Year-End Lists

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

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Paste The 50 Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Next Picture Show Our Top 5 Films of 2020

Wolfwalkers - Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

The Next Picture Show: Genevieve Koski Favorite Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Next Picture Show: Keith Phipps Top Ten Films of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

Harper’s Bazaar The Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Brooklyn Vegan Top 55 Albums of 2020

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

Scott Tobias Top 10 Films of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Shondaland The Best Books of 2020

Shondaland The Best Podcasts of 2020

Epicentro - Hubert Sauper

Screen Slate: Susannah Gruder Best Films of 2020

Screen Slate: Molly Haskell Best Films of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

British Vogue These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020

Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Hip Hop Golden Age The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Films of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Cleanness - Garth Greenwell

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo The Best Films of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

USA Today: Kelly Lawler The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020

HuffPost: Claire Fallon The Best Books of 2020

Paid Salvation - A. Swayze & the Ghosts

Observer: Kitty Empire 10 Best Albums of 2020

A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C.

Far Out The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland The Best Films of 2020

Siberia - Abel Ferrara

Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic Best Films of 2020