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.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
Economist: The Best Books of 2021
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2021
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2019
A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2019
2020 Movies
Nashville Scene: Jason Shawhan: The 10 Best Films of 2020
06 January 2021
Jason Shawhan
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The 10 Best Films of 2020
, as published by
Nashville Scene
Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Steve McQueen
She Dies Tomorrow
Amy Seimetz
First Cow
Kelly Reichardt
Bacurau
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
Vitalina Varela
Pedro Costa
After Midnight
Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella
David Byrne's American Utopia
Spike Lee
Zombi Child
Bertrand Bonello
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Hitesh Kewalya
Honorable Mention
And Then We Danced
Levan Akin
Ask Any Buddy
Evan Purchell
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht
Gretel & Hansel
Oz Perkins
The Invisible Man
Leigh Whannell
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Welcome to Chechnya
David France
The Whistlers
Corneliu Porumboiu