Year-End Lists

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

2020
Untitled (Rise) - Sault

Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

AP: Jake Coyle Best Films of 2020

Variety: Caroline Framke The Best TV Shows of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Variety: Owen Gleiberman Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Variety: Peter Debruge Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim The 20 Best Albums of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Vulture: Alison Willmore 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

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday Best Movies of 2020

Cleanness - Garth Greenwell

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Betty - Crystal Moselle

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

Dead to Me

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

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Treble Top 50 Albums of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2020

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

Slate: Willa Paskin The Best TV of 2020

What We Do in the Shadows

Uproxx The Best TV Shows of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2020