Year-End Lists

New York Public Library: Best Poetry Books of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020]

• The Black Condition ft. Narcissus
  jayy dodd
• The Crazy Bunch
  Willie Perdomo
• Deaf Republic
  Ilya Kaminsky
• In Her Feminine Sign
  Dunya Mikhail
• Library of Small Catastrophes
  Alison C. Rollins
• Lima :

  Limón
  Natalie Scenters-Zapico
• Soft Science
  Franny Choi
• Some Girls Survive on Their Sorcery Alone
  Thiahera Nurse
• tsunami vs. the fukushima 50
  Lee Ann Roripaugh
• The Year of Blue Water
  Yanyi

New York Public Library: 10 Best Books of 2019

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

• Disappearing Earth
  Julia Phillips
• Fleishman Is in Trouble
  Taffy Brodesser-Akner
• Good Talk

  A Memoir in Conversations
  Mira Jacob
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
  Ocean Vuong
• Red at the Bone
  Jacqueline Woodson
• She Said

  Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
  Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
• Thick

  And Other Essays
  Tressie McMillan Cottom
• Three Women
  Lisa Taddeo
• Trick Mirror

  Reflections on Self-Delusion
  Jia Tolentino

Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also The 10 Best Documentaries of 2022 • The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 • The Best Films of 2021 • The Best Films of 2020 • Top 15 Films of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • The Best Films of 2016 • The Best Films of 2015 • Top 15 Films of 2014 • 15 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
3. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
7. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
8. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
9. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
10. Us
    Jordan Peele
11. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
12. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
13. Dragged Across Concrete
    S. Craig Zahler
14. Chained for Life
    Aaron Schimberg
15. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller

This list contributes to:

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

Lawrence Garcia: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2020 • 2018]

1. Asako I & II
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
2. An Elephant Sitting Still
   Hu Bo
3. Transit
   Christian Petzold
4. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
5. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
6. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
7. Our Time
   Carlos Reygadas
8. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
9. Grass
   Hong Sang-soo
10. Belmonte
    Federico Veiroj
11. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh
12. Sorry Angel
    Christophe Honoré
13. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
14. Los Reyes
    Ivan Osnovikoff and Bettina Perut
15. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Caroline Siede: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2021 • 2020]

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
2. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
3. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
4. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
5. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
6. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
7. Booksmart
   Olivia Wilde
8. Wild Rose
   Tom Hooper
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
11. One Child Nation
    Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
12. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
13. Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
    Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
14. Paddleton
    Alex Lehmann
15. Hail Satan?
    Penny Lane

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Beatrice Loayza: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

1. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
2. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
3. Asako I & II
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Transit
   Christian Petzold
6. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. High Life
   Claire Denis
10. Sunset
    László Nemes
11. Holiday
    Isabella Eklöf
12. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
    Roberto Minervini
13. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
14. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
15. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Roxana Hadadi: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. High Flying Bird
   Steven Soderbergh
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
5. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
7. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
8. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
9. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
10. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
11. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
12. Ad Astra
    James Gray
13. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
14. Us
    Jordan Peele
15. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
5. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
6. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
7. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
8. High Life
   Claire Denis
9. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
11. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
12. Ford v Ferrari
    James Mangold
13. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
14. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
    Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn
15. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club

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

1. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
2. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
3. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
4. Light of My Life
   Casey Affleck
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. First Love
   Takashi Miike
7. Sunset
   László Nemes
8. Shadow
   Zhang Yimou
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
11. Too Late to Die Young
    Dominga Sotomayor
12. They Shall Not Grow Old
    Peter Jackson
13. Sword of Trust
    Lynn Shelton
14. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
15. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach

This list contributes to:

• A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

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

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

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. The Nightingale
   Jennifer Kent
4. Transit
   Christian Petzold
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
7. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   Bi Gan
8. Monos
   Alejandro Landes
9. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
10. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
11. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
12. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
13. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
14. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
15. Ad Astra
    James Gray

This list contributes to:

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