Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2020
Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The Forty-Five The 45 Best Albums of 2020

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Spin The 30 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Slant The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Doreen St. Félix: New Yorker The Best TV Shows of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Molly Young: New York The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Dream - Hailey Whitters

Marissa R. Moss: Stereogum The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020

Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Open Mike Eagle

Beats Per Minute Top 50 Albums of 2020

Sheldon Pearce: New Yorker My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020

Actress - Anne Enright

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Craig Jenkins: New York The Best Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Lindsey Bahr: AP Best Films of 2020

Floodlines

Sarah Larson: New Yorker The Best Podcasts of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Vice The 100 Best Albums of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jake Coyle: AP Best Films of 2020

Caroline Framke: Variety The Best TV Shows of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Owen Gleiberman: Variety Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Peter Debruge: Variety Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The 20 Best Albums of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Angelica Jade Bastién: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Bilge Ebiri: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Alison Willmore: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2020