Year-End Lists

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

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Films of 2022

Motomami - Rosalía

Clémence Polès Farhang Top Ten Albums of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone Best Music of 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Danny Leigh: Financial Times Best Films of 2022

Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

Wired The 12 Best Books of 2022

I Walked With You A Ways - Plains

No Depression Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2022

Weather Alive - Beth Orton

Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2022

Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski

Uproxx The Best Movies Of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Clash Albums Of The Year 2022

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

Jessica Kiang Top 50 Movies of 2022

De todas las flores - Natalia Lafourcade

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 50 Albums of 2022

I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022

Little Rabbit - Alyssa Songsiridej

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2022

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency - Chen Chen

Electric Lit Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022

As She Appears - Shelley Wong

Connie Pan: Book Riot 10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022

The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

Kevin Slane: Boston.com The Best Movies of 2022

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Josh Larsen: Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2022

Midnights - Taylor Swift

Albumism The 100 Best Albums of 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2022

Let the Little Light Shine - Kevin Shaw

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune The Top 10 Best Movies of 2022

Decision to Leave - Park Chan-wook

Wendy Ide: Screen Films of the Year 2022