Year-End Lists

Polygon: The Best Movies of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
  Terry Gilliam
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Under the Silver Lake
  David Robert Mitchell
• Us
  Jordan Peele

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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 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

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

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

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 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

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

Library Journal: Best Poetry of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 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

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

Associated Press: Top 10 Podcasts of 2019

1. To Live and Die in LA
2. 22 Hours: An American Nightmare
3. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
4. Confronting: O.J. Simpson with Kim Goldman
5. Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.
6. 1619
7. Believed
8. The Viall Files
9. Armchair Expert
10. Office Ladies

Joe Morgenstern: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The Wall Street Journal

[see also 2018 • 2017]

• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig

Other Choices in Alphabetical Order

• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles

RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2019, as selected by the site’s regular film critics and assistant editors

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
5. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
6. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. Us
   Jordan Peele
8. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
9. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma

Runner-ups

• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Black Mother
  Khalik Allah
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Long Day's Journey Into Night
  Bi Gan
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• RogerEbert.com: Allison Shoemaker: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Justine Smith: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Kristen Lopez: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Kristy Puchko: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow: Top 10 Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Tomris Laffly: Top 25 Films of 2019

NPR Music: 25 Best Albums of 2019. If it seems odd that some of NPR's favorite artists of the year aren't on this list, it's because of this rule: "no lead artist was allowed to appear on both this list and our list of the 25 Best Songs of 2019."

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

1. Jaime
   Brittany Howard
2. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
3. Jimmy Lee
   Raphael Saadiq
4. When I Get Home
   Solange
5. Designer
   Aldous Harding
6. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
7. Orange
   Caroline Shaw / Attacca Quartet
8. The Livelong Day
   Lankum
9. Hiding Places
   Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
10. The Practice of Love
    Jenny Hval
11. Vagabon
    Vagabon
12. Shea Butter Baby
    Ari Lennox
13. Songs Of Our Native Daughters
    Our Native Daughters
14. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
15. Ancestral Recall
    Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
16. African Giant
    Burna Boy
17. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
18. Almadura
    iLe
19. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
20. 5
    Sault
21. John Luther Adams: Become Desert
    Seattle Symphony
22. Oasis
    J Balvin & Bad Bunny
23. Diatom Ribbons
    Kris Davis
24. While I'm Livin'
    Tanya Tucker
25. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator