Year-End Lists

Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]

1. American Factory — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
2. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
3. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
4. Waves — Trey Edward Shults
5. Queen & Slim — Melina Matsoukas
6. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
7. The Mustang — Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
8. Jim Allison: Breakthrough — Bill Haney
9. Blinded by the Light — Gurinder Chadha
10. Give Me Liberty — Kirill Mikhanovsky

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

• Frank Ocean — Blond
• Bon Iver — 22, A Million
• Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
• Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
• D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
• Beck — Morning Phase
• Lonnie Holley — MITH
• Kanye West — Yeezus
• Björk — Vulnicura
• Hiss Golden Messenger — Bad Debt
• Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
• Solange — A Seat at the Table

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2019, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2018, 2017, 2010s]

• FKA twigs — Magdalene
• Mdou Moctar — Ilana (The Creator)
• 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
• Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
• Bon Iver — i,i
• Big Thief — Two Hands
• Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
• Burna Boy — African Giant
• Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
• Thom Yorke — Anima
• Jake Xerxes Fussell — Out of Sight
• Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life

Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2018, 2010s]

1. The Good Fight
2. PEN15
3. Primal
4. Watchmen
5. Desus & Mero
6. Lodge 49
7. BoJack Horseman
8. Ramy
9. Below Deck Mediterranean
10. Perpetual Grace, LTD

Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2018, 2010s]

1. Perpetual Grace, LTD
2. Watchmen
3. Veep
4. The Good Fight
5. Fleabag
6. Los Espookys
7. Better Things
8. Succession
9. After Life
10. The Other Two

Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
3. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
4. Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
5. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
6. 1917 — Sam Mendes
7. Jojo Rabbit — Taika Waititi
8. Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
9. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
10. Joker — Todd Phillips

Slant Magazine: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Fleabag
2. Succession
3. Primal
4. Barry
5. Mindhunter
6. Better Things
7. Russian Doll
8. Chernobyl
9. Too Old to Die Young
10. Ramy
11. BoJack Horseman
12. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
13. Undone
14. Dear White People
15. Mob Psycho 100
16. Watchmen
17. The Deuce
18. Evil
19. Bob’s Burgers
20. Superstore
21. Euphoria
22. Big Mouth
23. On Becoming a God in Central Florida
24. Years and Years
25. City on a Hill

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2019

[see also 2017, 2016, 2012, 2011]

• Night Boat to Tangier
  Kevin Barry
• The Water Dancer
  Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Boy Swallows Universe
  Trent Dalton
• The Shadow King
  Maaza Mengiste
• Inland
  Téa Obreht
• Disappearing Earth
  Julia Phillips
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
  Ocean Vuong
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Frankissstein: A Love Story
  Jeanette Winterson
• Red at the Bone
  Jacqueline Woodson

Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2019

[see also 2016]

• NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field
  Billy-Ray Belcourt
• The Tradition
  Jericho Brown
• Woods and Clouds Interchangeable
  Michael Earl Craig
• In the Months of My Son's Recovery
  Kate Daniels
• Take Me with You, Wherever You're Going
  Jessica Jacobs
• Deaf Republic
  Ilya Kaminsky
• Valuing
  Christopher Kondrich
• Oculus
  Sally Wen Mao
• Ridiculous Light
  Valencia Robin
• The Octopus Museum
  Brenda Shaughnessy

Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010s]

1. Ariana Grande — thank u, next
2. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
3. Taylor Swift — Lover
4. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
5. Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life
6. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
7. Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
8. The Highwomen — The Highwomen
9. DaBaby — KIRK
10. J Balvin & Bad Bunny — Oasis
11. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
12. Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
13. Post Malone — Hollywood's Bleeding
14. Burna Boy — African Giant
15. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
16. Jonas Brothers — Happiness Begins
17. Brittany Howard — Jaime
18. Mark Ronson — Late Night Feelings
19. FKA twigs — Magdalene
20. Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
21. Summer Walker — Over It
22. Clairo — Immunity
23. Megan Thee Stallion — Fever
24. Karol G — Ocean
25. YBN Cordae — The Lost Boy
26. Maren Morris — GIRL
27. Solange — When I Get Home
28. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
29. Rapsody — Eve
30. Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
31. Bad Bunny — X 100PRE
32. Khalid — Free Spirit
33. Ari Lennox — Shea Butter Baby
34. Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
35. Sturgill Simpson — Sound & Fury
36. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
37. Maluma — 11:11
38. Luke Combs — What You See Is What You Get
39. Nilüfer Yanya — Miss Universe
40. The Raconteurs — Help Us Stranger
41. MUNA — Saves the World
42. Oso Oso — basking in the glow
43. Young Thug — So Much Fun
44. Miranda Lambert — Wildcard
45. Ozuna — Nibiru
46. Madonna — Madame X
47. Danny Brown — uknowhatimsayin¿
48. Kim Petras — Clarity
49. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
50. Céline Dion — Courage