Year-End Lists

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

2021
The Beatles: Get Back - Peter Jackson

The 10 Best Films of 2021 CBS News: David Morgan

Revolution Shuffle - Michael Pisaro-Liu

Our Favorite Albums, 2021 Tone Glow

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

The Top Ten Best Films of 2021 National Review: Kyle Smith

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - Aleksandre Koberidze

Top 25 Films of 2021 In Review Online

Sour - Olivia Rodrigo

Albums of 2021 Dork

Comfort To Me - Amyl and The Sniffers

2021 Albums of the Year Atwood Magazine

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Best Movies Of 2021 Deadline: Todd McCarthy

Painful Enlightenment - Jana Rush

83 Favorite Albums Of 2021 Hanif Abdurraqib

The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen

The Best Movies of 2021 Esquire: Nick Schager

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Top 50 Films of 2021 Film Stage

Belfast - Kenneth Branagh

Best 20 Films of 2021 Sarah Knight Adamson

Bright Green Field - Squid

Best of 2021 AllMusic

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Best Movies of 2021 Ty Burr

The Velvet Underground - Todd Haynes

The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 Polygon: Noel Murray

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

The Best Movies of 2021 Polygon

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Vox: Emily St. James

i became birds - Home Is Where

The Top 30 Albums of 2021 Jordan Cronk

Succession

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Gothamist: Ben Yakas

Screen Violence - Chvrches

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Patrick Ryan

In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

5 Best Albums of 2021 USA Today: Melissa Ruggieri

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 USA Today: Brian Truitt

Maintenance Phase - Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

The Best Podcasts of 2021 Vulture Podcast Survey

Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021 Electric Lit

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - Aleksandre Koberidze

Ten Best Films of 2021 Michael J. Anderson