Year-End Lists

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

TV Shows

The 11 Best TV Shows of 2021 Los Angeles Times: Lorraine Ali

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Best TV of 2021 Vulture: Matt Zoller Seitz

Station Eleven

The Best TV of 2021 Vulture: Kathryn VanArendonk

We Are Lady Parts

The Best TV of 2021 Vulture: Roxana Hadadi

We Are Lady Parts

The Best TV of 2021 Vulture: Jen Chaney

The White Lotus - Mike White

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Polygon

Dickinson

The 16 Best TV Shows of 2021 Atlantic

The Lady and the Dale - Nick Cammilleri & Zackary Drucker

Best of TV 2021 Washington Post: Inkoo Kang

Reservation Dogs

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

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

For All Mankind

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

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert

It's a Sin

The 10 Best TV Series of 2021 Sight & Sound TV Poll

High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Best TV Shows of 2021 Variety: Caroline Framke

The Investigation - Tobias Lindholm

Best TV Shows of 2021 Variety: Daniel D’Addario

Betty - Crystal Moselle

Best Shows That Ended in 2021 New York Times: Margaret Lyons

It's a Sin

Best TV Shows of 2021 New York Times: James Poniewozik

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Time: Judy Berman

Succession

The Best TV Shows of 2021 Complex

Hacks

The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste

Succession

The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021 Vanity Fair: Sonia Saraiya

WandaVision

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021 Esquire: Justin Kirkland

Hacks

Best TV of 2021 Decider

The Underground Railroad - Barry Jenkins

The Best TV Shows of 2021 IndieWire: Ben Travers