2012 Critical Acclaim Entertainment Guide

This isn't a fully exhaustive list, as I am basing it solely on Metacritic, but it's a basic guide for the absolute best pieces of entertainment from last year. I know it's already a quarter into 2013, but I felt like making this anyways.

All music, film and television placed here has a Metacritic score of [90] or above. I will create a separate list on video games if this list is successful. Catch it below the break.



Music

Ten Freedom Summers by Wadada Leo Smith

Jazz

Metacritic score: 99




Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired by Joyce Manor

Punk pop

Metacritic score: 95




One Wing by The Chariot

Mathcore

Metacritic score: 94


On the Impossible Past by The Menzingers

Punk rock, Alternative rock

Metacritic score: 93




Flight by Dave Stapleton

Jazz

Metacritic score: 92




Channel Orange by Frank Ocean

R&B

Metacritic score: 92




good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar

Hip hop

Metacritic score: 91




Life Somewhere Else by Isidore

Pop rock

Metacritic score: 90








Television

Breaking Bad: Season 5

Crime thriller

Metacritic score: 99




Homeland: Season 2

Psychological thriller

Metacritic score: 96




Louie: Season 3

Comedy, Drama

Metacritic score: 94




Sherlock: Series 2

Crime drama

Metacritic score: 91




Frozen Planet: Series 1 (U.S. Release)

Nature documentary

Metacritic score: 90








Movies

Zero Dark Thirty (Limited release)

Historical drama, Thriller

Metacritic score: 95




Amour

Drama, Romance

Metacritic score: 94




Almayer's Folly (U.S. Release)

Drama

Metacritic score: 92




A Man Vanishes (U.S. Release)

Documentary, Drama, Mystery

Metacritic score: 92




This Is Not A Film (U.S. Release)

Documentary

Metacritic score: 90