Year-End Lists

Spectrum Culture: Best Films of 2019

• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Hustlers
  Lorene Scafaria
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Long Day's Journey Into Night
  Bi Gan
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Us
  Jordan Peele

Spectrum Culture: Favorite Books of 2019, which "includes any book we read in 2019, regardless of release date"

[see also 2018]

• Deep River
  Karl Marlantes
• Charlotte Salomon. Life? or Theatre?
  Judith C.E. Belinfante and Evelyn Benesch
• Annunciation

  A Call to Faith in a Broken World
  Sally Read
• Fossil Capital

  The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
  Andreas Malm
• House of Stone
  Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
• Once More We Saw Stars
  Jayson Greene
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
  Ocean Vuong
• Dril Official "Mr. Ten Years" Anniversary Collection
  Dril
• Territory of Light
  Yuko Tsushima
• The Fifth Season
  N.K. Jemisin
• Who Is Michael Jang?
  Michael Jang
• Goodbye, Vitamin
  Rachel Khong
• A Cathedral of Myth and Bone
  Kat Howard
• The Testaments
  Margaret Atwood

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

• Audience of One

  Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
  James Poniewozik
• The British Are Coming

  The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
  Rick Atkinson
• Good Talk

  A Memoir in Conversations
  Mira Jacob
• From the Shadows
  Juan José Millás
• Guest House for Young Widows

  Among the Women of ISIS
  Azadeh Moaveni
• The Man Who Saw Everything
  Deborah Levy
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Optic Nerve
  Maria Gainza
• Solitary

  Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement. My Story of Transformation and Hope
  Albert Woodfox
• Trust Exercise
  Susan Choi

Little White Lies: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2018]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Russian Doll
4. When They See Us
5. Schitt's Creek
6. Barry
7. Watchmen
8. Fosse/Verdon
9. Unbelievable
10. Mr. Robot
11. Chernobyl
12. Pose
13. Glow
14. Mindhunter
15. Game of Thrones
16. RuPaul's Drag Race UK
17. Stranger Things
18. Derry Girls
19. The Other Two
20. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
21. Orange is the New Black
22. The End of the F***ing World
23. Tuca & Bertie
24. Euphoria
25. World on Fire

Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
2. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
3. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. High Life
   Claire Denis
5. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
6. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
7. For Sama
   Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
8. The Lighthouse
   Robert Eggers
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
11. Ad Astra
    James Gray
12. Amazing Grace
    Sydney Pollack
13. Our Time
    Carlos Reygadas
14. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
15. Judy
    Rupert Goold
16. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
17. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
18. Ray & Liz
    Richard Billingham
19. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
    Roberto Minervini
20. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
21. Bait
    Mark Jenkin
22. Transit
    Christian Petzold
23. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
24. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
25. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
26. Chained for Life
    Aaron Schimberg
27. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
28. Too Late to Die Young
    Dominga Sotomayor
29. Alita: Battle Angel
    Robert Rodriguez
30. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski

David Orr: The Best Poetry Books of 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

• The Next Loves
  Stéphane Bouquet
• Nightshade
  Andrea Cohen
• Days & Days
  Michael Dickman
• Mosses and Lichens
  Devin Johnston
• All That Beauty
  Fred Moten
• Nouns & Verbs

  New and Selected Poems
  Campbell McGrath
• To the Wren

  Collected & New Poems
  Jane Mead
• A Piece of Good News
  Katie Peterson
• No Matter
  Jana Prikryl
• Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love
  Keith S. Wilson

Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
3. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
4. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
5. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
6. Father of the Bride
   Vampire Weekend
7. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Fear Inoculum
   Tool
9. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
10. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
11. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
11. Two Hands
    Big Thief
12. GREY Area
    Little Simz
13. Caligula
    Lingua Ignota
14. Baby on Baby
    DaBaby
14. KIRK
    DaBaby
15. Better Oblivion Community Center
    Better Oblivion Community Center
16. American Football (LP3)
    American Football
17. Anima
    Thom Yorke
18. LEGACY! LEGACY!
    Jamila Woods
19. Spiritual Instinct
    Alcest
20. Morbid Stuff
    PUP
21. When I Get Home
    Solange
22. Eve
    Rapsody
23. Designer
    Aldous Harding
24. Elegy
    Dead To A Dying World
25. Reward
    Cate Le Bon
26. Nest
    Brutus
27. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
28. The Center Won't Hold
    Sleater-Kinney
29. Fever
    Megan Thee Stallion
30. A Different Shade of Blue
    Knocked Loose
31. Feet of Clay
    Earl Sweatshirt
32. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
33. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
34. Agora
    Fennesz
35. Patience
    Mannequin Pussy
36. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
37. Crush
    Floating Points
38. Covert Contracts
    Control Top
39. ZUU
    Denzel Curry
40. X 100PRE
    Bad Bunny
41. Blood
    Kelsey Lu
42. Stunning Luxury
    Snapped Ankles
43. Quiet Signs
    Jessica Pratt
44. A Dawn to Fear
    Cult of Luna
45. Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
    The Comet Is Coming
46. The Age of Immunology
    Vanishing Twin
47. Hidden History of the Human Race
    Blood Incantation
48. The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds
    SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
49. Four of Arrows
    Great Grandpa
50. Animated Violence Mild
    Blanck Mass

Simran Hans: The Best Films of 2019, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2018]

• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Hustlers
  Lorene Scafaria
• America
  Garrett Bradley
• The Hottest August
  Brett Story
• For Sama
  Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• My First Film [live]
  Zia Anger
• Holiday
  Isabella Eklöf

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019

So Mayer: The Best Films of 2019, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2012]

• For Sama
  Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
  Hepi Mita
• Varda by Agnès
  Agnès Varda
• Indianara
  Aude Chevalier-Beaumel and Marcelo Barbosa
• Rose Plays Julie
  Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
• Vai
• The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
  Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn
• Steven Universe: The Movie
  Rebecca Sugar
• A Deal with the Universe
  Jason Barker

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019

Emily St. James: The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Vox

[see also 2021 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017]

1. Watchmen
2. Fleabag
3. Succession
4. Russian Doll
5. Fosse/Verdon
6. Lodge 49
7. Barry
8. Better Things
9. Mr. Robot
10. David Makes Man
11. Couples Therapy
12. PEN15
13. Pose
14. Chernobyl
15. The Magicians
16. Unbelievable
17. True Detective
18. Stumptown

11 honorable mentions

• Dickinson
• Evil
• Girl Meets Farm
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• One Day at a Time
• Ramy
• Superstore
• Undone
• Vida
• When They See Us
• You’re the Worst