Year-End Lists

IndieWire: The 50 Best Movies of 2019, as voted by film critics from around the world

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

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
7. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
9. Joker
   Todd Phillips
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
11. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
12. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
13. Transit
    Christian Petzold
14. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
15. Us
    Jordan Peele
16. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
17. Ad Astra
    James Gray
18. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
19. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
20. High Life
    Claire Denis
21. 1917
    Sam Mendes
22. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
23. Jojo Rabbit
    Taika Waititi
24. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
25. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
26. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
27. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
28. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
29. Waves
    Trey Edward Shults
30. Honeyland
    Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov

The Rest of the Best

31. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
32. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
33. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
34. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
35. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer
36. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
37. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
38. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
39. Toy Story 4
    Josh Cooley
40. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
41. Honey Boy
    Alma Har'el
42. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller
43. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo
44. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
45. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria
46. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
47. Diane
    Kent Jones
48. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh
49. Give Me Liberty
    Kirill Mikhanovsky
50. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov

Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2018]

1. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
2. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
3. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
5. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
6. Father of the Bride
   Vampire Weekend
7. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
8. In League with Dragons
   The Mountain Goats
9. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
   Bill Callahan
10. Young Enough
    Charly Bliss
11. When I Get Home
    Solange
12. uknowhatimsayin¿
    Danny Brown
13. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
14. Field Whispers (Into the Crystal Palace)
    Fire-Toolz
15. COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis
    Matana Roberts
16. Anima
    Thom Yorke
17. Life Metal
    Sunn O)))
18. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
19. The Seduction of Kansas
    Priests
20. Solipsisters
    Katie Dey

The Economist: The Best Films Released in 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Monos
  Alejandro Landes
• By the Grace of God
  François Ozon
• The Street
  Zed Nelson
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• For Sama
  Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• La Belle Époque
  Nicolas Bedos
• Hitsville: The Making of Motown
  Ben Turner and Gabe Turner
• Jojo Rabbit
  Taika Waititi
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach

Christina Orlando: 14 Unmissable Poetry Books from 2019, as published by Electric Lit

• Soft Science
  Franny Choi
• Build Yourself a Boat
  Camonghne Felix
• A Fortune for Your Disaster
  Hanif Abdurraqib
• Odes to Lithium
  Shira Erlichman
• while they sleep (under the bed is another country)
  Raquel Salas Rivera
• 1919
  Eve L. Ewing
• Heart Like A Window, Mouth Like A Cliff
  Sara Borjas
• Advantages of Being Evergreen
  Oliver Baez Bendorf
• Space Struck
  Paige Lewis
• Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers
  Jake Skeets
• Careen
  Grace Shuyi Liew
• Heed the Hollow
  Malcolm Tariq
• Lima :

  Limón
  Natalie Scenters-Zapico
• Library of Small Catastrophes
  Alison C. Rollins

Q Magazine: Top 50 Albums of 2019

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
2. Kiwanuka
   Michael Kiwanuka
3. Designer
   Aldous Harding
4. GREY Area
   Little Simz
5. Ghosteen
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6. Serfs Up!
   The Fat White Family
7. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
8. Dogrel
   Fontaines D.C.
9. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
10. All Mirrors
    Angel Olsen
11. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
12. Quiet Signs
    Jessica Pratt
13. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten
14. Psychodrama
    Dave
15. Oh My God
    Kevin Morby
16. IGOR
    Tyler, The Creator
17. Rainford
    Lee "Scratch" Perry
18. Like the River Loves the Sea
    Joan Shelley
19. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
20. When I Get Home
    Solange
21. Pang
    Caroline Polachek
22. i,i
    Bon Iver
23. Western Stars
    Bruce Springsteen
24. Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahan
25. Anima
    Thom Yorke
26. Here Comes the Cowboy
    Mac DeMarco
27. The Center Won't Hold
    Sleater-Kinney
28. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
29. Part 1 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
    Foals
30. Badbea
    Edwyn Collins
31. When I Have Fears
    The Murder Capital
32. Inside the Rose
    These New Puritans
33. A Bath Full of Ecstasy
    Hot Chip
34. Encore
    The Specials
35. Lover
    Taylor Swift
36. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
37. Face Stabber
    Oh Sees
38. Eton Alive
    Sleaford Mods
39. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
40. DRIFT Series 1 Sampler Edition
    Underworld
41. Why Me? Why Not.
    Liam Gallagher
42. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
43. Assume Form
    James Blake
44. Giants of All Sizes
    Elbow
45. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
46. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
47. Not Waving, But Drowning
    Loyle Carner
48. Cheap Queen
    King Princess
49. THE S.L.P.
    THE S.L.P.
50. Compliments Please
    Self Esteem

HuffPost: The Best Podcasts of 2019

[see also 2023]

• Headlong: Running from COPS
• 1619
• Underunderstood
• Tell Them, I Am
• We Share The Same Sky
• Scattered
• Julie: The Unwinding of the Miracle
• Nice Try!
• Dolly Parton's America

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

Jordan Cronk: The 50 Best Films of the 2010s, posted publicly to Patreon

[see also The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2021 • Top Ten Films of 2020 • Top 20 Films of 2019 • Top 20 Films of 2018 • Top Ten Films of 2017]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
3. The Strange Case of Angelica
   Manoel de Oliveira
4. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
5. No Home Movie
   Chantal Akerman
6. House of Pleasures
   Bertrand Bonello
7. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
8. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
9. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
10. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
11. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
12. Li’l Quinquin
    Bruno Dumont
13. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
14. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
15. Stray Dogs
    Tsai Ming-liang
16. Jauja
    Lisandro Alonso
17. Liberty
    Albert Serra
18. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
19. Sieranevada
    Cristi Puiu
20. Leviathan
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
21. The Day He Arrives
    Hong Sang-soo
22. Differently, Molussia
    Nicolas Rey
23. Hard to Be a God
    Aleksey German
24. Let Your Light Shine
    Jodie Mack
25. Norte, the End of History
    Lav Diaz
26. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
27. The Extravagant Shadows
    David Gatten
28. Winter Vacation
    Li Hongqi
29. Slow Action
    Ben Rivers
30. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
31. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
32. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
33. Dead Souls
    Wang Bing
34. Episode of the Sea
    Van Brummelen & De Haan and the inhabitants of Urk, Netherlands
35. I Was at Home, But
    Angela Schanelec
36. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
37. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
38. The Last of the Unjust
    Claude Lanzmann
39. Arabian Nights
    Miguel Gomes
40. High Life
    Claire Denis
41. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke
42. Maps to the Stars
    David Cronenberg
43. Jealousy
    Philippe Garrel
44. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
45. 4:44 Last Day on Earth
    Abel Ferrara
46. The Last Time I Saw Macao
    João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
47. Amour fou
    Jessica Hausner
48. L. Cohen
    James Benning
49. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
    Alain Resnais
50. Lost and Beautiful
    Pietro Marcello

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