Year-End Lists

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

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Ty Burr The Best Movies of 2021

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

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

The Green Knight - David Lowery

Polygon The Best Movies of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

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

i became birds - Home Is Where

Jordan Cronk The Top 30 Albums of 2021

Succession

Ben Yakas: Gothamist The Best TV Shows of 2021

Screen Violence - Chvrches

Patrick Ryan: USA Today 5 Best Albums of 2021

In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

Melissa Ruggieri: USA Today 5 Best Albums of 2021

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

Brian Truitt: USA Today The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Maintenance Phase - Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

New York The Best Podcasts of 2021

Girlhood - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021

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

Michael J. Anderson Ten Best Films of 2021

Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Ross Bonaime: Collider Top 10 Films of 2021

The Blues of Heaven - Barbara Ras

Maggie Smith: Whittier Daily News Top 10 Poetry Books of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

Noel Murray: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Titane - Julia Ducournau

Leila Latif: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

C'mon C'mon - Mike Mills

Caroline Siede: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Katie Rife: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Identifying Features - Fernanda Valadez

Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021