Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2023

01 December 2023

Fallen Leaves - Aki Kaurismäki

Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2023, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2022202120202010s2019201820172016201520142013]

Honorable Mentions

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023

01 December 2023

Trenque Lauquen - Laura Citarella

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023

[see also 2022202120202010s201920182017201620152014201320122011]

Esquire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

01 December 2023

The Bear

Esquire: 10 Best TV Shows of 2023, compiled by Brady Langmann and Adrienne Westenfeld

[see also 20202010s20182017]

Esquire: 20 Best Albums of 2023

01 December 2023

Volcano - Jungle

Esquire: 20 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2010s]

Esquire: The 20 Best Books of 2023

01 December 2023

Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Esquire: The 20 Best Books of 2023

[see also The Best Books of 2022The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022The 50 Best Books of 2021The Best Books of the 2010sThe Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023

01 December 2023

Matthew Gilbert: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 2021]

Honorable Mentions

Economist: The Best Books of 2023

01 December 2023

Some People Need Killing - Patricia Evangelista

The Economist: The Best Books of 2023

[see also 202220212012]

Current affairs and politics

Business and economics

Biography and memoir

History

Fiction

Culture and ideas

Science and technology

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The Best Movies of 2023

01 December 2023

May December - Todd Haynes

Richard Lawson: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2022202120202010s2019201820172016201520142013]

New York Times: Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2023

01 December 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2023, as published by The New York Times

[see also 202220212020201920182017]

And don’t miss

New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2023

01 December 2023

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2023, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022202120202010s201920182017201620152014201320122011]

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