Year-End Lists

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

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Albums of the Year 2020 Rough Trade

Circe - Madeline Miller

Best Fiction of 2020 Powell's Books

Stakes Is High - Mychal Denzel Smith

Nonfiction 2020 Kirkus Prize

Luster - Raven Leilani

Fiction 2020 Kirkus Prize

Surviving Autocracy - Masha Gessen

Best Nonfiction of 2020 Powell's Books

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Best Fiction of 2020 Women's Prize

Anti - Rihanna

The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin

Milkman - Anna Burns

2020 Dublin Literary Award

Sea Monsters - Chloe Aridjis

Fiction 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award

Twin Peaks: The Return - David Lynch

Top Ten Films of the 2010s Cinema Scope

I Was at Home, But - Angela Schanelec

Top Ten Films of 2019 Cinema Scope

The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

Best Films of the Decade Reverse Shot

The Irishman - Martin Scorsese

The Best Films of 2019 Scott Tobias

Life Without Principle - Johnnie To

25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs

The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish

Dean's List 2019 Robert Christgau

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

The 2019 Jim Ridley Film Poll Nashville Scene

Top Ten Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine: Lara Zarum

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino

Top Ten Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine: Anne Thompson

Asako I & II - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Top Ten Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine: Brian Darr

The Irishman - Martin Scorsese

Top 50 Films of 2019 Village Voice Film Poll

Goodness - The Hotelier

50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s Jordan Cronk

A Hidden Life - Terrence Malick

Top Films of 2019 National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus

Synonyms - Nadav Lapid

Top Ten Films of 2019 Clémence Polès