Year-End Lists

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

The Dream - Hailey Whitters

Marissa R. Moss: Stereogum The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020

Anime, Trauma and Divorce - Open Mike Eagle

Beats Per Minute Top 50 Albums of 2020

Sheldon Pearce: New Yorker My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Craig Jenkins: New York The Best Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Lindsey Bahr: AP Best Films of 2020

Floodlines

Sarah Larson: New Yorker The Best Podcasts of 2020

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

Vice The 100 Best Albums of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jake Coyle: AP Best Films of 2020

Caroline Framke: Variety The Best TV Shows of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Owen Gleiberman: Variety Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Peter Debruge: Variety Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The 20 Best Albums of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Angelica Jade Bastién: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Bilge Ebiri: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Alison Willmore: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Flood The Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Best Movies of 2020

Cleanness - Garth Greenwell

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Betty - Crystal Moselle

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020

Little America

Lorraine Ali: Los Angeles Times The 10 best TV shows of 2020