Year-End Lists

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

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Films of 2020 CBS News: David Morgan

The Passion Of - Special Interest

93 Favorite Albums Of 2020 Hanif Abdurraqib

Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

10 Best Movies of 2020 Good Morning America: Peter Travers

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction BookPage

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Best Books of 2020: Fiction BookPage

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

The Top 30 Albums of 2020 Jordan Cronk

Temporary - Hilary Leichter

The Best Books of 2020 Thrillist

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 50 Best Movies of 2020 Paste

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

The Best Books of 2020 Harper’s Bazaar

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 55 Albums of 2020 Brooklyn Vegan

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

Top 10 Films of 2020 Scott Tobias

Luster - Raven Leilani

The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland

The Best Podcasts of 2020 Shondaland

Epicentro - Hubert Sauper

Best Films of 2020 Screen Slate: Susannah Gruder

Best Films of 2020 Screen Slate: Molly Haskell

Fountain - Lyra Pramuk

These Are the 12 Best Albums of 2020 British Vogue

Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020 No Depression

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020 Hip Hop Golden Age

Days - Tsai Ming-liang

Top Ten Films of 2020 Clémence Polès

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020 Electric Lit

Jack - Marilynne Robinson

Favorite Novels of 2020 Electric Lit

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo

I May Destroy You - Michaela Coel & Sam Miller

The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020 USA Today: Kelly Lawler

The Best Books of 2020 HuffPost: Claire Fallon