Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Highlights

Music
Weather Alive - Beth Orton

Spectrum Culture Top 20 Albums of 2022

Movies
Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski

Uproxx The Best Movies Of 2022

Music
Renaissance - Beyoncé

Clash Albums Of The Year 2022

Movies
Saint Omer - Alice Diop

Jessica Kiang Top 50 Movies of 2022

Music
De todas las flores - Natalia Lafourcade

The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano Top 50 Albums of 2022

Books
Body Work - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022

Books
The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

Electric Lit Favorite Novels of 2022

Poetry
The Hurting Kind - Ada Limón

Electric Lit Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022

Poetry
As She Appears - Shelley Wong

Book Riot: Connie Pan 10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022

Movies
The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

Boston.com: Kevin Slane The Best Movies of 2022

Movies
The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2022

Books
South to America - Imani Perry

Barack Obama Favorite Books of 2022

Movies
Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Filmspotting: Josh Larsen Top 10 Films of 2022

Movies
Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Filmspotting: Adam Kempenaar Top 10 Films of 2022

Music
Midnights - Taylor Swift

Albumism The 100 Best Albums of 2022

Movies
Babylon - Damien Chazelle

Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2022

Movies
Compartment Number 6 - Juho Kuosmanen

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips The Top 10 Best Movies of 2022

Movies
Decision to Leave - Park Chan-wook

Screen: Wendy Ide Films of the Year 2022

Movies
The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh

Spectrum Culture Best Films of 2022

Books
The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

New Yorker The Best Fiction and Poetry of 2022

Books
Strangers to Ourselves - Rachel Aviv

New Yorker The Best Nonfiction of 2022

Movies
Nope - Jordan Peele

Little White Lies The 30 Best Films of 2022

Music
Renaissance - Beyoncé

Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu The Best Albums of 2022

TV Shows
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Boston.com: Kevin Slane The Best TV Shows of 2022

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