Year-End Lists

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

Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar

Atwood Magazine 2021 Albums of the Year

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Todd McCarthy: Deadline Best Movies Of 2021

Painful Enlightenment - Jana Rush

Hanif Abdurraqib 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen

Nick Schager: Esquire The Best Movies of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Film Stage Top 50 Films of 2021

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Sarah Knight Adamson Best 20 Films of 2021

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey

AllMusic Best of 2021

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Ty Burr The Best Movies of 2021

Procession - Robert Greene

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

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

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

Intimacies - Katie Kitamura

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