Year-End Lists

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

2022
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2022

Pacifiction - Albert Serra

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2022

I Love You Jennifer B - Jockstrap

The Forty-Five: The Best Albums of 2022

Tár - Todd Field

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2022

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2022

Constructing a Nervous System - Margo Jefferson

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: Favorite Books of 2022

I Love You Jennifer B - Jockstrap

Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2022

Preacher's Daughter - Ethel Cain

Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2022

I Love You Jennifer B - Jockstrap

Quietus: Albums of the Year 2022

Better Call Saul

New York Times: Margaret Lyons: Best Shows That Ended in 2022

Reservation Dogs

New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022

Nymph - Shygirl

Artforum: Sasha Geffen: Best Music of 2022

Tár - Todd Field

Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 25 Best Movies of 2022

Artforum: Erika Balsom: Best Films of 2022

Where Is This Street? Or with No Before or After - João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata

Artforum: James Quandt: Best Films of 2022

EO - Jerzy Skolimowski

Artforum: Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2022

Peter von Kant - François Ozon

Artforum: John Waters: Best Films of 2022

Raised - Hailey Whitters

Holler: Albums of the Year 2022

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Paste: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022

Better Call Saul

Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022

Janky Star - Grace Ives

New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2022

American Heartbreak - Zach Bryan

New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2022

Renaissance - Beyoncé

New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2022

Abbott Elementary

IndieWire: The 12 Best New TV Shows of 2022

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers - Kendrick Lamar

BBC Radio 6 Music: Albums of the Year 2022

Trust - Hernan Diaz

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022

Blue Rev - Alvvays

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022

Wet Leg - Wet Leg

Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

The Furrows - Namwali Serpell

Oprah Daily: Our Favorite Books of 2022

King Cobra - Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2022

Cheat Codes - Danger Mouse and Black Thought

Glide: 20 Best Albums of 2022

Somebody Somewhere

New Yorker: Inkoo Kang: The Best TV Shows of 2022

Hit the Road - Panah Panahi

Economist: The Best Films of 2022

The Illustrated Woman - Helen Mort

Financial Times: Maria Crawford: Best Poetry of 2022

The High Desert - James Spooner

New York Public Library: Best Books of 2022

Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV

Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2022

The Boy Named If - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022

The Book of Goose - Yiyun Li

Financial Times: Laura Battle: Best Fiction of 2022

Impera - Ghost

Revolver: 25 Best Albums of 2022

Under the Skin - Linda Villarosa

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2022

The Death of Peace of Mind - Bad Omens

Loudwire: 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny

Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2022

Olga Dies Dreaming - Xóchitl González

Chicago Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2022

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The Mary Sue: The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022

Please make me pretty, I don't want to die - Tawanda Mulalu

Washington Post: Troy Jollimore: The 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2022

An Immense World - Ed Yong

Powell's Books: Best Nonfiction of 2022