Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

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

NPR Music: Ann Powers Top 10 Albums of 2021

Music
Home Video - Lucy Dacus

NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso Top 10 Albums of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Film Comment Poll: Florence Almozini Best Films of 2021

TV Shows
Reservation Dogs

Hollywood Reporter: Angie Han The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

TV Shows
The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

Hollywood Reporter: Daniel Fienberg The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

Books
Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2021

Music
Glow On - Turnstile

Flood The Best Albums of 2021

Books

Esquire The 50 Best Books of 2021

Music

BBC Culture 10 Best Albums of 2021

Movies
West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

Slate: Dana Stevens The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Podcasts
Twenty Thousand Hertz

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

Podcasts
Aack Cast - Jamie Loftus

Vulture: Nicholas Quah The Best Podcasts of 2021

Movies
The Card Counter - Paul Schrader

Glenn Kenny Notable Film Releases of 2021

Movies
Violation - Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

RogerEbert.com: Mary Beth McAndrews Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

RogerEbert.com: Jana Monji Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Spectrum Culture Best Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Good Morning America: Peter Travers 10 Best Movies of 2021

TV Shows

Little White Lies The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021

Music
Fire - The Bug

Quietus: Jennifer Lucy Allan The Best Music of 2021

Books
Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Books
Matrix - Lauren Groff

Vulture: Hillary Kelly The Best Books of 2021

Music
In Heaven - Strand of Oaks

Magnet Top 25 Albums of 2021

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