Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

TV Shows

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020 Rolling Stone: Alan Sepinwall

Music
The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Top 25 Albums of 2020 Magnet

Music
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Guardian

Podcasts

The Best New Podcasts of 2020 New York Times

Music

Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2020 XXL

Music
Róisín Machine - Róisín Murphy

The 100 Best Albums of 2020 Albumism

TV Shows

The Best Television Series of 2020 Sight & Sound TV Poll

Books
Memorial - Bryan Washington

Best Books of 2020 Refinery29

Poetry
I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First - Angie Mazakis

Best Poetry of 2020 Boston Globe

Books

Best Books of 2020 Boston Globe

Movies
Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

The 10 Best Films from 2020 ARTery: Sean Burns

Movies
Small Axe - Steve McQueen

The 30 Best Films of 2020 Little White Lies

Movies
Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

The Best Movies of 2020 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

Music
Evermore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Chris Willman

Music
RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Andrew Barker

Music
Untitled (Rise) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Jem Aswad

Music
Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Top Ten Albums of 2020 Clémence Polès

Music
Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

Top 13 Albums of 2020 Slate: Chris Molanphy

Music
Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

Music
Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

Favorite Albums of 2020 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

Movies

The Best Movies of 2020 Verge: Joshua Rivera

Music
Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Top 10 Albums of 2020 KCRW

Books
Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vanity Fair

Podcasts

Best Podcasts of 2020 Rolling Stone

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