Year-End Lists

Robin Hilton: Best Albums of 2019, as posted by NPR

[see also 2017]

1. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
3. PROTO
   Holly Herndon
4. Death is a Warm Blanket
   Microwave
5. what we say in private
   Ada Lea
6. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
7. Olympic Girls
   Tiny Ruins
8. Four of Arrows
   Great Grandpa
9. Karaoke Angel
   Molly Sarlé
10. Trophy
    Kate Davis

Bob Boilen: Best Albums of 2019, as posted by NPR

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]

1. Two Hands
   Big Thief
2. U.F.O.F.
   Big Thief
3. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
4. Better Oblivion Community Center
   Better Oblivion Community Center
5. Designer
   Aldous Harding
6. The Livelong Day
   Lankum
7. Ilana (The Creator)
   Mdou Moctar
8. Trophy
   Kate Davis
9. Like the River Loves the Sea
   Joan Shelley
10. Rwanda, You Should Be Loved
    The Good Ones

Ann Powers: Favorite Albums of 2019, as posted by NPR

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2017 • 2016 • 2011]

1. The Oracle
   Angel Bat Dawid
2. Silences
   Adia Victoria
3. The Jungle Is the Only Way Out
   Mereba
4. Deserted
   Mekons
5. Love Will Find a Way
   Philip Bailey
6. Love and Liberation
   Jazzmeia Horn
7. Terms of Surrender
   Hiss Golden Messenger
8. Oneness
   Matthew Halsall
9. Faulkner County
   Erin Enderlin
10. The Gospel According to Water
    Joe Henry

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Transit
   Christian Petzold
7. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
8. High Life
   Claire Denis
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

Mallory Andrews: Best Films of 2019, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. High Life
   Claire Denis
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
7. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
8. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
9. The Hottest August
   Brett Story
10. Ad Astra
    James Gray

Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2019, of those "that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2019, in approximate order of preference"

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

1. Styx
   Wolfgang Fischer
2. Grass
   Hong Sang-soo
3. Diane
   Kent Jones
4. Los Reyes
   Ivan Osnovikoff and Bettina Perut
5. Our Time
   Carlos Reygadas
6. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
7. Light from Light
   Paul Harrill
8. The Chambermaid
   Lila Avilés
9. Dragged Across Concrete
   S. Craig Zahler
10. The Crossing
    Bai Xue
11. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2019

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

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Dolemite Is My Name
   Craig Brewer
3. Rolling Thunder Revue
   Martin Scorsese
4. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
5. Anima
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
7. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. Blinded by the Light
   Gurinder Chadha
10. Us
    Jordan Peele
11. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
12. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
13. Dancing with the Birds
    Huw Cordey
14. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
15. Family
    Laura Steinel

Fernando F. Croce: Favorite 2019 Movies, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2012]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
5. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. High Life
   Claire Denis
7. Peterloo
   Mike Leigh
8. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   Bi Gan
9. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
10. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
11. Pasolini
    Abel Ferrara
12. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
13. Transit
    Christian Petzold
14. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
15. Dark Waters
    Todd Haynes
16. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
17. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
18. Invisible Life
    Karim Aïnouz
19. Amazing Grace
    Sydney Pollack
20. Domino
    Brian De Palma

Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Dogrel
   Fontaines D.C.
2. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
3. Better Oblivion Community Center
   Better Oblivion Community Center
4. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
5. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
6. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
7. Nothing Great About Britain
   slowthai
8. Father of the Bride
   Vampire Weekend
9. Deceiver
   DIIV
10. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
11. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
12. Two Hands
    Big Thief
13. House of Sugar
    (Sandy) Alex G
14. Schlagenheim
    black midi
15. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
16. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
17. Designer
    Aldous Harding
18. Lux Prima
    Karen O & Danger Mouse
19. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
20. No Home Record
    Kim Gordon

Clémence Polès: Top Ten Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2018]

1. Born 2 Rap
   The Game
2. The Sacrificial Code
   Kali Malone
3. Meet the Woo
   Pop Smoke
4. Uncut Gems - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
   Daniel Lopatin
5. Agora
   Fennesz
6. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
   Bill Callahan
7. Big Bad
   Giggs
8. Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars
   Sarah Louise
9. Hope is Leaving the Club
   Charolastra
10. Assume Form
    James Blake

Notable mentions

• New Rain Duets
  Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan
• Occam Ocean 2
  Éliane Radigue
• Tracing Back the Radiance
  Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
• This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
  Lambchop
• Le son d'après
  Lala &ce
• Quiet Signs
  Jessica Pratt
• No Home Record
  Kim Gordon
• Sylva
  Benoît Pioulard