Year-End Lists

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

The 16 Best Albums of 2020 Atlantic

Music

The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer

Movies

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker

Books

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 New Yorker: Katy Waldman

Movies

Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club

Music

The Best Albums Of 2020 Coup De Main

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo

Movies

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico

Movies

Best Films of 2020 Spectrum Culture

Movies

The Best Movies of 2020 The Ringer

Books

15 Favorite Books of 2020 A.V. Club

TV Shows

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020 Polygon: Noel Murray

Movies

Top 20 Films of 2020 Screen Slate

Movies

The Ten Best Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com

Books

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Entertainment Weekly

Movies

The Best Movies of 2020 Esquire: Nick Schager

Movies

Top 7 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

Movies

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel

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Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

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Top 20 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks

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Top 10 Movies of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Music

The Best Albums of 2020 Fresh Air: Ken Tucker

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The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden

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