Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

Movies
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico

Movies
Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Scout Tafoya

Movies
Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Bill Stamets

Movies
Arrival - Denis Villeneuve

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Collin Souter

Movies
La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Peter Sobczynski

Movies
Elle - Paul Verhoeven

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Michael Snydel

Movies
Certain Women - Kelly Reichardt

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Niles Schwartz

Movies
Aferim! - Radu Jude

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Michał Oleszczyk

Music
Adore Life - Savages

16 Albums That Shaped 2016 DIY

Movies
Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Top Ten Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com: Christina Newland

Movies

The Ten Best Films of 2016 RogerEbert.com

Music
A Seat at the Table - Solange

Albums of the Year 2016 Clash

Books
What Belongs to You - Garth Greenwell

Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books

Music
Blackstar - David Bowie

Top 100 Albums of 2016 Under the Radar

Music
Lemonade - Beyoncé

60 Best Albums of 2016 Pretty Much Amazing

Movies
La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Top 10 Movies of 2016 AP: Lindsey Bahr

Movies

Top 10 Movies of 2016 AP: Jake Coyle

Movies
Silence - Martin Scorsese

Top 25 Movies of 2016 Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang

Music

Top 100 Albums of 2016 Quietus

Books
Evicted - Matthew Desmond

Best Nonfiction of 2016 Powell's Books

TV Shows

30 Best TV Shows of 2016 A.V. Club

Movies

19 Best Films of 2016 Hollywood Reporter: Todd McCarthy

Music

50 Best Albums of 2016 Pitchfork

Music
Blood Bitch - Jenny Hval

50 Best Albums of 2016 Fact

Recent Lists

By Year

By Category

Trending Works

Archive

About

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.