Year-End Lists

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

Identifying Features - Fernanda Valadez

Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club The Best Films of 2021

Baking It

BuzzFeed The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021

Sweet Bobby

Guardian The 20 Best Podcasts of 2021

No One Is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood

Atlantic The 20 Best Books of 2021

Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead

Parade Magazine 40 Best Books of 2021

The Green Knight - David Lowery

Paste The 50 Best Movies of 2021

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Mark Kermode: Observer Best Films of 2021

Glow On - Turnstile

Brooklyn Vegan Top 50 Albums of 2021

Willa Paskin: Slate The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021

9/12

Atlantic The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021

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

Odie Henderson: Slate Top 20 Movies of 2021

Annette - Leos Carax

Bilge Ebiri: Slate Top 20 Movies of 2021

The Velvet Underground - Todd Haynes

Slate Movie Club 2021

Outside Child - Allison Russell

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2021

Ignorance - The Weather Station

Kitty Empire: Observer Top 10 Albums of 2021

The Turning Wheel - Spellling

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 50 Albums of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

A.V. Club The 20 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2021

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2021

Benedetta - Paul Verhoeven

K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone Top 25 Movies of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Jason Parham: Wired The 8 Best Albums of 2021

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen

Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid The Ten Best Films of 2021

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

Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone Top 10 Albums of 2021