Year-End Lists

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

« 2012
Thumbnail Tabular
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Pretty Much Amazing 60 Best Albums of 2012

The Malady of the Century - Jon Leon

Dennis Cooper 16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012

Michael Andor Brodeur: Boston Globe 8 Best Poetry Books of 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Frontier Psychiatrist Top 50 Albums of 2012

Michael Robbins: Chicago Tribune 7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard - Joe Brainard

Frontier Psychiatrist Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012

Publishers Weekly 5 Best Poetry Books of 2012

The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky

Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire Top 10 Films of 2012

The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Village Voice Top 10 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

David Thomson: New Republic 5 Best Movies of 2012

Engine Empire - Cathy Park Hong

Coldfront Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

The Unspeakable Act - Dan Sallitt

Jaime Christley 15 Favorite Films of 2012

The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register Top 30 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Michael Sicinski Top 12 Films of 2012

Dan Sallitt Favorite 18 Films of 2012

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Cinema Scope Top 15 Films of 2012

Americana - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Robert Christgau: Barnes & Noble Review Top 102 Albums of 2012

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Village Voice: Pazz & Jop Top 100 Albums of 2012

Stag's Leap - Sharon Olds

T.S. Eliot Prize 2012 Award

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Anthony Lane: New Yorker 8 Best Films of 2012

The Grey - Joe Carnahan

Kristopher Tapley: HitFix Top 10 Films of 2012

Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012

David Denby: New Yorker 11 Best Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Les Inrocks 20 Best Films of 2012