Year-End Lists

Entertainment Weekly: Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. A Visit from the Goon Squad
   Jennifer Egan
2. Life After Life
   Kate Atkinson
3. Exit West
   Mohsin Hamid
4. The Flamethrowers
   Rachel Kushner
5. Sing, Unburied, Sing
   Jesmyn Ward
6. Commonwealth
   Ann Patchett
7. Station Eleven
   Emily St. John Mandel
8. Fates and Furies
   Lauren Groff
9. A Brief History of Seven Killings
   Marlon James
10. Normal People
    Sally Rooney

The Next 10

• All the Light We Cannot See
  Anthony Doerr
• Americanah
  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Anything Is Possible
  Elizabeth Strout
• The Goldfinch
  Donna Tartt
• Gone Girl
  Gillian Flynn
• The Interestings
  Meg Wolitzer
• LaRose
  Louise Erdrich
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation
  Ottessa Moshfegh
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Tenth of December
  George Saunders

Glenn Kenny: 15 Favorite Films of the Decade, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012]

• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Like Someone in Love
  Abbas Kiarostami
• Hard to Be a God
  Aleksey German
• Girlhood
  Céline Sciamma
• Horse Money
  Pedro Costa
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  RaMell Ross
• The Love Witch
  Anna Biller
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• Madeline’s Madeline
  Josephine Decker
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• The Last of the Unjust
  Claude Lanzmann

Consequence: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2023]

1. The Americans
2. Breaking Bad
3. Mad Men
4. Nathan for You
5. Stranger Things
6. Fleabag
7. Twin Peaks: The Return
8. Veep
9. Atlanta
10. Halt and Catch Fire
11. The Leftovers
12. Steven Universe
13. Justified
14. Key and Peele
15. Hannibal
16. Succession
17. When They See Us
18. Bob’s Burgers
19. Making a Murderer
20. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
21. Fargo
22. Community
23. Game of Thrones
24. Broad City
25. Black Mirror
26. BoJack Horseman
27. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
28. Parks and Recreation
29. Better Call Saul
30. Girls
31. Documentary Now!
32. Chernobyl
33. The Good Place
34. True Detective
35. 11.22.63
36. Enlightened
37. The Crown
38. New Girl
39. Boardwalk Empire
40. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
41. Downton Abbey
42. Eastbound & Down
43. Adventure Time
44. Orphan Black
45. Mindhunter
46. RuPaul's Drag Race
47. Rick and Morty
48. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
49. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
50. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
51. Jessica Jones
52. Show Me a Hero
53. Rectify
54. Orange is the New Black
55. You’re the Worst
56. Russian Doll
57. Happy Endings
58. Better Things
59. Queer Eye
60. Big Little Lies
61. American Horror Story: Asylum
62. Killing Eve
63. Pose
64. Difficult People
65. Terriers
66. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
67. The Knick
68. The Eric Andre Show
69. Barry
70. Luther
71. Master of None
72. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
73. The Jinx
74. Peaky Blinders
75. The Night Of
76. Sense8
77. Superstore
78. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
79. Vida
80. On Cinema
81. Jane the Virgin
82. Broadchurch
83. Schitt's Creek
84. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
85. Narcos
86. Westworld
87. The Good Fight
88. Burning Love
89. The Walking Dead
90. Glow
91. Insecure
92. One Day at a Time
93. The Bridge
94. American Vandal
95. Review
96. The Great British Bake Off
97. This Is Us
98. Dark
99. Kroll Show
100. Ash vs Evil Dead

Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
3. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. The Social Network
   David Fincher
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
   Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
9. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
12. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
13. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
14. Her
    Spike Jonze
15. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
16. Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
17. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
18. Nightcrawler
    Dan Gilroy
19. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
20. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
21. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
22. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
23. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
24. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
25. Ex Machina
    Alex Garland
26. Paddington 2
    Paul King
27. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
28. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
29. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
30. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
31. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
32. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
33. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
34. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
35. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
36. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
37. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
38. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
39. Birdman
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
40. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
41. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
42. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
43. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
44. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
45. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
46. Gone Girl
    David Fincher
47. Brooklyn
    John Crowley
48. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
49. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
50. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
51. Carol
    Todd Haynes
52. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
53. Upstream Color
    Shane Carruth
54. Minding the Gap
    Bing Liu
55. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
56. The Big Short
    Adam McKay
57. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
58. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
59. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
60. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
61. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino
62. Prisoners
    Denis Villeneuve
63. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
64. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski
65. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
66. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
67. Logan
    James Mangold
68. Sorry to Bother You
    Boots Riley
69. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
70. Amour
    Michael Haneke
71. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
72. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
73. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo
74. Sing Street
    John Carney
75. Coco
    Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
76. Train to Busan
    Yeon Sang-ho
77. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
78. Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich
79. Skyfall
    Sam Mendes
80. Room
    Lenny Abrahamson
81. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
82. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
83. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
84. Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai
85. The Conjuring
    James Wan
86. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
87. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
88. John Wick
    Chad Stahelski
89. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Edgar Wright
90. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
91. The Revenant
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
92. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
93. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
94. Guardians of the Galaxy
    James Gunn
95. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
96. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
97. Deadpool
    Tim Miller
98. Creed
    Ryan Coogler
99. Free Solo
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
100. Nocturnal Animals
     Tom Ford

The New York Times: The 10 Most Influential Films of the 2010s, a list by Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott. See also the lists of favorites from Dargis and Scott.

• American Sniper
  Clint Eastwood
• The Avengers
  Joss Whedon
• Blackfish
  Gabriela Cowperthwaite
• Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• Frozen
  Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  Francis Lawrence
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  JJ Abrams

A.O. Scott: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• Carol
  Todd Haynes
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Norte, the End of History
  Lav Diaz
• Timbuktu
  Abderrahmane Sissako
• Toni Erdmann
  Maren Ade
• The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick

Manohla Dargis: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• The Assassin
  Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Boyhood
  Richard Linklater
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• In Jackson Heights
  Frederick Wiseman
• Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective]
  Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• No Home Movie
  Chantal Akerman
• Poetry
  Lee Chang-dong
• 13th
  Ava DuVernay
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke

entertainment.ie: 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade

1. Fleabag
2. Breaking Bad
3. Game of Thrones
4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
5. Chernobyl
6. Succession
7. Mad Men
8. True Detective
9. Schitt's Creek
10. The Handmaid’s Tale
11. Veep
12. Peaky Blinders
13. Black Mirror
14. The Leftovers
15. Atlanta
16. The Haunting of Hill House
17. The Crown
18. Girls
19. Catastrophe
20. Love/Hate

The A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
2. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
3. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
4. 1989
   Taylor Swift
5. A Seat at the Table
   Solange
6. Body Talk
   Robyn
7. LP1
   FKA twigs
8. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
9. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
10. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
11. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
12. Visions
    Grimes
13. Teen Dream
    Beach House
14. XXX
    Danny Brown
15. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
16. Black Up
    Shabazz Palaces
17. Blackstar
    David Bowie
18. Dirty Sprite 2
    Future
19. Sunbather
    Deafheaven
20. Blond
    Frank Ocean
21. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
22. Overgrown
    James Blake
23. Get Disowned
    Hop Along
24. Puberty 2
    Mitski
25. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
26. Singularity
    Jon Hopkins
27. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
28. Ctrl
    SZA
29. The Monitor
    Titus Andronicus
30. The ArchAndroid
    Janelle Monáe
31. In Colour
    Jamie xx
32. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
33. Cosmogramma
    Flying Lotus
34. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
35. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
36. All We Love We Leave Behind
    Converge
37. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
38. Take Care
    Drake
39. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
40. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
41. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
42. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
43. Kentucky
    Panopticon
44. Isolation
    Kali Uchis
45. After Laughter
    Paramore
46. There Is Love in You
    Four Tet
47. Dripping
    Pile
48. Anti
    Rihanna
49. What Now
    Sylvan Esso
50. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2015]

• The Idler Wheel…
  Fiona Apple
• Kaleidoscope Dream
  Miguel
• Describes Things As They Are
  Beauty Pill
• E•MO•TION
  Carly Rae Jepsen
• Lemonade
  Beyoncé
• You Want It Darker
  Leonard Cohen
• The Weight of These Wings
  Miranda Lambert
• A Seat at the Table
  Solange
• DAMN.
  Kendrick Lamar
• Aura
  Ozuna