Year-End Lists

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

Eric Allen Hatch: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as posted to Twitter

• Evolution of a Criminal
  Darius Clark Monroe
• Post Tenebras Lux
  Carlos Reygadas
• Sun Don’t Shine
  Amy Seimetz
• Trash Humpers
  Harmony Korine
• Edge of Tomorrow
  Doug Liman
• Island of the Hungry Ghosts
  Gabrielle Brady
• The Nice Guys
  Shane Black
• Dogtooth
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• It Felt Like Love
  Eliza Hittman
• Distant Constellation
  Shevaun Mizrahi
• Newlyweeds
  Shaka King
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Kaili Blues
  Bi Gan
• Intrus
• Let the Fire Burn
  Jason Osder
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade. See also their large number of honorable mentions.

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Burning
   Lee Chang-dong
2. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
3. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
4. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
6. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. Dogtooth
   Yorgos Lanthimos
9. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
10. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
11. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
12. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
13. Carol
    Todd Haynes
14. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
15. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
16. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
17. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
18. A Prophet
    Jacques Audiard
19. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
20. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
21. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
22. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
23. The Comedy
    Rick Alverson
24. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
25. Li’l Quinquin
    Bruno Dumont
26. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
27. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
28. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
29. Jackie
    Pablo Larraín
30. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
31. High Life
    Claire Denis
32. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
33. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
34. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
35. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
36. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
37. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
38. Two Days, One Night
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
39. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
40. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
41. Annihilation
    Alex Garland
42. Amour
    Michael Haneke
43. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
44. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
45. Wildlife
    Paul Dano
46. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
47. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
48. Enemy
    Denis Villeneuve
49. Killing Them Softly
    Andrew Dominik
50. Foxcatcher
    Bennett Miller
51. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
52. Columbus
    Kogonada
53. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
54. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
55. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
56. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
57. Her
    Spike Jonze
58. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
59. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
60. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
61. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
62. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
63. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
64. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
65. Blue Valentine
    Derek Cianfrance
66. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
67. Upstream Color
    Shane Carruth
68. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
69. Suspiria
    Luca Guadagnino
70. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
71. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
72. White Material
    Claire Denis
73. Weekend
    Andrew Haigh
74. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
75. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
76. The Social Network
    David Fincher
77. The Immigrant
    James Gray
78. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
79. Eden
    Mia Hansen-Løve
80. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
81. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
82. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
83. Leviathan
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
84. Girlhood
    Céline Sciamma
85. No
    Pablo Larraín
86. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
87. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
88. Ida
    Pawel Pawlikowski
89. The Hunt
    Thomas Vinterberg
90. Shame
    Steve McQueen
91. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
92. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
93. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
94. The Wailing
    Na Hong-jin
95. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
96. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
97. Meek’s Cutoff
    Kelly Reichardt
98. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Sean Durkin
99. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
100. Madeline’s Madeline
     Josephine Decker

The Playlist: The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade. See also their large number of honorable mentions.

[see also 2023 • 2018 • 2016]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Atlanta
3. The Americans
4. The Leftovers
5. Breaking Bad
6. Louie
7. Mad Men
8. The Knick
9. Fleabag
10. 30 Rock
11. Game of Thrones
12. Fargo
13. The Night Of
14. Mindhunter
15. BoJack Horseman
16. Veep
17. Hannibal
18. Justified
19. Better Call Saul
20. The Handmaid’s Tale
21. Girls
22. Killing Eve
23. The Crown
24. Enlightened
25. Insecure
26. Catastrophe
27. The Good Place
28. Rick and Morty
29. Bored to Death
30. Halt and Catch Fire
31. Togetherness
32. Looking
33. Key and Peele
34. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
35. Mildred Pierce
36. Barry
37. Chernobyl
38. Master of None
39. Transparent
40. Broad City
41. True Detective
42. When They See Us
43. I Love Dick
44. The Young Pope
45. The OA
46. Succession
47. Russian Doll
48. Top of the Lake
49. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
50. Documentary Now!

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

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of the Decade 2010-2019

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

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
3. Li’l Quinquin
   Bruno Dumont
4. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
5. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
6. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
7. Mia Madre
   Nanni Moretti
8. Melancholia
   Lars von Trier
9. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
10. The Strange Case of Angelica
    Manoel de Oliveira

Via Negativa: Best Poetry Books of 2019, compiled from the responses of poets and bloggers who were asked for their favorite collections of the year

• Something Like Forgiveness
  Rebecca Schumejda
• A Machine for Remembering
  Justen Ahren
• Agringada

  Like a gringa, like a foreigner
  Tariro Ndoro
• Space Struck
  Paige Lewis
• Gravity Assist
  Martha Silano
• tsunami vs. the fukushima 50
  Lee Ann Roripaugh
• Nightingale
  Paisley Rekdal
• Without Protection
  Gala Mukomolova
• Cyborg Detective
  Jillian Weise
• Soft Science
  Franny Choi
• Nobody
  Alice Oswald
• Saint Worm
  Hailey Leithauser
• come see about me, marvin
  Brian Gilmore
• Tap Out
  Edgar Kunz
• Lima :

  Limón
  Natalie Scenters-Zapico
• Long River
  Yang Jian
• Dunce
  Mary Ruefle
• Deaf Republic
  Ilya Kaminsky
• Honeyfish
  Lauren K. Alleyne
• Battle Dress
  Karen Skolfield
• Hail and Farewell
  Abby E. Murray
• Scattered Clouds
  Reuben Jackson