Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. Jonathan Rosenbaum: Ten Best Films of 2021
  2. The Independent: Clarisse Loughrey: The 10 Best Films of 2021
  3. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2021
  4. Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2020
  5. A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2020
  6. IndieWire: Eric Kohn: The Best Movies of 2020
  7. Screen Slate: Top 20 Films of 2020
  8. CBS News: David Morgan: The 10 Best Films of 2020
  9. Glenn Heath Jr.: Best Films of 2020
  10. Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2020
  11. A.V. Club: Best Films of 2020
  12. Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2020
  13. A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2020
  14. AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2020
  15. Nashville Scene: The 2020 Jim Ridley Film Poll
  16. Caitlin Quinlan: Best Films of 2020
  17. Les Inrocks: 20 Essential Films of 2021
  18. Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: The Best Films of 2020
  19. A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2020
  20. Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: Top 10 Movies of 2020
  21. A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker: The Best Films of 2020
  22. Esquire: Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2020
  23. Saige Walton: Favorite Films of 2020
  24. The Playlist: The 25 Best Films of 2020
  25. Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt: The Best Films of 2020
  26. The Skinny: Films of 2021
  27. Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2020
  28. Paste: The 50 Best Movies of 2020
  29. Sight & Sound Poll: The Best Films of 2020
  30. A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: The Best Films of 2020
  31. The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2020
  32. Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2020
  33. Slant: The Best Films of 2020
  34. Scott Tobias: Top 10 Films of 2020
  35. New York Times: A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2020
  36. IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2020
  37. Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2020
  38. Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: The Best Movies of 2020
  39. A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco: The Best Films of 2020
  40. Nashville Scene: Jason Shawhan: The 10 Best Films of 2020
  41. Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt: The 10 Best Movies of 2020
  42. Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2020
  43. Rolling Stone: David Fear: The 20 Best Movies of 2020
  44. Sight & Sound Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Ten Best Films of 2020
  45. RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2020
  46. A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2020
  47. Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 6 Films of 2021
  48. HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs: The 17 Best Movies of 2020
  49. Good Morning America: Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2020
  50. World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 15 Best Movies of 2020
  51. Hyperallergic: Favorite Movies of 2020
  52. Cinema Etc.: Cole Duffy: Top 10 Films of 2020
  53. Artforum: Erika Balsom: 10 Best Films of 2020
  54. A.V. Club: Caroline Siede: The Best Films of 2020
  55. Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland: The Best Films of 2020
  56. A.V. Club: Roxana Hadadi: The Best Films of 2020
  57. Nictate: Top 10 Films of 2020
  58. New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2020
  59. A.V. Club: Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2020
  60. ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2020
  61. Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Best Movies of 2020
  62. Mercury News: Randy Myers: The Best 10 Movies of 2020
  63. Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden: The Best Films of 2020
  64. Cinema Etc.: Top 10 Films of 2020
  65. Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 25 Best Movies of 2020
  66. Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2020
  67. Rolling Stone: K. Austin Collins: Top 20 Movies of 2020
  68. Deadline: Todd McCarthy: Top 10 Films of 2020
  69. Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021
  70. David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2020