Lara Zarum: Top Ten Films of 2019, as posted by Filmmaker Magazine as part of the reconstructed Village Voice Film Poll
Anne Thompson: Top Ten Films of 2019, as posted by Filmmaker Magazine as part of the reconstructed Village Voice Film Poll
[see also 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011]
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
- Ford v Ferrari — James Mangold
- Honey Boy — Alma Har'el
- The Nightingale — Jennifer Kent
- Les Misérables — Ladj Ly
- Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
- 1917 — Sam Mendes
Brian Darr: Top Ten Films of 2019, posted by Filmmaker Magazine as part of the reconstructed Village Voice Film Poll. Previously he submitted a list to the Senses of Cinema World Poll that includes a couple of additional entries, and it appears alongside lists of undistributed features, shorts, installations, and expanded cinema performances.
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013]
- Asako I & II — Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- Little Women — Greta Gerwig
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
- Aniara — Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja
- High Life — Claire Denis
- Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Midnight Traveler — Hassan Fazili
- In My Room — Ulrich Köhler
- Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
- Asako I & II — Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
- Aniara — Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja
- High Life — Claire Denis
- Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Midnight Traveler — Hassan Fazili
- Transit — Christian Petzold
- Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
- The Lighthouse — Robert Eggers
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
Senses of Cinema World Poll
Keith Phipps: Top 30 Films of the Decade, as posted to Twitter with a custom illustration for each entry
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014]
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
- Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
- The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Boyhood — Richard Linklater
- Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Winter's Bone — Debra Granik
- Annihilation — Alex Garland
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- Her — Spike Jonze
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
- Inside Out — Pete Docter
- Moonrise Kingdom — Wes Anderson
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- Arrival — Denis Villeneuve
- Paterson — Jim Jarmusch
- Get Out — Jordan Peele
- Meek’s Cutoff — Kelly Reichardt
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Manchester by the Sea — Kenneth Lonergan
- Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
- The Social Network — David Fincher
- First Reformed — Paul Schrader
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- The Act of Killing — Joshua Oppenheimer
- Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
- Upstream Color — Shane Carruth
- Mandy — Panos Cosmatos
Dorothy Rabinowitz: The Best Television of 2019, as published by The Wall Street Journal
[see also 2018]
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2019
[see also 2010s, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- The Image Book — Jean-Luc Godard
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Synonyms — Nadav Lapid
- Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
- Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc — Bruno Dumont
- Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
- Les Misérables — Ladj Ly
- The Mule — Clint Eastwood
- Joker — Todd Phillips
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
Vibe Magazine: The 30 Best Albums of 2019
- Ari Lennox — Shea Butter Baby
- Benny the Butcher — The Plugs I Met
- Beyoncé — The Lion King: The Gift
- Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
- Burna Boy — African Giant
- DaBaby — KIRK
- Daniel Caesar — CASE STUDY 01
- Danny Brown — uknowhatimsayin¿
- Doja Cat — Hot Pink
- Dreamville — Revenge of the Dreamers III
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Bandana
- GoldLink — Diaspora
- Gunna — Drip or Drown 2
- Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
- Jim Jones — El Capo
- Kemba — Gilda
- Little Brother — May the Lord Watch
- Lucky Daye — Painted
- Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
- Raphael Saadiq — Jimmy Lee
- Rapsody — Eve
- Rick Ross — Port of Miami 2
- SiR — Chasing Summer
- Snoh Aalegra — - Ugh, those feels again
- Solange — When I Get Home
- Summer Walker — Over It
- Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
- Wale — Wow... That's Crazy
- Young Thug — So Much Fun
- YBN Cordae — The Lost Boy
Anna Swanson: Top Films of the 2010s, as submitted to the collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
- Phoenix — Christian Petzold
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Inherent Vice — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Transit — Christian Petzold
- Gone Girl — David Fincher
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven