KCRW

Memorial - Bryan Washington

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vanity Fair

Best Podcasts of 2020 Rolling Stone

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Long Violent History - Tyler Childers

Albums of the Year 2020 Holler

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The 50 Best TV Show of 2020 Guardian