Year-End Lists

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

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

Bob Boilen: NPR Top 10 Albums of 2021

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Chloe Lizotte: Screen Slate Best Movies of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2021

West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Movies of 2021

Hey What - Low

Beats Per Minute Top 50 Albums of 2021

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers - Valerie June

Ann Powers: NPR Top 10 Albums of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Marissa Lorusso: NPR Top 10 Albums of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Florence Almozini: Film Comment Best Films of 2021

Reservation Dogs

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

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

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

Infinite Country - Patricia Engel

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Flood The Best Albums of 2021

Esquire The 50 Best Books of 2021

BBC 10 Best Albums of 2021

The Velvet Underground - Todd Haynes

Dana Stevens: Slate The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

Aack Cast - Jamie Loftus

Nicholas Quah: New York The Best Podcasts of 2021

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

Glenn Kenny Notable Film Releases of 2021

Violation - Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

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

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Jana Monji: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Spectrum Culture Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Peter Travers: ABC News 10 Best Movies of 2021