In late 2017/early 2018, inspired by this Patrick H. Willems video, I decided to make a list of my 50 favorite things from 2017. Top N movie, TV show, music, etc. lists were and are all the rage, but I’ve always liked this concept of a mix media list to just talk about good things.

So I decided to re-visit the concept and thus I present, again in no particular order, my top 50 things that came out and/or I enjoyed in 2023:

1. Past Lives

   Film

2. How To with John Wilson

   TV series

3. Search Engine

   Podcast

4. Jet Lag (S5)

   YouTube series

5. GUTS

   Album by Olivia Rodrigo

6. Aftersun

   Film

7. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

   Book by Janelle Shane

8. The Bear (S2)

   TV series

9. The Last of Us: Part 2

   Video Game

10. the record

    Album by boygenius

11. The Iron Claw

    Film

12. Extremely Online

    Book by Taylor Lorenz

13. Beef

    TV series

14. The Climate Denier's Playbook

    Podcast

15. Roll for the Galaxy

    Board Game

16. Technology Connections

    YouTube channel

17. May December

    Film

18. Gen V

    TV series

19. Talk to Me

    Film

20. Oppenheimer

    Film

21. Jury Duty

    TV series

22. Barbie

    Film

23. Bo Burnham's Inside: Autofictional Authenticity, Netflix & Youtube Aesthetics

    Video from The Lesser Feat

24. The Last of Us

    TV series

25. Appaloosa Bones

    Album by Gregory Alan Isakov

26. Theater Camp

    Film

27. Killers of The Flower Moon

    Film

28. Spider-Man 2

    Video Game

29. For All Mankind (S1 - S3)

    TV series

30. Saltburn

    Film

31. Calling Bullshit

    Book by Carl Bergstrom

32. Defunctland

    YouTube channel · Specifically "Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History" and "Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery"

33. Fair Play

    Film

34. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

    Video Game

35. Dissect S3 and Last Song Standing S2: Frank Ocean

    Podcasts from Cole Cuchna

36. Succession (S4)

    TV series

37. Higher

    Album by Chris Stapleton

38. The School of Life

    YouTube channel

39. Triangle of Sadness

    Film

40. Calypso

    Book by David Sedaris

41. Barry (S4)

    TV series

42. Folding Ideas

    YouTube channel · Specifically "Line Goes Up", "This is Financial Advice", "In Search Of A Flat Earth"

43. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3

    Film

44. Hard Fork

    Podcast

45. Youtube: Manufacturing Authenticity (For Fun and Profit!)

    Video from Lindsay Ellis

46. The Curse

    TV series

47. Shredders

    Game

48. Survivor (S45)

    TV series

49. Cody Trains

    YouTube channel

50. Roald Dahl Shorts: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Poison

    Short films from Wes Anderson