Year-End Lists

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TV Shows

Little White Lies The 25 Best TV Shows of 2021

Music
Fire - The Bug

Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus The Best Music of 2021

Books
Second Place - Rachel Cusk

A.V. Club 15 Favorite Books of 2021

Books
Matrix - Lauren Groff

Hillary Kelly: New York The Best Books of 2021

Music
In Heaven - Strand of Oaks

Magnet Top 25 Albums of 2021

Movies
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter Best Films of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter Best Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Best Films of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Best Films of 2021

Movies
Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Alissa Wilkinson: Vox The 21 Best Movies of 2021

Movies
Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Green Knight - David Lowery

Roxana Hadadi: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com The Ten Best Films of 2021

Movies
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Card Counter - Paul Schrader

Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Velvet Underground - Todd Haynes

Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time - Lili Horvát

Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com Top Ten Films of 2021

Movies
Faya Dayi - Jessica Beshir

Angelica Jade Bastién: New York The Best Movies of 2021

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