Year-End Lists

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 25 Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Motomami
   Rosalía
2. Skinty Fia
   Fontaines D.C.
3. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Wet Leg
   Wet Leg
5. Loggerhead
   Wu-Lu
6. Alpha Zulu
   Phoenix
7. Versions of Modern Performance
   Horsegirl
8. Topical Dancer
   Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
9. Harlequin
   Sofie Royer
10. Nymph
    Shygirl
11. Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning
12. And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    Weyes Blood
13. Covers
    Cat Power
14. The Car
    Arctic Monkeys
15. Cheat Codes
    Danger Mouse and Black Thought
16. Ghost Woman
    Ghost Woman
17. Le soleil et la mer
    Bibi Club
18. Tired of Liberty
    Lounge Society
19. (Loin des) Rivages
    Bon Voyage Organisation
20. Fossora
    Björk
21. Forever Melodies
    Kids Return
22. Ants From Up There
    Black Country, New Road
23. A Light for Attracting Attention
    The Smile
24. Saint-Clair
    Benjamin Biolay
25. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry

Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. Armageddon Time
   James Gray
4. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
5. Happening
   Audrey Diwan
6. Tár
   Todd Field
7. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
8. Il Buco
   Michelangelo Frammartino
9. The Inspection
   Elegance Bratton
10. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras

Honorable Mentions

• Thirteen Lives
  Ron Howard
• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Banshees of Inisherin
  Martin McDonagh
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Jackass Forever
  Jeff Tremaine
• Crimes of the Future
  David Cronenberg
• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
  Sophie Hyde
• Corsage
  Marie Kreutzer
• All That Breathes
  Shaunak Sen
• Saint Omer
  Alice Diop
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
  Sacha Jenkins
• Lady Chatterley's Lover
  Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
• RRR
  S.S. Rajamouli
• Call Jane
  Phyllis Nagy

David Fear: 22 Best Movies of 2022, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
2. Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
   Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
3. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
4. Till
   Chinonye Chukwu
5. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
6. Benediction
   Terence Davies
7. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
8. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
9. Athena
   Romain Gavras
10. Fire of Love
    Sara Dosa
11. Tár
    Todd Field
12. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
13. Official Competition
    Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn
14. Saint Omer
    Alice Diop
15. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg
16. X
    Ti West
17. Living
    Oliver Hermanus
18. Prey
    Dan Trachtenberg
19. 32 Sounds
    Sam Green
20. Happening
    Audrey Diwan
21. Everything Everywhere All at Once
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
22. Crimes of the Future
    David Cronenberg

Honorable Mentions

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Armageddon Time
  James Gray
• Barbarian
  Zach Cregger
• Bones and All
  Luca Guadagnino
• Catherine Called Birdy
  Lena Dunham
• Corsage
  Marie Kreutzer
• Donbass
  Sergei Loznitsa
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• God's Country
  Julian Higgins
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  Guillermo del Toro
• Men
  Alex Garland
• Montana Story
  Scott McGehee and David Siegel
• Moonage Daydream
  Brett Morgen
• The Northman
  Robert Eggers
• Peter von Kant
  François Ozon
• Playground
  Laura Wandel
• Return to Seoul
  Davy Chou
• The Silent Twins
  Agnieszka Smoczynska
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski
• The Wonder
  Sebastián Lelio

Folk Alley: Best Albums of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2020]

1. The New Faith
   Jake Blount
2. Rolling Golden Holy
   Bonny Light Horseman
3. Carry Me Home
   Levon Helm and Mavis Staples
4. Teeth Marks
   S.G. Goodman
5. Breaking The Thermometer
   Leyla McCalla
6. Dark Enough to See the Stars
   Mary Gauthier
7. Timbuktu
   Oumou Sangaré
8. Tell 'Em You Were Gold
   Pharis & Jason Romero
9. Spellbound
   Judy Collins
10. Feel Like Going Home
    Miko Marks

Dan Kois: The 10 Best Books of 2022, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2019]

• All This Could Be Different
  Sarah Thankam Mathews
• Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

  A Memoir
  Séamas O'Reilly
• Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
  James Hannaham
• The English Understand Wool
  Helen DeWitt
• A frog in the fall (and later on)
  Linnea Sterte
• A Half-Built Garden
  Ruthanna Emrys
• Last Resort
  Andrew Lipstein
• Mothercare

  On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence
  Lynne Tillman
• Peter Hujar's Day
  Linda Rosenkrantz
• There Are No Accidents
  Jessie Singer

Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2022, as published by Slate

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

• The Book of Goose
  Yiyun Li
• The Candy House
  Jennifer Egan
• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
  Ed Yong
• The Mountain in the Sea
  Ray Nayler
• Sandy Hook

  An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth
  Elizabeth Williamson
• Scary Monsters

  A Novel in Two Parts
  Michelle De Kretser
• Shrines of Gaiety
  Kate Atkinson
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
  Gabrielle Zevin
• Tell Me Everything

  The Story of a Private Investigation
  Erika Krouse
• Trust
  Hernan Diaz

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2022

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1. Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Un Verano Sin Ti
   Bad Bunny
3. It's Almost Dry
   Pusha T
4. Renaissance
   Beyoncé
5. Ramona Park Broke My Heart
   Vince Staples
6. Dawn FM
   The Weeknd
7. Gemini Rights
   Steve Lacy
8. Her Loss
   Drake and 21 Savage
9. The Forever Story
   JID
10. Melt My Eyez See Your Future
    Denzel Curry
11. The Elephant Man’s Bones
    Roc Marciano and The Alchemist
12. 2 P'z In A Pod
    Jay Worthy, Larry June, LNDN DRGS
13. Honestly, Nevermind
    Drake
14. King's Disease III
    Nas
15. Before You Go
    Blxst
16. More Black Superheroes
    Westside Boogie
17. You Can’t Kill Me
    070 Shake
18. Drill Music in Zion
    Lupe Fiasco
19. Natural Brown Prom Queen
    Sudan Archives
20. DS4Ever
    Gunna
21. Food For Thought
    Che Noir
22. Soul Sold Separately
    Freddie Gibbs
23. Harry's House
    Harry Styles
24. Caprisongs
    FKA twigs
25. Ivory
    Omar Apollo
26. More Love, Less Ego
    Wizkid
27. Tana Talk 4
    Benny the Butcher
28. Anyways, Life's Great...
    GloRilla
29. 11
    Sault
30. Hypnos
    Ravyn Lenae
31. Motomami
    Rosalía
32. I Never Liked You
    Future
33. Luv 4 Rent
    Smino
34. Only Built for Infinity Links
    Quavo and Takeoff
35. Superghetto
    Buddy
36. She / Her / Black Bitch
    Doechii
37. It's Only Me
    Lil Baby
38. Feed Tha Streets III
    Roddy Ricch
39. 2000
    Joey Bada$$
40. Sick!
    Earl Sweatshirt
41. God Don't Make Mistakes
    Conway the Machine
42. You Still Here, Ho?
    Flo Milli
43. Lyfë
    Yeat
44. Few Good Things
    Saba
45. Beautiful Mind
    Rod Wave
46. Wasteland
    Brent Faiyaz
47. Ghetto Gods
    EarthGang
48. Saturno
    Rauw Alejandro
49. 3800 Degrees
    YoungBoy Never Broke Again
50. Smithereens
    Joji

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
2. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Nope
   Jordan Peele
4. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
5. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
6. Saturn Bowling
   Patricia Mazuy
7. Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
   Richard Linklater
8. Introduction
   Hong Sang-soo
9. Nobody's Hero
   Alain Guiraudie
10. Who's Stopping Us
    Jonás Trueba

Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2022, as published by Vanity Fair. It's a tight ten entries as usual, although he mentions a few additional worthy films in the introduction.

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Tár
   Todd Field
2. You Won't Be Alone
   Goran Stolevski
3. Empire of Light
   Sam Mendes
4. Benediction
   Terence Davies
5. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
6. Armageddon Time
   James Gray
7. One Fine Morning
   Mia Hansen-Løve
8. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
9. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
10. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    Dean Fleischer Camp

IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2022, as voted on by the entire IndieWire staff

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2015]

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
4. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
5. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
6. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
7. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
8. Nope
   Jordan Peele
9. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
10. After Yang
    Kogonada
11. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
12. All That Breathes
    Shaunak Sen
13. Benediction
    Terence Davies
14. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
15. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    Rian Johnson
16. Saint Omer
    Alice Diop
17. Funny Pages
    Owen Kline
18. Corsage
    Marie Kreutzer
19. Resurrection
    Andrew Semans
20. Return to Seoul
    Davy Chou
21. Jackass Forever
    Jeff Tremaine
22. Beba
    Rebeca Huntt
23. Fire Island
    Andrew Ahn
24. Descendant
    Margaret Brown
25. Triangle of Sadness
    Ruben Östlund