Year-End Lists

HuffPost: The Best Films Of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2012]

• Polite Society
  Nida Manzoor
• Bottoms
  Emma Seligman
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
  Christopher McQuarrie
• Theater Camp
  Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• You Hurt My Feelings
  Nicole Holofcener
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• All of Us Strangers
  Andrew Haigh
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
• Rye Lane
  Raine Allen-Miller
• Joy Ride
  Adele Lim
• Return to Seoul
  Davy Chou
• Creed III
  Michael B. Jordan
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• BS High
  Martin Desmond Roe and Travon Free
• Donyale Luna: Supermodel
  Nailah Jefferson
• Little Richard: I Am Everything
  Lisa Cortés
• Brother
  Clement Virgo
• Evil Dead Rise
  Lee Cronin
• Kokomo City
  D. Smith
• May December
  Todd Haynes
• Four Daughters
  Kaouther Ben Hania
• Monster
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper
• Dream Scenario
  Kristoffer Borgli

DIY Magazine: Albums of the Year 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2016 • 2011]

1. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
2. the record
   boygenius
3. Guts
   Olivia Rodrigo
4. Heavy Heavy
   Young Fathers
5. Crazymad, for Me
   CMAT
6. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
7. That! Feels Good!
   Jessie Ware
8. Chaos For The Fly
   Grian Chatten
9. This Is Why
   Paramore
10. False Lankum
    Lankum
11. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
12. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
13. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
14. The Ballad of Darren
    Blur
15. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
16. Something to Give Each Other
    Troye Sivan
17. I've Seen a Way
    Mandy, Indiana
18. O Monolith
    Squid
19. My 21st Century Blues
    Raye
20. Mid Air
    Romy

Vogue: The Best Podcasts of 2023

• The 13th Step
• Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily
• Classy with Jonathan Menjivar
• The Coldest Case In Laramie
• Hang Up
• Hard Fork
• HBO Girls Rewatch
• The Heart
• Heavyweight
• The Martin Chronicles
• More Perfect, Season 4
• Normal Gossip
• The Divided Dial
• On the Media: "Leaving the Extreme Right, and a Marriage, Behind"
• Radiolab: Ukraine
• The Retrievals
• The Run-Through with Vogue
• Search Engine
• She Wants More
• Switched on Pop
• The Town with Matthew Belloni
• The Uncertain Hour, Season 6
• Vibe Check
• Weight For It

Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2023, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2017]

1. Fountain Baby
   Amaarae
2. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
3. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
4. SOS
   SZA
5. Weathervanes
   Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
6. Guts
   Olivia Rodrigo
7. Wallsocket
   underscores
8. Zach Bryan
   Zach Bryan
9. Scaring the Hoes
   JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
10. Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
    John Francis Flynn

Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2023, as published by Screen Slate

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

1. Ken Jacobs: Up the Illusion [exhibition]
2. The Green Border
   Agnieszka Holland
3. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
5. Hit Man
   Richard Linklater
6. A Thousand and One
   A.V. Rockwell
7. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
   Frederick Wiseman
8. May December
   Todd Haynes
9. La chimera
   Alice Rohrwacher
10. Close Your Eyes
    Víctor Erice
10. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt

PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. That! Feels Good!
   Jessie Ware
2. Wait Til I Get Over
   Durand Jones
3. the record
   boygenius
4. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
5. Heavy Heavy
   Young Fathers
6. ٣ (Trois)
   Acid Arab
7. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
8. Weathervanes
   Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
9. Falling or Flying
   Jorja Smith
10. Volcano
    Jungle
11. Aşk
    Altın Gün
12. Madres
    Sofia Kourtesis
13. Gentle Confrontation
    Loraine James
14. Sundial
    Noname
15. Bunny
    Beach Fossils
16. Tension
    Kylie Minogue
17. City of Gold
    Molly Tuttle
18. Strays
    Margo Price
19. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
20. everything is alive
    Slowdive
21. Dancing While Falling
    Quantic
22. Black Classical Music
    Yussef Dayes
23. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
    Armand Hammer
24. Blondshell
    Blondshell
25. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
26. Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
    Lydia Loveless
27. The Omnichord Real Book
    Meshell Ndegeocello
28. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
29. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
30. London Ko
    Fatoumata Diawara
31. Strange Disciple
    Nation of Language
32. Proof of Life
    Joy Oladokun
33. Lahai
    Sampha
34. Voir Dire
    Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist
35. Drum Money
    Ekiti Sound
36. Shook
    Algiers
37. Space Heavy
    King Krule
38. Blight Year
    Anti-God Hand
39. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
40. Atlas
    Laurel Halo
41. Everyone's Crushed
    Water From Your Eyes
42. Jenny from Thebes
    The Mountain Goats
43. I've Seen a Way
    Mandy, Indiana
44. Exit Simulation
    Niecy Blues
45. Zango
    Witch
46. Jupiter
    Upper Wilds
47. Homo Anxietatem
    Shamir
48. Anarchist Gospel
    Sunny War
49. The Window
    Ratboys
50. Cracker Island
    Gorillaz
51. End
    Explosions in the Sky
52. Raven
    Kelela
53. Integrated Tech Solutions
    Aesop Rock
54. Memento Mori
    Depeche Mode
55. Water Made Us
    Jamila Woods
56. Driving
    Sam Wilkes
57. The Enduring Spirit
    Tomb Mold
58. Higher
    Chris Stapleton
59. Playing Robots into Heaven
    James Blake
60. Isn't It Now?
    Animal Collective
61. Get Up
    NewJeans
62. Bolted
    Forest Swords
63. This Is Why
    Paramore
64. Diagonal Musik II
    Prins Emanuel
65. The Good Witch
    Maisie Peters
66. Sit Down for Dinner
    Blonde Redhead
67. The Hypnogogue
    The Church
68. Trustfall
    Pink
69. Afterpoem
    Faten Kanaan
70. Workin' on a World
    Iris DeMent
71. Fantasy
    M83
72. Continue as a Guest
    The New Pornographers
73. Saved!
    Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter
74. Endless Summer Vacation
    Miley Cyrus
75. One Day
    Fucked Up
76. The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
    Hayden Pedigo
77. With A Hammer
    yaeji
78. I Am Not There Anymore
    The Clientele
79. Romantic Piano
    Gia Margaret
80. Data Doom
    Frankie and the Witch Fingers

Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023

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

1. Bunny
   Beach Fossils
2. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
3. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
4. the record
   boygenius
5. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
6. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
   Mitski
7. Lahai
   Sampha
8. Tracey Denim
   Bar Italia
9. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
10. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
11. Yard
    Slow Pulp
12. The Window
    Ratboys
13. V
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
14. Space Heavy
    King Krule
15. Girl with Fish
    Feeble Little Horse
16. Cartwheel
    Hotline TNT
17. False Lankum
    Lankum
18. Heaven Is a Junkyard
    Youth Lagoon
19. Heavy Heavy
    Young Fathers
20. Perfect Saviors
    The Armed
21. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
22. Guts
    Olivia Rodrigo
23. Mid Air
    Romy
24. Radical Romantics
    Fever Ray
25. Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
    Yves Tumor
26. That! Feels Good!
    Jessie Ware
27. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
28. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
    Anohni and the Johnsons
29. New Blue Sun
    André 3000
30. Quaranta
    Danny Brown
31. Hellmode
    Jeff Rosenstock
32. This Stupid World
    Yo La Tengo
33. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
    Armand Hammer
34. Lucky for You
    Bully
35. Hit Parade
    Róisín Murphy
36. 3D Country
    Geese
37. First Two Pages of Frankenstein
    The National
38. Hold
    Wild Nothing
39. everything is alive
    Slowdive
40. UK Grim
    Sleaford Mods
41. Strange Disciple
    Nation of Language
42. Food for Worms
    Shame
43. The Ballad of Darren
    Blur
44. All Fiction
    Pile
45. Everyone's Crushed
    Water From Your Eyes
46. I Killed Your Dog
    L'Rain
47. Velveteen
    PONY
48. O Monolith
    Squid
49. Something to Give Each Other
    Troye Sivan
50. Greg Mendez
    Greg Mendez

Aquarium Drunkard: 2023 Year in Review. "As always, our list is unranked and unruly," they write about their 200+ entries.

[see also 2022 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021]

1. a.s.o.
   a.s.o
2. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
3. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
4. Maps
   Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
5. Scaring the Hoes
   JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
6. Fountain Baby
   Amaarae
7. CBD Reiki Moonbeam
   Neggy Gemmy
8. Javelin
   Sufjan Stevens
9. Spirit World Tour
   Sword II
10. Détwat
    HiTech
11. Radical Romantics
    Fever Ray
12. Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
    Yves Tumor
13. Hood Hottest Princess
    Sexyy Red
14. Heaven
    Cleo Sol
15. Génesis
    Peso Pluma
16. Red Moon in Venus
    Kali Uchis
17. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
    Caroline Polachek
18. Saved!
    Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter
19. The Greater Wings
    Julie Byrne
20. Ganger
    Veeze
21. Hypochondriac
    Brakence
22. Perfect Saviors
    The Armed
23. Panico No Submundo
    DJ K
24. Revanchist
    Evian Christ
25. SOS
    SZA
26. 10,000 gecs
    100 gecs
27. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
28. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
    Anohni and the Johnsons
29. High School Football
    Brevin Kim
30. Spike Field
    Maria BC
31. Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
    John Francis Flynn
32. Perspective
    Jlin
33. Softscars
    yeule
34. Sundial
    Noname
35. Yo No Era Así, Pero de Ahora en Adelante, Sí
    Diego Raposo
36. Living
    mark william lewis
37. Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
    Jaimie Branch
38. Notorious Dump Legends, Vol. 2
    Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim
39. Sugar World
    jonatan leandoer96
40. Pressure Sensitive
    Anysia Kym & Jadasea
41. Atlas
    Laurel Halo
42. Raven
    Kelela
43. Erotic Probiotic 2
    Nourished By Time
44. Work of Art
    Asake
45. Romantic Piano
    Gia Margaret
46. homeless n***a pop music
    Jim Legxacy
47. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
    Kara Jackson
48. Tracey Denim
    Bar Italia
49. Honey
    Samia
50. Burning Desire
    Mike

Christopher Borrelli: 10 Best Books for 2023, as published by The Chicago Tribune, in no particular order. "Or make that 12, if you include a trio that shouldn’t work at all," he writes.

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

• Biography of X
  Catherine Lacey
• The Fraud
  Zadie Smith
• Small Mercies
  Dennis Lehane
• Chain-Gang All-Stars
  Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
• Bride of the Tornado
  James Kennedy
• Whalefall
  Daniel Kraus
• Lone Women
  Victor LaValle
• Monsters

  A Fan's Dilemma
  Claire Dederer
• Motherland
  Paula Ramón
• King

  A Life
  Jonathan Eig
• The Parrot and the Igloo

  Climate and the Science of Denial
  David Lipsky
• The Deadline

  Essays
  Jill Lepore