Year-End Lists

David Rooney: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
4. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
5. Invisible Life
   Karim Aïnouz
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
7. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
10. Us
    Jordan Peele

Honorable mentions

• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Joker
  Todd Phillips
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• One Child Nation
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
• Waves
  Trey Edward Shults

Sheri Linden: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
7. Waves
   Trey Edward Shults
8. I Lost My Body
   Jérémy Clapin
9. An Elephant Sitting Still
   Hu Bo
10. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg

Honorable mentions

• 63 Up
  Michael Apted
• 1917
  Sam Mendes
• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• Cunningham
  Alla Kovgan
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Give Me Liberty
  Kirill Mikhanovsky
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Marona's Fantastic Tale
  Anca Damian
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Sea of Shadows
  Richard Ladkani

Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Sorry Angel
   Christophe Honoré
5. Non-Fiction
   Olivier Assayas
6. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
7. Booksmart
   Olivia Wilde
8. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
9. End of the Century
   Lucio Castro
10. Us
    Jordan Peele

Honorable mentions

• Her Smell
  Alex Ross Perry
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Invisible Life
  Karim Aïnouz
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Sauvage / Wild
  Camille Vidal-Naquet
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg

Todd McCarthy: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

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

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
7. Ford v Ferrari
   James Mangold
8. 1917
   Sam Mendes
9. Les Misérables
   Ladj Ly
10. Cold Case Hammarskjöld
    Mads Brügger

Honorable mentions

• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Honey Boy
  Alma Har'el
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Mustang
  Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Rolling Thunder Revue
  Martin Scorsese
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles

The Wall Street Journal: The Best Books of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

• The Anarchy

  The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
  William Dalrymple
• Armies of Deliverance

  A New History of the Civil War
  Elizabeth R. Varon
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf
  Marlon James
• Death Is Hard Work
  Khaled Khalifa
• Oliver Wendell Holmes

  A Life in War, Law, and Ideas
  Stephen Budiansky
• A Primer for Forgetting

  Getting Past the Past
  Lewis Hyde
• Say Nothing

  A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• Say Say Say
  Lila Savage
• Underland

  A Deep Time Journey
  Robert Macfarlane
• The Vexations
  Caitlin Horrocks

Kenneth Turan: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2012]

1. Ford v Ferrari
   James Mangold

The Rest Alphabetically

• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese

Israeli/Palestinian cinema

• Working Woman
  Michal Aviad
• The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
  Muayad Alayan
• The Other Story
  Avi Nesher
• Tel Aviv on Fire
  Sameh Zoabi
• Synonyms
  Nadav Lapid
• Incitement
  Yaron Zilberman

• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Maiden
  Alex Holmes
• The Cave
  Firas Fayyad
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• 1917
  Sam Mendes
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• I Lost My Body
  Jérémy Clapin

A Second 10

• Birds of Passage
  Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• Blinded by the Light
  Gurinder Chadha
• Bombshell
  Jay Roach
• Captain Marvel
  Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
• Fast Color
  Julia Hart
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Late Night
  Nisha Ganatra
• The Edge of Democracy
  Petra Costa
• Sea of Shadows
  Richard Ladkani
• Les Misérables
  Ladj Ly
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles

Justin Chang: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

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

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
3. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
7. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
   Radu Jude
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
11. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
12. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
13. High Life
    Claire Denis
14. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
15. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
16. Transit
    Christian Petzold
17. Give Me Liberty
    Kirill Mikhanovsky
18. By the Grace of God
    François Ozon
19. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
20. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Five favorite documentaries

• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Black Mother
  Khalik Allah
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• One Child Nation
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
• What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
  Roberto Minervini

15 honorable mentions

• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Diane
  Kent Jones
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Fighting with My Family
  Stephen Merchant
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Sorry Angel
  Christophe Honoré
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Waves
  Trey Edward Shults

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
2. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
3. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Red
   Taylor Swift
5. Blackstar
   David Bowie
6. Take Care
   Drake
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. 21
   Adele
9. Interstate Gospel
   Pistol Annies
10. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
11. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
12. Blond
    Frank Ocean
13. Yeezus
    Kanye West
14. Brothers
    The Black Keys
15. Vibras
    J Balvin
16. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
17. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
18. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
19. 1989
    Taylor Swift
20. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
21. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
22. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
23. Body Talk
    Robyn
24. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
25. Anti
    Rihanna
26. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
27. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
28. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
29. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
30. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
31. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
32. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
33. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
34. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
35. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
36. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
37. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
38. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
39. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
40. Ctrl
    SZA
41. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson
42. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
43. Tempest
    Bob Dylan
44. Days Are Gone
    Haim
45. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
46. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
47. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
48. You Want It Darker
    Leonard Cohen
49. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
50. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
51. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
52. American Teen
    Khalid
53. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
54. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
55. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
56. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
57. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
58. The Weight of These Wings
    Miranda Lambert
59. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
60. The Pinkprint
    Nicki Minaj
61. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
62. Egypt Station
    Paul McCartney
63. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
64. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
65. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
66. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
67. X 100PRE
    Bad Bunny
68. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    Florence + The Machine
69. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
70. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
71. Art Angels
    Grimes
72. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
73. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
74. Daytona
    Pusha T
75. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
76. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
77. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
78. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
79. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
80. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
81. By The Way, I Forgive You
    Brandi Carlile
82. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
83. Chief
    Eric Church
84. In Colour
    Jamie xx
85. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
    Metallica
86. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
87. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
88. AM
    Arctic Monkeys
89. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
90. Psychedelic Pill
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
91. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
92. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
93. Songs of Innocence
    U2
94. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
95. Monster
    Future
96. Call Me Sylvia
    Low Cut Connie
97. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
98. The Tree of Forgiveness
    John Prine
99. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
100. A Deeper Understanding
     The War on Drugs

Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2019, as published by Uproxx

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Purple Mountains
   Purple Mountains
2. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
3. Flops In New York
   Ryley Walker/Steve Gunn/Ryan Jewell
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
   various artists
5. Sound & Fury
   Sturgill Simpson
6. Deceiver
   DIIV
7. Natural Facts
   Garcia Peoples
7. One Step Behind
   Garcia Peoples
8. On the Line
   Jenny Lewis
9. i'll show you stronger
   pronoun
10. 2020
    Richard Dawson
11. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
12. Tip of the Sphere
    Cass McCombs
13. Ilana (The Creator)
    Mdou Moctar
14. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
15. i,i
    Bon Iver
16. Hypersonic Missiles
    Sam Fender
17. Patience
    Mannequin Pussy
18. Remembering the Rockets
    Strange Ranger
19. Jaime
    Brittany Howard
20. Anima
    Thom Yorke
21. Quiet Signs
    Jessica Pratt
22. Guv I & II
    Young Guv
23. Morbid Stuff
    PUP
24. Pure Imagination, No Country
    Dave Harrington Group
25. Remind Me Tomorrow
    Sharon Van Etten

Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

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

• On Becoming a God in Central Florida
• Wayne
• Now Apocalypse
• Russian Doll
• Undone
• Lazor Wulf
• A Black Lady Sketch Show
• Emergence
• Chambers
• Good Omens
• His Dark Materials
• PEN15
• Encore!
• Fosse/Verdon