Year-End Lists

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

2021
The Turning Wheel - Spellling

Top 50 Albums of 2021 The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

The 20 Best Albums of 2021 A.V. Club

Benedetta - Paul Verhoeven

Top 25 Movies of 2021 Rolling Stone: K. Austin Collins

Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan

The 8 Best Albums of 2021 Wired: Jason Parham

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power - Halsey

Top 10 Albums of 2021 Rolling Stone: Brittany Spanos

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021 A.V. Club

The White Lotus - Mike White

Best Television of 2021 Passerby

Jubilee - Japanese Breakfast

Best Albums of 2021 Passerby

Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados

Best Books of 2021 Passerby

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 Passerby

The Best TV Shows of 2021 ScreenCrush

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - Josh Greenbaum

The Best Movies of 2021 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

It's a Sin

The 50 Best TV Shows of 2021 Guardian

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Guardian

Raise The Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021 Ultimate Classic Rock

Hit the Road - Panah Panahi

Films of the Year 2021 Screen: Wendy Ide

The Best TV of 2021 New Statesman: Rachel Cooke

The Best Films of 2021 New Statesman: Ryan Gilbey

Screen Violence - Chvrches

The Best Albums of 2021 New Statesman

Orwell's Roses - Rebecca Solnit

Best Books of 2021 New Statesman

Home Video - Lucy Dacus

Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021 Autostraddle: Abeni Jones

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Best Films of 2021 Susannah Gruder

Call Me If You Get Lost - Tyler, The Creator

Top 10 Albums of 2021 Slate: Carl Wilson

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - Little Simz

The 100 Best Albums of 2021 Albumism