Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

Music
Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

The Best Music of 2021 GCN: Steve Erickson

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Top Ten Films of 2021 Josh Larsen

Music
Glow On - Turnstile

Top 20 Albums of 2021 Northern Transmissions

Movies
Annette - Leos Carax

Favorite Theatrical/VOD Releases of 2021 Darren Hughes

Movies
The Beatles: Get Back - Peter Jackson

The 10 Best Films of 2021 CBS News: David Morgan

Music
Revolution Shuffle - Michael Pisaro-Liu

Our Favorite Albums, 2021 Tone Glow

Movies
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

The Top Ten Best Films of 2021 National Review: Kyle Smith

Movies
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - Aleksandre Koberidze

Top 25 Films of 2021 In Review Online

Music
Collapsed in Sunbeams - Arlo Parks

Albums of 2021 Dork

Music
Blue Weekend - Wolf Alice

2021 Albums of the Year Atwood Magazine

Movies
Jockey - Clint Bentley

Best Movies Of 2021 Deadline: Todd McCarthy

Music
Painful Enlightenment - Jana Rush

83 Favorite Albums Of 2021 Hanif Abdurraqib

Movies
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen

The Best Movies of 2021 Esquire: Nick Schager

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Top 50 Films of 2021 Film Stage

Movies
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Best 20 Films of 2021 Sarah Knight Adamson

Music
The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - Valerie June

Best of 2021 AllMusic

Movies
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Best Movies of 2021 Ty Burr

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

The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 Polygon: Noel Murray

Movies
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

The Best Movies of 2021 Polygon

TV Shows
The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Vox: Emily St. James

Music
i became birds - Home Is Where

The Top 30 Albums of 2021 Jordan Cronk

TV Shows
Succession

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Gothamist: Ben Yakas

Music
Screen Violence - Chvrches

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Patrick Ryan

Music
In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Melissa Ruggieri

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