Year-End Lists

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

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Stephanie Zacharek: Time The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Hey What - Low

Treble The 50 Best Albums of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Patrick Rapa: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Books of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Manohla Dargis: New York Times Best Movies of 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

A.O. Scott: New York Times Best Movies of 2021

Luster - Raven Leilani

Guardian Best Fiction of 2021

Promises - Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra

Time The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Vadim Rizov: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Christina Newland: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2021

Matthew Gilbert: Boston Globe The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

It's a Sin

Sight & Sound The 10 Best TV Series of 2021

Procession - Robert Greene

Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Caroline Framke: Variety Best TV Shows of 2021

The Investigation - Tobias Lindholm

Daniel D’Addario: Variety Best TV Shows of 2021

Pose

Margaret Lyons: New York Times Best Shows That Ended in 2021

Happening - Audrey Diwan

Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Jourdain Searles: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2021

Hacks

James Poniewozik: New York Times Best TV Shows of 2021

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

Judy Berman: Time The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

The Souvenir Part II - Joanna Hogg

Sight & Sound The 50 Best Films of 2021

29: Written In Stone - Carly Pearce

Holler Albums of the Year 2021