Year-End Lists

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

2020
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Thrillist The Best Books of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Paste The 50 Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

The Next Picture Show Our Top 5 Films of 2020

Wolfwalkers - Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

Genevieve Koski: The Next Picture Show Favorite Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Keith Phipps: The Next Picture Show Top Ten Films of 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Harper’s Bazaar The Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Brooklyn Vegan Top 55 Albums of 2020

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

Scott Tobias Top 10 Films of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Shondaland The Best Books of 2020

Shondaland The Best Podcasts of 2020

Epicentro - Hubert Sauper

Susannah Gruder: Screen Slate Best Films of 2020

Molly Haskell: Screen Slate Best Films of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

British Vogue These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020

Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Hip Hop Golden Age The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020

Days - Tsai Ming-liang

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Films of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Kelly Lawler: USA Today The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020

Claire Fallon: HuffPost The Best Books of 2020

Paid Salvation - A. Swayze & the Ghosts

Kitty Empire: Observer 10 Best Albums of 2020

A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C.

Far Out The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Christina Newland: Sight & Sound The Best Films of 2020