Year-End Lists

Mojo Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
2. Bill Callahan — Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
3. Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
4. The Comet Is Coming — Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
5. Aldous Harding — Designer
6. Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
7. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
8. black midi — Schlagenheim
9. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
10. Lee "Scratch" Perry — Rainford
11. Brittany Howard — Jaime
12. Jenny Lewis — On the Line
13. Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
14. The Fat White Family — Serfs Up!
15. Tinariwen — Amadjar
16. Amyl and The Sniffers — Amyl and The Sniffers
17. Solange — When I Get Home
18. P.P. Arnold — The New Adventures of... P.P. Arnold
19. Cate Le Bon — Reward
20. 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
21. Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
22. Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
23. Dave — Psychodrama
24. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
25. Thom Yorke — Anima
26. The Raconteurs — Help Us Stranger
27. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
28. Underworld — DRIFT Series 1 Sampler Edition
29. Edwyn Collins — Badbea
30. Esperanza Spalding — 12 Little Spells
31. Hot Chip — A Bath Full of Ecstasy
32. Robert Forster — Inferno
33. Jake Xerxes Fussell — Out of Sight
34. Sturgill Simpson — Sound & Fury
35. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Infest The Rats' Nest
36. Sleater-Kinney — The Center Won't Hold
37. Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
38. Flying Lotus — Flamagra
39. Mavis Staples — We Get By
40. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
41. slowthai — Nothing Great About Britain
42. Durand Jones & The Indications — American Love Call
43. Modern Nature — How to Live
44. Chris Forsyth — All Time Present
45. Royal Trux — White Stuff
46. Deerhunter — Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
47. Bon Iver — i,i
48. Jenny Hval — The Practice of Love
49. Rustin Man — Drift Code
50. Lambchop — This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
51. Richard Dawson — 2020
52. Wilco — Ode to Joy
53. Sunn O))) — Life Metal
54. Steve Gunn — The Unseen In Between
55. Cass McCombs — Tip of the Sphere
56. Danny Brown — uknowhatimsayin¿
57. Santana — Africa Speaks
58. Lankum — The Livelong Day
59. The Who — WHO
60. Tool — Fear Inoculum
61. Neil Young — Colorado
62. Oh Sees — Face Stabber
63. Mega Bog — Dolphine
64. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi — there is no Other
65. Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive
66. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
67. Madonna — Madame X
68. Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
69. SEED Ensemble — Driftglass
70. Sarathy Korwar — More Arriving
71. Hiss Golden Messenger — Terms of Surrender
72. Gruff Rhys — Pang!
73. The Specials — Encore
74. Will Burns — Chalk Hill Blue
75. Jessica Pratt — Quiet Signs

Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s, as published by Time Magazine

[see also 2019, 2018]

• Mad Men
• Enlightened
• BoJack Horseman
• Halt and Catch Fire
• The Leftovers
• Better Call Saul
• Atlanta
• Fleabag
• The Good Place
• Twin Peaks: The Return

Vogue: The Best Novels of 2019

• The End of Loneliness
  Benedict Wells
• Looker
  Laura Sims
• The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
  Anissa Gray
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf
  Marlon James
• Gingerbread
  Helen Oyeyemi
• Stay Up with Hugo Best
  Erin Somers
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• The Parisian
  Isabella Hammad
• Lost and Wanted
  Nell Freudenberger
• Red, White & Royal Blue
  Casey McQuiston
• Fleishman Is in Trouble
  Taffy Brodesser-Akner
• Girl, Woman, Other
  Bernardine Evaristo
• Ask Again, Yes
  Mary Beth Keane
• Bunny
  Mona Awad
• Supper Club
  Lara Williams
• The Dutch House
  Ann Patchett
• The Topeka School
  Ben Lerner
• All This Could Be Yours
  Jami Attenberg
• Olive, Again
  Elizabeth Strout
• Find Me
  André Aciman
• Agent Running in the Field
  John le Carré

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]

1. Weyes Blood — Titanic Rising
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
3. Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
4. The Comet Is Coming — Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
5. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
6. Joan Shelley — Like the River Loves the Sea
7. Bruce Springsteen — Western Stars
8. Bill Callahan — Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
9. Big Thief — U.F.O.F.
10. Wilco — Ode to Joy
11. Cate Le Bon — Reward
12. Julia Jacklin — Crushing
13. Oh Sees — Face Stabber
14. Richard Dawson — 2020
15. Bon Iver — i,i
16. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
17. Modern Nature — How to Live
18. Jenny Lewis — On the Line
19. Peter Perrett — Humanworld
20. Brittany Howard — Jaime
21. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi — there is no Other
22. Leonard Cohen — Thanks for the Dance
23. Aldous Harding — Designer
24. The Specials — Encore
25. Neil Young — Colorado
26. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
27. The National — I Am Easy to Find
28. Jenny Hval — The Practice of Love
29. Trash Kit — Horizon
30. Jessica Pratt — Quiet Signs
31. Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
32. Kim Gordon — No Home Record
33. The Raconteurs — Help Us Stranger
34. Fontaines D.C. — Dogrel
35. Sturgill Simpson — Sound & Fury
36. Dave — Psychodrama
37. The Murder Capital — When I Have Fears
38. 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
39. Bonnie “Prince” Billy — I Made a Place
40. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
41. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
42. The Fat White Family — Serfs Up!
43. W.H. Lung — Incidental Music
44. Robert Forster — Inferno
45. Sleaford Mods — Eton Alive
46. Lambchop — This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
47. Nérija — Blume
48. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
49. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks — Groove Denied
50. Shana Cleveland — Night of the Worm Moon
51. Steve Gunn — The Unseen In Between
52. Drugdealer — Raw Honey
53. Black Peaches — Fire in the Hole
54. Little Simz — GREY Area
55. The Waterboys — Where The Action Is
56. SACRED PAWS — Run Around the Sun
57. Jake Xerxes Fussell — Out of Sight
58. Ezra Furman — Twelve Nudes
59. Sunn O))) — Life Metal
60. Solange — When I Get Home
61. The Black Keys — Let's Rock
62. Gruff Rhys — Pang!
63. Altın Gün — Gece
64. Pye Corner Audio — Hollow Earth
65. The Delines — The Imperial
66. Snapped Ankles — Stunning Luxury
67. Deerhunter — Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
68. Rustin Man — Drift Code
69. Sampa the Great — The Return
70. Van Morrison — Three Chords and the Truth
71. The Who — WHO
72. Sandro Perri — Soft Landing
73. Ex Hex — It's Real
74. Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
75. Sessa — Grandeza

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

[see also 2018, 2017, 2015]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
2. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
3. Get Out — Jordan Peele
4. First Reformed — Paul Schrader
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
6. Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
7. Annihilation — Alex Garland
8. The Babadook — Jennifer Kent
9. The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
10. Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson
11. O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
12. The Wind Rises — Hayao Miyazaki
13. Boyhood — Richard Linklater
14. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
15. Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
16. Certain Women — Kelly Reichardt
17. The Florida Project — Sean Baker
18. Blade Runner 2049 — Denis Villeneuve
19. Moonrise Kingdom — Wes Anderson
20. The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
21. It’s Such a Beautiful Day — Don Hertzfeldt
22. Gone Girl — David Fincher
23. Frances Ha — Noah Baumbach
24. The Raid: Redemption — Gareth Evans
25. Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
26. Mandy — Panos Cosmatos
27. The Act of Killing — Joshua Oppenheimer
27. The Look of Silence — Joshua Oppenheimer
28. Swiss Army Man — Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
29. The Tribe — Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
30. Zama — Lucrecia Martel
31. Silence — Martin Scorsese
32. John Wick — Chad Stahelski
33. Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
34. You Were Never Really Here — Lynne Ramsay
35. Edge of Tomorrow — Doug Liman
36. Black Panther — Ryan Coogler
37. Her — Spike Jonze
38. Dunkirk — Christopher Nolan
39. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol — Brad Bird
40. Burning — Lee Chang-dong
41. The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
42. Paddington 2 — Paul King
43. Personal Shopper — Olivier Assayas
44. The Turin Horse — Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
45. Ida — Pawel Pawlikowski
46. Weekend — Andrew Haigh
47. Melancholia — Lars von Trier
48. Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
49. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
50. It Follows — David Robert Mitchell
51. Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
52. At Berkeley — Frederick Wiseman
53. Your Name — Makoto Shinkai
54. Raw — Julia Ducournau
55. Faces Places — Agnès Varda and JR
56. Evolution — Lucile Hadzihalilovic
57. The Handmaiden — Park Chan-wook
58. Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
59. Holy Motors — Leos Carax
60. 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
61. The Beach Bum — Harmony Korine
62. Green Room — Jeremy Saulnier
63. The Favourite — Yorgos Lanthimos
64. Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
65. Krisha — Trey Edward Shults
66. Elle — Paul Verhoeven
67. The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
68. The Fits — Anna Rose Holmer
69. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Rian Johnson
70. Pariah — Dee Rees
71. 13 Assassins — Takashi Miike
72. Drug War — Johnnie To
73. Mirai — Mamoru Hosoda
74. Stories We Tell — Sarah Polley
75. Hale County This Morning, This Evening — RaMell Ross
76. The Avengers — Joss Whedon
77. The Wolf of Wall Street — Martin Scorsese
78. The Rider — Chloé Zhao
79. Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
80. Lemonade — Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
81. Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
82. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
83. Coco — Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
84. Force Majeure — Ruben Östlund
85. High Life — Claire Denis
86. We Are the Best! — Lukas Moodysson
87. Can You Ever Forgive Me? — Marielle Heller
88. Shirkers — Sandi Tan
89. Shin Godzilla — Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
90. The Grand Bizarre — Jodie Mack
91. Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Anthony and Joe Russo
92. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes — Brett Story
93. Sorry to Bother You — Boots Riley
94. No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
95. Bisbee '17 — Robert Greene
96. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Edgar Wright
97. Attenberg — Athina Rachel Tsangari
98. A Field in England — Ben Wheatley
99. Thor: Ragnarok — Taika Waititi
100. The Bling Ring — Sofia Coppola