Year-End Lists

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

Movies
Argo - Ben Affleck

AP: Christy Lemire Top 10 Movies of 2012

Music
Voices from the Lake - Voices From The Lake

Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2012

Movies

Slant 25 Best Films of 2012

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

IndieWire: Eric Kohn 10 Best Movies of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Slant 25 Best Albums of 2012

Movies

Artforum: J Hoberman 12 Best Films of 2012

Music
The Seer - Swans

Quietus 75 Favorite Albums of 2012

Books

Daily Beast: Tina Brown 7 Favorite Books of 2012

Books
Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

Economist 11 Best Books of 2012

Music
Fin - John Talabot

Crack Magazine The Top 100 Albums of 2012

Movies
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

New Yorker: Richard Brody 27 Best Movies of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

A.V. Club 25 Best Albums of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

PopMatters 75 Best Albums of 2012

Movies
Holy Motors - Leos Carax

David Ehrlich 25 Best Films of 2012

Movies

Atlantic Wire 10 Best Movies of 2012

Movies
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Entertainment Weekly: Lisa Schwarzbaum 10 Best Movies of 2012

Movies

Entertainment Weekly: Owen Gleiberman 10 Best Movies of 2012

Movies
Amour - Michael Haneke

Tom Shone 10 Best Films of 2012

Movies
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Sight & Sound Poll Top 11 Films of 2012

Music

BBC Music Top 25 Albums of 2012

Music

NPR Music 50 Favorite Albums of 2012

Books

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2012

Music
Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel

Idolator 10 Best New Albums of 2012

Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Spinner 50 Best Albums of 2012

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