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
Observer: Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2021
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Ten Best Films of 2021
Economist: The Best Books of 2023
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2023
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2023
more...
2021 Movies
Polygon: The Best Movies of 2021
29 December 2021
Polygon
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The Best Movies of 2021
[see also
2023
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2022
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2019
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Annette
Leos Carax
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Josh Greenbaum
Bo Burnham: Inside
Bo Burnham
CODA
Sian Heder
Drive My Car
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Encanto
Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
various directors
The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson
The Green Knight
David Lowery
Identifying Features
Fernanda Valadez
In the Heights
Jon M. Chu
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King
Nine Days
Edson Oda
No Sudden Move
Steven Soderbergh
Parallel Mothers
Pedro Almodóvar
Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma
Pig
Michael Sarnoski
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Lili Horvát
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman
Spencer
Pablo Larraín
The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
tick, tick... BOOM!
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Titane
Julia Ducournau
Zola
Janicza Bravo
