Year-End Lists

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

Highlights

Music
Stumpwork - Dry Cleaning

Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis The Best Albums of 2022

Movies
Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen

Polygon: Noel Murray The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022

Music
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

NPR Music: Raina Douris Favorite Music of 2022

Music
Midnights - Taylor Swift

Variety: Chris Willman The Best Albums of 2022

Music
Motomami - Rosalía

Variety: Jem Aswad The Best Albums of 2022

Movies
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras

Slate: Dana Stevens The 10 Best Movies of 2022

TV Shows
Bad Sisters

Boston Globe: Matthew Gilbert The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022

Books
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm - Laura Warrell

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2022

Poetry
In a Few Minutes Before Later - Brenda Hillman

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2022

Music
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Uproxx: Steven Hyden Favorite Albums of 2022

Movies
Athena - Romain Gavras

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2022

Movies
No Bears - Jafar Panahi

Vulture: Alison Willmore The Best Movies of 2022

TV Shows
Euphoria

Variety: Daniel D’Addario The Best TV Shows of 2022

TV Shows
Reservation Dogs

Variety: Caroline Framke The Best TV Shows of 2022

TV Shows
The Bear

BBC Culture The 21 Best TV Shows of 2022

Movies
The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg

Slant The 25 Best Films of 2022

Music
I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This... - Tomberlin

NPR Music: Bob Boilen Favorite Music of 2022

Music
Caprisongs - FKA twigs

NPR Music: Sheldon Pearce Top 20 Albums of 2022

TV Shows

Slant The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022

Movies
Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson 10 Best Movies of 2022

Music
The Car - Arctic Monkeys

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2022

Podcasts
Rumble Strip

New York Times: Reggie Ugwu Best Podcasts of 2022

Music
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky - Porridge Radio

Slate: Carl Wilson The Best Albums of 2022

Movies
RRR - S.S. Rajamouli

Polygon: Matt Patches The Best Movies of 2022

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