Year-End Lists

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

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Magnet Top 25 Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2020

New York Times The Best New Podcasts of 2020

XXL Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2020

Róisín Machine - Róisín Murphy

Albumism The 100 Best Albums of 2020

Sight & Sound TV Poll The Best Television Series of 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Refinery29 Best Books of 2020

I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First - Angie Mazakis

Boston Globe Best Poetry of 2020

Boston Globe Best Books of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

ARTery: Sean Burns The 10 Best Films from 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Little White Lies The 30 Best Films of 2020

Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

ScreenCrush: Matt Singer The Best Movies of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Variety: Chris Willman The Best Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Variety: Andrew Barker The Best Albums of 2020

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

Variety: Jem Aswad The Best Albums of 2020

Microphones in 2020 - The Microphones

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Albums of 2020

Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa

Slate: Chris Molanphy Top 13 Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Uproxx Music Critics Poll Best Albums of 2020

Saint Cloud - Waxahatchee

Uproxx: Steven Hyden Favorite Albums of 2020

Verge: Joshua Rivera The Best Movies of 2020

Untitled (Rise) - Sault

KCRW Top 10 Albums of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Vanity Fair The 15 Best Books of 2020

Rolling Stone Best Podcasts of 2020

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt The Best Films of 2020