Year-End Lists

Aramide Tinubu: The Best TV Shows of 2023, as published by Variety

1. The Last of Us
2. Heartstopper
3. A Small Light
4. I'm a Virgo
5. Fellow Travelers
6. Gen V
7. A Murder at the End of the World
8. Lessons in Chemistry
9. The 1619 Project
10. The Gilded Age

Honorable mentions

• The Buccaneers
• The Crown
• Frasier
• Swarm
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
• Power Book III: Raising Kanan

BuzzFeed: 25 Best TV Shows of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2010s]

1. Succession
2. The Last of Us
3. The Bear
4. Reservation Dogs
5. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
6. Jury Duty
7. Poker Face
8. Loki
9. Abbott Elementary
10. The Fall of the House of Usher
11. Gen V
12. Beef
13. Barry
14. Scavengers Reign
15. Heartstopper
16. Lessons in Chemistry
17. The Legend of Vox Machina
18. Ahsoka
19. Daisy Jones & the Six
20. Somebody Somewhere
21. Shrinking
22. Silo
23. The Other Two
24. Ted Lasso
25. Dead Ringers

BBC Culture: The 20 Best Films of 2023, compiled by Nicholas Barber and Caryn James. While the entries at bbc.com are numbered, they are accompanied by this note, so I'm using a bulleted list instead:

The numbers in this list do not represent ranking, but are intended to make the separate entries as clear as possible.

[see also 2022]

• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Holy Spider
  Ali Abbasi
• Polite Society
  Nida Manzoor
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline
  Daniel Goldhaber
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• Suzume
  Makoto Shinkai
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Broker
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• Reality
  Tina Satter
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• American Fiction
  Cord Jefferson
• The Creator
  Gareth Edwards
• Origin
  Ava DuVernay
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• All of Us Strangers
  Andrew Haigh
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper

KCRW: The 23 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Silver
   Say She She
2. Slugs of Love
   Little Dragon
3. everything is alive
   Slowdive
4. Switched-On
   Pachyman
5. Flowers At Your Feet
   Rahill
6. Let's Start Here
   Lil Yachty
7. Volcano
   Jungle
8. Good Lies
   Overmono
9. Zango
   Witch
10. Dreamer
    Nabihah Iqbal
11. When the Poems Do What They Do
    Aja Monet
12. Lahai
    Sampha
13. Raven
    Kelela
14. Glorious Game
    El Michels Affair & Black Thought
15. The Comeback Kid
    Marnie Stern
16. Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
    Yves Tumor
17. Pastor's Paradox
    Don Byron / Lester St. Louis / Pheeroan akLaff
18. Curyman
    Rogê
19. the record
    boygenius
20. For That Beautiful Feeling
    The Chemical Brothers
21. MOONSHOTS
    The South Hill Experiment
22. Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
    Nia Archives
23. The Lamb as Effigy
    Sprain

Folk Alley: Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2020]

1. Valley Of Heart's Delight
   Margo Cilker
2. Stand in the Joy
   William Prince
3. City of Gold
   Molly Tuttle
4. Mighty Poplar
   Mighty Poplar
5. Keep Your Courage
   Natalie Merchant
6. Imaginary People
   Viv & Riley
7. Proof of Life
   Joy Oladokun
8. Thank God We Left The Garden
   Jeffrey Martin
9. The Fungi Sessions Vol​..1
   Hannah Read
10. Workin' on a World
    Iris DeMent
11. The Fatalist
    Buffalo Nichols
12. Lay Your Darkness Down
    Mark Erelli
13. Home
    Eliza Gilkyson
14. As We Speak
    Béla Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer
15. Sisters of White Chapel
    Annie Bartholomew
16. Sun to Sun
    Alice Gerrard
17. You're the One
    Rhiannon Giddens
18. Ridin'
    Eric Bibb
19. 1988
    Lori McKenna
20. Try to Make It Fly
    The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums Of 2023, as published by Uproxx where it appears with three very important annual disclaimers, five fantastic, themed "sub-lists," and a special clarification about the albums not mentioned here, all of which Hyden hates

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Rat Saw God
   Wednesday
2. Infinite Spring
   superviolet
3. And The Wind (Live and Loose​!!)
   MJ Lenderman
4. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
   Mitski
5. 10,000 gecs
   100 gecs
6. Weathervanes
   Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
7. Dead Meat
   The Tubs
8. Eye On The Bat
   Palehound
9. The Holey Bible
   Florry
10. Cartwheel
    Hotline TNT
11. Killers of the Flower Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Robbie Robertson
12. Tim: Let It Bleed Edition
    The Replacements
13. I've Got Me
    Joanna Sternberg
14. New Shadows
    Jerry David DeCicca
15. The Window
    Ratboys
16. Western Cum
    Cory Hanson
17. Hackney Diamonds
    The Rolling Stones
18. Glass Pastures
    Dusk
19. Dancing on the Edge
    Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
20. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
    Kara Jackson
21. An Inbuilt Fault
    Westerman
22. 3D Country
    Geese
23. Frankenstein Laughs (custom compilation of two albums by The National)
24. I Killed Your Dog
    L'Rain
25. I/O
    Peter Gabriel
26. I Looked Out
    Greg Freeman

Sheri Linden: Best Films of 2023, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
2. May December
   Todd Haynes
3. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
5. Past Lives
   Celine Song
6. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
7. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
8. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
9. Passages
   Ira Sachs
10. The Disappearance of Shere Hite
    Nicole Newnham

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• A Compassionate Spy
  Steve James
• The Delinquents
  Rodrigo Moreno
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper
• Occupied City
  Steve McQueen
• The Peasants
  DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
• Rodeo
  Lola Quivoron
• The Taste of Things
  Trần Anh Hùng
• The Teachers' Lounge
  İlker Çatak
• The Unknown Country
  Morrisa Maltz

Lovia Gyarkye: Best Films of 2023, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021]

1. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
2. All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
   Raven Jackson
3. Earth Mama
   Savanah Leaf
4. Passages
   Ira Sachs
5. Our Body
   Claire Simon
6. Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
   Frederick Wiseman
7. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
8. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
9. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
   Kelly Fremon Craig
10. Tótem
    Lila Avilés

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• Fair Play
  Chloe Domont
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• May December
  Todd Haynes
• Monster
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Orlando, My Political Biography
  Paul B. Preciado
• Our Father, the Devil
  Ellie Foumbi
• A Still Small Voice
  Luke Lorentzen
• A Thousand and One
  A.V. Rockwell

Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2023, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
3. Passages
   Ira Sachs
4. Afire
   Christian Petzold
5. May December
   Todd Haynes
6. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
7. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
8. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
9. Kokomo City
   D. Smith
10. All of Us Strangers
    Andrew Haigh

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• Asteroid City
  Wes Anderson
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper
• Menus-plaisirs - Les Troisgros
  Frederick Wiseman
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Other People's Children
  Rebecca Zlotowski
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Tótem
  Lila Avilés
• You Hurt My Feelings
  Nicole Holofcener

David Rooney: Best Films of 2023, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Past Lives
   Celine Song
2. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
3. All of Us Strangers
   Andrew Haigh
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
5. Fallen Leaves
   Aki Kaurismäki
6. The Zone of Interest
   Jonathan Glazer
7. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
8. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
9. Perfect Days
   Wim Wenders
10. Passages
    Ira Sachs

Honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

• Afire
  Christian Petzold
• American Fiction
  Cord Jefferson
• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• Earth Mama
  Savanah Leaf
• Godland
  Hlynur Pálmason
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Priscilla
  Sofia Coppola
• The Taste of Things
  Trần Anh Hùng
• Tótem
  Lila Avilés