Year-End Lists

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

2020
Epicentro - Hubert Sauper

Best Films of 2020 Screen Slate: Susannah Gruder

Best Films of 2020 Screen Slate: Molly Haskell

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020 British Vogue

Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020 No Depression

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020 Hip Hop Golden Age

Collective - Alexander Nanau

Top Ten Films of 2020 Clémence Polès

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020 Electric Lit

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Favorite Novels of 2020 Electric Lit

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

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

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

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

The Best Books of 2020 HuffPost: Claire Fallon

Paid Salvation - A. Swayze & the Ghosts

10 Best Albums of 2020 Observer: Kitty Empire

A Hero's Death - Fontaines D.C.

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Far Out

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

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

Siberia - Abel Ferrara

Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 25 Best Films of 2020 The Playlist

Saint Maud - Rose Glass

10 Best Films of 2020 Observer: Mark Kermode

Notable Films of 2020 Glenn Kenny

Open Secrets - Sheila Kohler

The Best Books of 2020 Vogue

The 15 Best Movies of 2020 Vogue

What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware

50 Best Albums of 2020 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

Discipline - Jane Yeh

Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020 Hyperallergic

Rumble Strip: Our Show

The 50 Best Podcasts of 2020 Atlantic

Schitt's Creek

Best TV of 2020 Fresh Air: David Bianculli