Year-End Lists

LaToya Ferguson: The Best TV of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2020 • 2018]

1. The Other Two
2. Lucifer
3. Succession
4. Legacies
5. On Becoming a God in Central Florida
6. Fleabag
7. Legends of Tomorrow
8. Sherman's Showcase
9. The Righteous Gemstones
10. Barry
11. This Way Up
12. You’re the Worst
13. The Good Fight
14. Brockmire
15. Whiskey Cavalier

Hank Stuever: Best TV shows of 2019, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Watchmen
2. When They See Us
3. Unbelievable
4. Succession
5. Gentleman Jack
6. Fleabag
7. This Is Us
8. Chernobyl
9. Dead to Me
10. Leaving Neverland

On a longer list, I'd include …

• Barry
• Catch-22
• College Behind Bars
• Country Music
• The Crown
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
• Dickinson
• Evil
• Fosse/Verdon
• The Good Place
• Mrs. Fletcher
• PEN15
• Pose
• Ramy
• Russian Doll
• Servant
• Veep
• Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
• Years and Years

The A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2019

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

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Russian Doll
4. Succession
5. Barry
6. The Good Place
7. BoJack Horseman
8. Lodge 49
9. When They See Us
10. Chernobyl
11. The Other Two
12. Undone
13. Pose
14. Unbelievable
15. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
16. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
17. Documentary Now!
18. Tuca & Bertie
19. Mr. Robot
19. The Righteous Gemstones
20. One Day at a Time
21. The Mandalorian
22. Stranger Things
23. Schitt's Creek
24. You’re the Worst
25. Fosse/Verdon

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s video countdown: The 25 Best Films of 2019

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

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
4. Ad Astra
   James Gray
5. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
6. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
7. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
9. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
11. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
12. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
13. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
14. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
15. High Life
    Claire Denis
16. Varda by Agnès
    Agnès Varda
17. Diamantino
    Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
18. Transit
    Christian Petzold
19. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
20. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
21. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
22. The Beach Bum
    Harmony Korine
23. The Hottest August
    Brett Story
24. Us
    Jordan Peele
25. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria

GQ Magazine: The Best TV Shows of 2019

• The Other Two
• Dickinson
• Barry
• Fleabag
• Ramy
• Schitt's Creek
• The Good Fight
• PEN15
• Russian Doll
• Euphoria
• The OA
• Succession
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK
• Tuca & Bertie
• Chernobyl
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• Mrs. Fletcher
• Big Mouth

Flood Magazine: The Best Albums of 2019

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

1. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
2. Young Enough
   Charly Bliss
3. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
4. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
5. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
6. basking in the glow
   Oso Oso
7. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
8. ZUU
   Denzel Curry
9. Two Hands
   Big Thief
10. House of Sugar
    (Sandy) Alex G
11. Morbid Stuff
    PUP
12. Patience
    Mannequin Pussy
13. LEGACY! LEGACY!
    Jamila Woods
14. Better Oblivion Community Center
    Better Oblivion Community Center
15. Lover
    Taylor Swift
16. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
17. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
18. Cosmic Thrill Seekers
    Prince Daddy & the Hyena
19. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
20. Dedicated
    Carly Rae Jepsen
21. All My Heroes Are Cornballs
    JPEGMAFIA
22. Western Stars
    Bruce Springsteen
23. This Is How You Smile
    Helado Negro
24. SASAMI
    SASAMI
25. King's Mouth: Music and Songs
    The Flaming Lips

Constance Grady: The Best Books I Read in 2019, as published by Vox

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

Fiction

• Fleishman Is in Trouble
  Taffy Brodesser-Akner
• The Dead Queens Club
  Hannah Capin
• Trust Exercise
  Susan Choi
• City of Girls
  Elizabeth Gilbert
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• Women Talking
  Miriam Toews
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Ninth House
  Leigh Bardugo
• Exhalation
  Ted Chiang
• Gideon the Ninth
  Tamsyn Muir
• The Book of Dust

  The Secret Commonwealth
  Philip Pullman

Nonfiction

• Sounds Like Titanic
  Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
• Because Internet

  Understanding the New Rules of Language
  Gretchen McCulloch
• Midnight Chicken

  & Other Recipes Worth Living For
  Ella Risbridger
• Trick Mirror

  Reflections on Self-Delusion
  Jia Tolentino

Dana Stevens: The 10 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Slate

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

• The Chambermaid
  Lila Avilés
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Varda by Agnès
  Agnès Varda

Runners-Up

• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• In Fabric
  Peter Strickland
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar

Jennifer Lucy Allan: Favourite Albums of 2019, as published by The Quietus

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Reach the Endless Sea
   Tunes of Negation
2. Odds Against Tomorrow
   Bill Orcutt
3. Lifetime
   Klein
4. Trotula
   Viridian Ensemble
5. In the past only geniuses were capable of staging the perfect crime (also known as a revolution) Today anybody can accomplish their aims with the push of the button
   Keiji Haino / Jim O’Rourke / Oren Ambarchi
6. Sound of Turning Earth
   Kumio Kurachi
7. Vortex Veering Back to Venus
   Mosquitoes
8. The Deontic Miracle: Selections from 100 Models of Hegikan Roku
   Catherine Christer Hennix
9. Father Fugue
   Nour Mobarak
10. Essaka Hoisa
    WaqWaq Kingdom

Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2019, as published by Us Weekly

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

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
3. 1917
   Sam Mendes
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
7. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
8. Bombshell
   Jay Roach
9. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
10. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo