Year-End Lists

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

Please Have a Seat - Nnamdï

The Best Albums of 2022 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Stumpwork - Dry Cleaning

The Best Albums of 2022 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen

The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 Polygon: Noel Murray

God Save the Animals - Alex G

Favorite Music of 2022 NPR Music: Raina Douris

Midnights - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums of 2022 Variety: Chris Willman

Motomami - Rosalía

The Best Albums of 2022 Variety: Jem Aswad

Saint Omer - Alice Diop

The 10 Best Movies of 2022 Slate: Dana Stevens

Bad Sisters

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

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm - Laura Warrell

Best Literary Fiction of 2022 Library Journal

Balladz - Sharon Olds

Best Poetry of 2022 Library Journal

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief

Favorite Albums of 2022 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

Athena - Romain Gavras

The Best Movies of 2022 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

No Bears - Jafar Panahi

The Best Movies of 2022 Vulture: Alison Willmore

Euphoria

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

Reservation Dogs

The Best TV Shows of 2022 Variety: Caroline Framke

The Bear

The 21 Best TV Shows of 2022 BBC Culture

The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg

The 25 Best Films of 2022 Slant

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

Favorite Music of 2022 NPR Music: Bob Boilen

Caprisongs - FKA twigs

Top 20 Albums of 2022 NPR Music: Sheldon Pearce

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2022 Slant

Aftersun - Charlotte Wells

10 Best Movies of 2022 Boston Globe: Odie Henderson

The Car - Arctic Monkeys

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 NME

Articles of Interest: American Ivy

Best Podcasts of 2022 New York Times: Reggie Ugwu

Belladonna - Mary Halvorson

The Best Albums of 2022 Slate: Carl Wilson