Year-End Lists

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

The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Emmanuel Mouret

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Top 20 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Top 10 Movies of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Alphabetland - X

The Best Albums of 2020 Fresh Air: Ken Tucker

Beanpole - Kantemir Balagov

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden

The 10 Best Albums of 2020 USA Today: Patrick Ryan

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox: Constance Grady

On the Record - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

The Best Films of 2020 Harper’s Bazaar: Candice Frederick

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

Albums of the Year 2020 Dork

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Albums of 2020 DIY

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The Best TV Shows of 2020 The Ringer

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 20 Best Albums of 2020 A.V. Club

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire Poll

The Best Movies of 2020 Slate: Dana Stevens

Ungodly Hour - Chloe x Halle

Albums of the Year 2020 Clash

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

The Best Movies of 2020 Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein

The Best Books of 2020 Slate: Dan Kois

The Best Books of 2020 Slate: Laura Miller

Driveways - Andrew Ahn

The Best 10 Movies of 2020 Mercury News: Randy Myers

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Vinyl Me, Please

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Our Culture