Year-End Lists

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

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

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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

The White Lotus - Mike White

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

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

Richard Brody: New Yorker The Best Movies of 2021

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

Steven Hyden: Uproxx Favorite Albums of 2021

Succession

Complex The Best TV Shows of 2021

9/12

Eliana Dockterman: Time The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

IndieWire The 25 Best Movies of 2021

30 - Adele

Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

When Smoke Rises - Mustafa

Jon Caramanica: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

Deja - Bomba Estéreo

Jon Pareles: New York Times Best Albums of 2021

Hacks

Paste The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair The 10 Best Movies of 2021