A List of Year-End Lists

I’ve begun to encounter a number of year-end lists of stuff. For the sake of convenience and brevity, in this entry I’m going to keep a running list of these lists. Feel free to add a comment if you spot a list I’ve missed (which, frankly, is pretty likely).

Movies

• Roger Ebert’s best 10 movies of 2005
• Los Angeles and New York critics awards for best films of 2005
• Best 2005 films and TV shows selected by the American Film Institute
• The 10 best and worst unseen films of 2005 from Film Threat
• Top 10 films of 2005 from MSNBC

Music

• Pitchfork’s top 50 albums of 2005
• The Georgia Straight’s favourites
• More Goat Than Goose’s top albums of 2005
• Slate’s best jazz albums of 2005
• Top 2005 albums from the Mercury News
• Best metal albums from Pop Matters
• Top 10 albums from Associated Press music critic
• Rolling Stone’s 10 best movies of 2005

Other Stuff

• The Year-End Google Zeitgeist from 2005
• IGN’s best games of 2005
• The ten most ‘noteworthy’ ads from AdAge that Americans won’t see (free registration required)
• BookFinder’s 10 most sought-after out-of-print books

UPDATE: As Richard points out in the comments, Fimocolous is way, way ahead of me. Just go there for your annual dose of lists.