Year-End Lists

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

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 20 Albums of 2020 Spectrum Culture

The Best TV Shows of 2020 Verge: Joshua Rivera

The 16 Best Albums of 2020 Atlantic

Eternal Atake - Lil Uzi Vert

The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 New Yorker: Katy Waldman

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club

Women in Music Pt. III - Haim

The Best Albums Of 2020 Coup De Main

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico

Possessor - Brandon Cronenberg

Best Films of 2020 Spectrum Culture

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

The Best Movies of 2020 The Ringer

Enter the Aardvark - Jessica Anthony

15 Favorite Books of 2020 A.V. Club

Mrs. America

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020 Polygon: Noel Murray

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Top 20 Films of 2020 Screen Slate

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Ten Best Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Entertainment Weekly

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

The Best Movies of 2020 Esquire: Nick Schager

The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Emmanuel Mouret

Top 7 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Emmanuel Mouret

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Top 20 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Top 10 Movies of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips