Year-End Lists

Kristen Baldwin: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2023, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018]

1. Succession
2. I'm a Virgo
3. Barry
4. Reservation Dogs
5. The Bear
6. American Born Chinese
7. Bargain
8. Harlem
9. The Curse
10. Judge Steve Harvey

Runners-up

• Mrs. Davis
• Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
• Yellowjackets

Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2023, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2022 • 2021]

1. SOS
   SZA
2. Red Moon in Venus
   Kali Uchis
3. Lucky
   Megan Moroney
4. Calico
   Ryan Beatty
5. Guts
   Olivia Rodrigo
6. Like..?
   Ice Spice
7. the record
   boygenius
8. Blondshell
   Blondshell
9. But Here We Are
   Foo Fighters
10. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
11. Jaguar II
    Victoria Monét
12. The Complete Budokan 1978
    Bob Dylan
13. The Mockingbird & the Crow
    Hardy
14. Nostalgia
    Rod Wave
15. Proof of Life
    Joy Oladokun
16. The Weakness
    Ruston Kelly
17. Something to Give Each Other
    Troye Sivan
18. Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good)
    Kelsea Ballerini
19. Joy'All
    Jenny Lewis
20. Austin
    Post Malone

Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. homeless n***a pop music
   Jim Legxacy
2. Bendik Giske
   Bendik Giske
3. 93696
   Liturgy
4. a.s.o.
   a.s.o
5. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
6. Àlàáfíà
   Honour
7. Breeze
   Vayda
8. My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
   Anohni and the Johnsons
9. Tune IN
   Universal Harmonies & Frequencies
10. Nekkuja
    Marina Herlop
11. Fountain Baby
    Amaarae
12. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
13. False Lankum
    Lankum
14. Good Luck
    Debby Friday
15. Atlas
    Laurel Halo
16. Maritz
    Jonnine
17. Let's Start Here
    Lil Yachty
18. I've Seen a Way
    Mandy, Indiana
19. & the Charm
    Avalon Emerson
20. Deliverance And Spiritual Warfare
    Holy Tongue
21. A New Tomorrow
    Zulu
22. Radical Romantics
    Fever Ray
23. Signs
    Purelink
24. Sundial
    Noname
25. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
26. Bunyi Bunyi Tumbal
    Hulubalang
27. Excelsior
    Slauson Malone 1
28. Further Out Than The Edge
    Speakers Corner Quartet
29. Techxodus
    Speaker Music
30. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
    Kara Jackson
31. Source of Denial
    Nihiloxica
32. Just A Matter Of Time
    AntsLive
33. The Head Hurts but the Heart Knows the Truth
    Headache
34. 绿帽 Green Hat
    Tzusing
35. Mondo Tempo
    Freak Heat Waves
36. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
    Lana Del Rey
37. Tikiman Vol.1
    Paul St. Hilaire
38. Work of Art
    Asake
39. Raven
    Kelela
40. Blondshell
    Blondshell
41. Viral Wreckage
    Aunty Rayzor
42. WOW
    Kate NV
43. Everyone's Crushed
    Water From Your Eyes
44. I Killed Your Dog
    L'Rain
45. Natural Wonder Beauty Concept
    Natural Wonder Beauty Concept
46. touched by an angel
    Klein
47. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
    Armand Hammer
48. the record
    boygenius
49. Inti Watana - El Retorno del Sol
    Luzmila Carpio
50. Something to Give Each Other
    Troye Sivan

The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Lucky for You
   Bully
2. Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
   Lana Del Rey
3. Guts
   Olivia Rodrigo
4. SOS
   SZA
5. Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
   Caroline Polachek
6. Madres
   Sofia Kourtesis
7. We Buy Diabetic Test Strips
   Armand Hammer
8. 10,000 gecs
   100 gecs
9. Lahai
   Sampha
10. Life Under the Gun
    Militarie Gun
11. The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
    Mitski
12. Hellmode
    Jeff Rosenstock
13. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
14. Raven
    Kelela
15. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
16. Time Ain't Accidental
    Jess Williamson
17. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
18. Jaguar II
    Victoria Monét
19. The Great Escape
    Larry June and the Alchemist
20. Sundial
    Noname
21. the record
    boygenius
22. Heaven Is a Junkyard
    Youth Lagoon
23. Zach Bryan
    Zach Bryan
24. Softscars
    yeule
25. LIFE AFTER NEPH
    RXKNephew and Harry Fraud
25. Virtuoso
    Valee and Harry Fraud
26. Yallah Beibe
    MC Yallah
27. Blondshell
    Blondshell

Matt Patches: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by Polygon

[see also 2022 • 2010s • 2019]

• Asteroid City
  Wes Anderson
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline
  Daniel Goldhaber
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• The Eight Mountains
  Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
• BlackBerry
  Matt Johnson
• May December
  Todd Haynes
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
  Wes Anderson
• Creed III
  Michael B. Jordan
• Dark Harvest
  David Slade

This list contributes to:

• Polygon: The 50 Best Movies of 2023

Tasha Robinson: The Best Movies of 2023, as published by Polygon

[see also 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

• Saltburn
  Emerald Fennell
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Barbie
  Greta Gerwig
• Broker
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• The Origin of Evil
  Sébastien Marnier
• Dream Scenario
  Kristoffer Borgli

This list contributes to:

• Polygon: The 50 Best Movies of 2023

Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2023, as published by Slate

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

• Pet
  Catherine Chidgey
• The Vaster Wilds
  Lauren Groff
• Mobility
  Lydia Kiesling
• Untethered Sky
  Fonda Lee
• Terrace Story
  Hilary Leichter
• White Cat, Black Dog
  Kelly Link
• The Picnic

  A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
  Matthew Longo
• Quantum Criminals

  Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan
  Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay
• Lost Places
  Sarah Pinsker
• Ladies' Lunch

  and Other Stories
  Lore Segal

Polygon: The 50 Best Movies of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

1. Oppenheimer
   Christopher Nolan
2. Past Lives
   Celine Song
3. The Holdovers
   Alexander Payne
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
5. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
   Daniel Goldhaber
6. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
7. The Boy and the Heron
   Hayao Miyazaki
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
   Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
9. Barbie
   Greta Gerwig
10. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
11. May December
    Todd Haynes
12. John Wick: Chapter 4
    Chad Stahelski
13. Godzilla Minus One
    Takashi Yamazaki
14. Suzume
    Makoto Shinkai
15. Poor Things
    Yorgos Lanthimos
16. Ferrari
    Michael Mann
17. The Killer
    David Fincher
18. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    Christopher McQuarrie
19. Knock at the Cabin
    M. Night Shyamalan
20. Anatomy of a Fall
    Justine Triet
21. Priscilla
    Sofia Coppola
22. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer
23. Dream Scenario
    Kristoffer Borgli
24. Saltburn
    Emerald Fennell
25. Jawan
    Atlee
26. Napoleon
    Ridley Scott
27. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
28. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    Jeff Rowe
29. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
    Kelly Fremon Craig
30. Skinamarink
    Kyle Edward Ball
31. Talk to Me
    Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou
32. Polite Society
    Nida Manzoor
33. When Evil Lurks
    Demián Rugna
34. M3GAN
    Gerard Johnstone
35. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
    Wes Anderson
36. Earth Mama
    Savanah Leaf
37. Eileen
    William Oldroyd
38. BlackBerry
    Matt Johnson
39. Theater Camp
    Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
40. Master Gardener
    Paul Schrader
41. Infinity Pool
    Brandon Cronenberg
42. Creed III
    Michael B. Jordan
43. Broker
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
44. They Cloned Tyrone
    Juel Taylor
45. The Origin of Evil
    Sébastien Marnier
46. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
    Francis Lawrence
47. The Fist of the Condor
    Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
48. Passages
    Ira Sachs
49. Missing
    Will Merrick and Nick Johnson
50. Shin Kamen Rider
    Hideaki Anno

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Polygon: Matt Patches: The Best Movies of 2023
• Polygon: Tasha Robinson: The Best Movies of 2023

Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

1. Driving
   Sam Wilkes
2. Diagonal Musik II
   Prins Emanuel
3. That! Feels Good!
   Jessie Ware
4. London Ko
   Fatoumata Diawara
5. The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
   Hayden Pedigo
6. Get Up
   NewJeans
7. Alchemy
   Disclosure
8. Mute The Charm
   Unwed Sailor
9. Groove Religion
   Kosmo Kint
10. Volcano
    Jungle
11. An Ever Changing View
    Matthew Halsall
12. Time Will Wait for No One
    Local Natives
13. Anches En Maat
    Grails
14. Gag Order
    Kesha
15. Gentle Confrontation
    Loraine James
16. Let's Start Here
    Lil Yachty
17. Amatssou
    Tinariwen
18. The Rainbow Wheel of Death
    Dougie Poole
19. FML
    Seventeen
20. Days In The Desert
    High Pulp
21. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
22. Bastard Jargon
    Nakhane
23. FADER & Friends Vol. 1
    various artists
24. The Silver Cord
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
25. Southern Star
    Brent Cobb
26. Love in the Void
    Hammock
27. Raven
    Kelela
28. Javelin
    Sufjan Stevens
29. Strays
    Margo Price
30. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
31. Sundial
    Noname
32. The Loveliest Time
    Carly Rae Jepsen
33. Weathervanes
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
34. Western Cum
    Cory Hanson
35. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Metro Boomin
36. I am upset because I see something that is not there.
    Fire-Toolz
37. Black Rainbows
    Corinne Bailey Rae
38. All That Was East Is West of Me Now
    Glen Hansard
39. The Returner
    Allison Russell
40. the record
    boygenius
41. The Comeback Kid
    Marnie Stern
42. Red Moon in Venus
    Kali Uchis
43. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
44. Nothing's Gonna Stand in My Way Again
    Lydia Loveless
45. Brand New Life
    Brandee Younger
46. Silver
    Say She She
47. If We Stayed Alive
    12 Rods
48. The Enduring Spirit
    Tomb Mold
49. Michael
    Killer Mike
50. But Here We Are
    Foo Fighters

Bethanne Patrick: Five Best Fiction Works of 2023, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2022 • 2021]

• Wednesday's Child
  Yiyun Li
• Take What You Need
  Idra Novey
• Witness
  Jamel Brinkley
• Julia

  A Retelling of George Orwell's 1984
  Sandra Newman
• Absolution
  Alice McDermott