Year-End Lists

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

« 2021
Reservation Dogs

Kristen Baldwin: Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Albums of 2021

Doreen St. Félix: New Yorker The Best TV Shows of 2021

For All Mankind

Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Playlist The 25 Best Films Of 2021

A Little Devil in America - Hanif Abdurraqib

Annabel Gutterman: Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

David Fear: Rolling Stone 20 Best Movies of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal The Best Movies of 2021

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Slant The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Whole Lotta Red - Playboi Carti

Chris Richards: Washington Post Best Music of 2021

Fatigue - L'Rain

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2021

Jockey - Clint Bentley

Peter Debruge: Variety The Best Films of 2021

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

Owen Gleiberman: Variety The Best Films of 2021

CODA - Sian Heder

Mara Reinstein: Us Weekly Best Movies of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Consequence Top 50 Albums of 2021

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

The Ringer The Best Albums of 2021

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

David Sims: Atlantic The 10 Best Films of 2021

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Stephanie Zacharek: Time The 10 Best Movies of 2021

Hey What - Low

Treble The 50 Best Albums of 2021

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Patrick Rapa: The Philadelphia Inquirer The Best Books of 2021

I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Manohla Dargis: New York Times Best Movies of 2021