Year-End Lists

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

Stumpwork - Dry Cleaning

Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis The Best Albums of 2022

Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen

Polygon: Noel Murray The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

NPR Music: Raina Douris Favorite Music of 2022

Midnights - Taylor Swift

Variety: Chris Willman The Best Albums of 2022

Motomami - Rosalía

Variety: Jem Aswad The Best Albums of 2022

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras

Slate: Dana Stevens The 10 Best Movies of 2022

Bad Sisters

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

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm - Laura Warrell

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2022

In a Few Minutes Before Later - Brenda Hillman

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2022

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Uproxx: Steven Hyden Favorite Albums of 2022

Athena - Romain Gavras

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2022

No Bears - Jafar Panahi

Vulture: Alison Willmore The Best Movies of 2022

Euphoria

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

Reservation Dogs

Variety: Caroline Framke The Best TV Shows of 2022

The Bear

BBC Culture The 21 Best TV Shows of 2022

The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg

Slant The 25 Best Films of 2022

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

NPR Music: Bob Boilen Favorite Music of 2022

Caprisongs - FKA twigs

NPR Music: Sheldon Pearce Top 20 Albums of 2022

Slant The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson 10 Best Movies of 2022

The Car - Arctic Monkeys

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2022

Rumble Strip

New York Times: Reggie Ugwu Best Podcasts of 2022

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

Slate: Carl Wilson The Best Albums of 2022

RRR - S.S. Rajamouli

Polygon: Matt Patches The Best Movies of 2022