Year-End Lists

The Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Succession
2. Fleabag
3. Chernobyl
4. Years and Years
5. The Virtues
6. Unbelievable
7. Russian Doll
8. This Time with Alan Partridge
9. Catastrophe
10. Euphoria
11. Leaving Neverland
12. Top Boy
13. Stath Lets Flats
14. Sex Education
15. Derry Girls
16. What We Do in the Shadows
17. Everybody in the Place: an Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
18. Back to Life
19. Ghosts
20. Mum
21. Prince Andrew and the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview
22. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
23. When They See Us
24. His Dark Materials
25. The Crown
26. Barry
27. State of the Union
28. The End of the F***ing World
29. The Other Two
30. BoJack Horseman
31. Gentleman Jack
32. This Way Up
33. Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
34. Broad City
35. Don't Forget the Driver
36. Game of Thrones
37. The Capture
38. Surviving R. Kelly
39. Mindhunter
40. Watchmen
41. Line of Duty
42. Stranger Things
43. 63 Up
44. Seven Worlds, One Planet
45. Transparent (Musical Finale)
46. Guilt
47. The Curry House Kid
48. The Last Survivors
49. World on Fire
50. Killing Eve

The A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
2. The Practice of Love
   Jenny Hval
3. LEGACY! LEGACY!
   Jamila Woods
4. Bandana
   Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
5. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
6. When I Get Home
   Solange
7. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
9. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
10. Reward
    Cate Le Bon
11. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
12. Utility
    Barker
13. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
14. GREY Area
    Little Simz
15. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
16. Psychodrama
    Dave
17. Crush
    Floating Points
18. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
19. Ventura
    Anderson .Paak
20. I Am Easy to Find
    The National

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2019

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

1. Hoodies All Summer
   Kano
2. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
3. GREY Area
   Little Simz
4. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
5. Schlagenheim
   black midi
6. Dogrel
   Fontaines D.C.
7. Psychodrama
   Dave
8. Athena
   Sudan Archives
9. Kiwanuka
   Michael Kiwanuka
10. Pony
    Orville Peck
11. You Can't Steal My Joy
    Ezra Collective
12. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
13. Hypersonic Missiles
    Sam Fender
14. When I Get Home
    Solange
15. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
16. Ignorance Is Bliss
    Skepta
17. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
18. Assume Form
    James Blake
19. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
20. Heavy Is The Head
    Stormzy
21. AJ Tracey
    AJ Tracey
22. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
23. No More Normal
    Swindle
24. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
25. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
26. Crush
    Floating Points
27. ZUU
    Denzel Curry
28. Grime MC
    Jme
29. Blume
    Nérija
30. Designer
    Aldous Harding
31. Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes
    Moor Mother
32. You Can't Sit With Us
    Pivot Gang
33. Pony
    Rex Orange County
34. Shea Butter Baby
    Ari Lennox
35. Eve
    Rapsody
36. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
37. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
38. Miss Universe
    Nilüfer Yanya
39. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
40. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande

Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by Esquire

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

1. The Lighthouse
   Robert Eggers
2. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. Transit
   Christian Petzold
5. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
6. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
7. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
   Lukas Feigelfeld
9. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
10. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
11. The Beach Bum
    Harmony Korine
12. Gloria Bell
    Sebastián Lelio
13. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
14. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
15. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
16. Diane
    Kent Jones
17. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
18. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
19. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
20. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
21. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
22. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
23. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
24. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
25. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
26. Shadow
    Zhang Yimou
27. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
    Chad Stahelski
28. The Edge of Democracy
    Petra Costa
29. High Life
    Claire Denis
30. The Mountain
    Rick Alverson
31. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
32. Tell Me Who I Am
    Ed Perkins
33. Ford v Ferrari
    James Mangold
34. Ad Astra
    James Gray
35. Burning Cane
    Phillip Youmans
36. Crawl
    Alexandre Aja
37. Plus One
    Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer
38. The Great Hack
    Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
39. The Burial Of Kojo
    Blitz Bazawule
40. American Factory
    Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
41. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
42. Invisible Life
    Karim Aïnouz
43. One Cut of the Dead
    Shin'ichirô Ueda
44. Tigers Are Not Afraid
    Issa López
45. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer
46. It Chapter Two
    Andy Muschietti
47. Skin
    Guy Nattiv
48. Fast Color
    Julia Hart
49. The Dead Don't Die
    Jim Jarmusch
50. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry

This list contributes to:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2019

Michael Phillips: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Chicago Tribune

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

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
3. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
5. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
6. One Child Nation
   Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
7. Waves
   Trey Edward Shults
8. Present.Perfect.
   Shengze Zhu
9. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig

11-20, alphabetically

• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• Long Day's Journey Into Night
  Bi Gan
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• The Wild Pear Tree
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan

David Bianculli: The Best TV of 2019, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The Good Place
2. Legion
3. Black Mirror
4. Fleabag
4. Killing Eve
5. Watchmen
6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
7. Dead to Me
8. Barry
9. Evil
10. Veep

Special Mentions: Movies and Miniseries

• The Act
• Deadwood: The Movie
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Years and Years

Special Mentions: Nonfiction

• Leaving Neverland
• 60 Minutes

Ben Sachs: Top 12 Films of 2019, as published by The Chicago Reader

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

1. Sunset
   László Nemes
2. Belmonte
   Federico Veiroj
2. The Moneychanger
   Federico Veiroj
3. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
   Radu Jude
4. The Wild Pear Tree
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
5. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
6. Relaxer
   Joel Potrykus
7. Hotel by the River
   Hong Sang-soo
7. Grass
   Hong Sang-soo
8. Coincoin and the Extra-Humans
   Bruno Dumont
9. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
10. First Love
    Takashi Miike

Honorable Mentions (in order of preference)

• Vitalina Varela
  Pedro Costa
• Give Me Liberty
  Kirill Mikhanovsky
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• The Sower
  Marine Francen
• The Laundromat
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Wandering Soap Opera
  Raoul Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
• Ghost Tropic
  Bas Devos
• The Grand Bizarre
  Jodie Mack
• the last 40 minutes of The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese

Spin: The 10 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Two Hands
   Big Thief
2. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
3. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
4. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
5. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
6. Bandana
   Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
7. Odds Against Tomorrow
   Bill Orcutt
8. Ilana (The Creator)
   Mdou Moctar
9. Schlagenheim
   black midi
10. Dance of the Cosmos
    Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Transit
   Christian Petzold
6. Ad Astra
   James Gray
7. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
8. High Life
   Claire Denis
9. Us
   Jordan Peele
10. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
11. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
12. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
13. Relaxer
    Joel Potrykus
14. Waves
    Trey Edward Shults
15. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Transit
   Christian Petzold
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
7. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
8. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
9. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
10. Asako I & II
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
11. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
12. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
13. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
14. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
15. The Day Shall Come
    Christopher Morris

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019
• Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2019