Year-End Lists

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

2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

New York Times: A.O. Scott Best Movies of 2021

Matrix - Lauren Groff

Guardian Best Fiction of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Time The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Sight & Sound Poll: Vadim Rizov Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland Best Films of 2021

Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

It's a Sin

Sight & Sound TV Poll The 10 Best TV Series of 2021

France - Bruno Dumont

Vanity Fair: Cassie da Costa 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Variety: Caroline Framke Best TV Shows of 2021

The Investigation - Tobias Lindholm

Variety: Daniel D’Addario Best TV Shows of 2021

Betty - Crystal Moselle

New York Times: Margaret Lyons Best Shows That Ended in 2021

Happening - Audrey Diwan

Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic Best Films of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles Best Films of 2021

Hacks

New York Times: James Poniewozik Best TV Shows of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

Time: Judy Berman The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

The Souvenir Part II - Joanna Hogg

Sight & Sound Poll The 50 Best Films of 2021

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Holler Albums of the Year 2021

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

New Yorker: Richard Brody The Best Movies of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Uproxx: Steven Hyden Favorite Albums of 2021

Succession

Complex The Best TV Shows of 2021

9/12

Time: Eliana Dockterman The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

IndieWire The 25 Best Movies of 2021

30 - Adele

New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz Best Albums of 2021