Year-End Lists

Robert Lloyd: The 14 Best TV Shows of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times, including only programs that debuted in the past year

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

• The Bear
• Paper Girls
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
• Ms. Marvel
• High School
• The Afterparty
• Pachinko
• Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
• Rothaniel
• This Fool
• Gordita Chronicles
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Our Flag Means Death
• Standing Up

Jessica Ferri: The 5 Best Books of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2021]

• Strangers to Ourselves

  Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
  Rachel Aviv
• Sandy Hook

  An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth
  Elizabeth Williamson
• The Kingdom of Sand
  Andrew Holleran
• The Longcut
  Emily Hall
• Love Me Tender
  Constance Debré

Mary Ann Gwinn: The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2021]

• Path Lit by Lightning

  The Life of Jim Thorpe
  David Maraniss
• I Used to Live Here Once

  The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys
  Miranda Seymour
• The Bald Eagle

  The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
  Jack E. Davis
• Who Killed Jane Stanford?

  A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University
  Richard White
• The Revolutionary

  Samuel Adams
  Stacy Schiff

Bethanne Patrick: The 5 Best Fiction Books of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2021]

• All This Could Be Different
  Sarah Thankam Mathews
• How High We Go in the Dark
  Sequoia Nagamatsu
• Our Missing Hearts
  Celeste Ng
• Human Blues
  Elisa Albert
• If I Survive You
  Jonathan Escoffery

Mark Athitakis: The 5 Best Novels of 2022, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2023 • 2021]

• Trust
  Hernan Diaz
• Very Cold People
  Sarah Manguso
• The Book of Goose
  Yiyun Li
• Paradais
  Fernanda Melchor
• The Furrows
  Namwali Serpell

Complex: The Top TV Series of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Better Call Saul
2. The Bear
3. Atlanta
4. Industry
5. Andor
6. House of the Dragon
7. Abbott Elementary
8. Euphoria
9. Ms. Marvel
10. Barry
11. Severance
12. Only Murders in the Building
13. Peacemaker
14. Stranger Things
15. The Righteous Gemstones

Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2022, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Forever Young
   Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
2. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
3. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
4. One Fine Morning
   Mia Hansen-Løve
5. Soy libre
   Laure Portier
6. Winter Boy
   Christophe Honoré
7. The Passengers of the Night
   Mikhaël Hers
8. The Innocent
   Louis Garrel
9. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
10. Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer
    Vincent Le Port
11. Saturn Bowling
    Patricia Mazuy

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2022

Murielle Joudet: Top 8 Films of 2022, as published by Les Inrockuptibles in no order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Nobody's Hero
  Alain Guiraudie
• Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
  Richard Linklater
• Pacifiction
  Albert Serra
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski
• Soy libre
  Laure Portier
• Saturn Bowling
  Patricia Mazuy
• Red Rocket
  Sean Baker
• Elvis
  Baz Luhrmann

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2022

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2022, as published by Les Inrockuptibles in no order

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer
  Vincent Le Port
• The Story of My Wife
  Ildikó Enyedi
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
  Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• Revoir Paris
  Alice Winocour
• Forever Young
  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• Close
  Lukas Dhont
• Armageddon Time
  James Gray
• Rodeo
  Lola Quivoron
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• The Souvenir Part II
  Joanna Hogg
• Zero Fucks Given
  Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2022

Les Inrockuptibles: Our Top Films of 2022

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

1. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
2. Winter Boy
   Christophe Honoré
3. Forever Young
   Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
4. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
5. Nobody's Hero
   Alain Guiraudie
6. Top Gun: Maverick
   Joseph Kosinski
7. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
8. One Fine Morning
   Mia Hansen-Løve
9. Will-o'-the-Wisp
   João Pedro Rodrigues
10. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
11. In Front of Your Face
    Hong Sang-soo
12. Bros
    Nicholas Stoller
13. Zero Fucks Given
    Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre
14. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
15. Armageddon Time
    James Gray
16. Days
    Tsai Ming-liang
17. Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer
    Vincent Le Port
18. The Innocent
    Louis Garrel
19. Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood
    Richard Linklater
20. Soy libre
    Laure Portier

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2022
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2022
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 8 Films of 2022