Year-End Lists

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

Lonerism - Tame Impala

NME 50 Best Albums of 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Guardian Best Albums of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2012

Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2012

Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

The Booker Prize 2012 Award

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Women's Prize Fiction 2012

Catherine the Great - Robert K. Massie

Carnegie Medal Nonfiction 2012

The Forgotten Waltz - Anne Enright

Carnegie Medal Fiction 2012

Skandies 20 Best Films of 2011

Whokill - Tune-Yards

Village Voice Top 100 Albums of 2011

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Cinema Scope Top Ten Films of 2011

Whokill - Tune-Yards

Margaret Wappler: Los Angeles Times Top 10 Albums of 2011

Sin Sin Sin - Le Butcherettes

Todd Martens: Los Angeles Times Top 15 Albums of 2011

SyMeta - Byetone

Bleep Top 10 Albums of 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Hot Press Top 30 Albums of 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

Rip It Up 10 Best Albums of 2011

Wasting Light - Foo Fighters

Guitar World Top 50 Albums of 2011

Blessed - Lucinda Williams

Margaret Moser: Austin Chronicle Top 10 Albums of 2011

Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Girls

Austin Powell: Austin Chronicle Top 10 Albums of 2011

Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian Favorite Films of 2011

Mark Morford: SFGate Top 10 Most Awesome Records of 2011

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Sean Burns: Philadelphia Weekly Top 10 Films of 2011

House of Pleasures - Bertrand Bonello

Matt Prigge: Philadelphia Weekly Top Ten Films of 2011

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Empire Top 20 Films of 2011