Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

The Color Wheel

by Alex Ross Perry

Lists

  1. Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2012
  2. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012
  3. Time Out Chicago: Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012
  4. Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones: 22 Favorite Movies of 2012
  5. L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
  6. Slant: 25 Best Films of 2012
  7. Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Films of 2012

Recent Lists

By Year

By Category

Trending Works

Archive

About

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.