Year-End Lists

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

2020
Folklore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Chris Willman

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Andrew Barker

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 Variety: Jem Aswad

Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Top Ten Albums of 2020 Clémence Polès

Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

Top 13 Albums of 2020 Slate: Chris Molanphy

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 Uproxx Music Critics Poll

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

Favorite Albums of 2020 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

The Best Movies of 2020 Verge: Joshua Rivera

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

Top 10 Albums of 2020 KCRW

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vanity Fair

Best Podcasts of 2020 Rolling Stone

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

The Best Albums of 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Long Violent History - Tyler Childers

Albums of the Year 2020 Holler

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The 50 Best TV Show of 2020 Guardian

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2020 Daily Beast: Kevin Fallon

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Top 13 Albums of 2020 Slate: Brittany Spanos

Favorite TV Shows of 2020 Barack Obama

Favorite Movies of 2020 Barack Obama

She Dies Tomorrow - Amy Seimetz

Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Best Movies of 2020 Boston Globe: Ty Burr

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Caroline Siede

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets - Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Noel Murray