Year-End Lists

Esquire: The Best Books of the 2010s

[see also The 20 Best Books of 2023 • The Best Books of 2022 • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 • The 50 Best Books of 2021 • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

1. Between the World and Me
   Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. My Brilliant Friend
   Elena Ferrante
2. The Story of a New Name
   Elena Ferrante
2. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
   Elena Ferrante
2. The Story of the Lost Child
   Elena Ferrante
3. Less
   Andrew Sean Greer
4. Lincoln in the Bardo
   George Saunders
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
   Rebecca Skloot
6. There There
   Tommy Orange
7. These Truths

   A History of the United States
   Jill Lepore
8. Swamplandia!
   Karen Russell
9. Concussion
   Jeanne Marie Laskas
10. The Sympathizer
    Viet Thanh Nguyen
11. Just Kids
    Patti Smith

Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
6. Midsommar
   Ari Aster
7. A Rainy Day in New York
   Woody Allen
8. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
9. Gloria Mundi
   Robert Guédiguian
10. By the Grace of God
    François Ozon

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
2. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
3. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
4. Alice and the Mayor
   Nicolas Pariser
5. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
6. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
7. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
8. Oh Mercy!
   Arnaud Desplechin
9. On a Magical Night
   Christophe Honoré
10. In the Open
    Guillaume Massart

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Les Misérables
   Ladj Ly
2. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
3. Matthias & Maxime
   Xavier Dolan
4. So Long, My Son
   Wang Xiaoshuai
5. Proxima
   Alice Winocour
6. Dark Phoenix
   Simon Kinberg
7. You Deserve a Lover
   Hafsia Herzi
8. M
   Yolande Zauberman
9. Frankie
   Ira Sachs
10. The Summer House
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 20 Films of 2019

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

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Ad Astra
   James Gray
3. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
4. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
5. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
6. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
7. La Flor
   Mariano Llinás
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
9. Alice and the Mayor
   Nicolas Pariser
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
11. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
12. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
13. Dragged Across Concrete
    S. Craig Zahler
14. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
15. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
16. The Traitor
    Marco Bellocchio
17. An Easy Girl
    Rebecca Zlotowski
18. Glass
    M. Night Shyamalan
19. Just Don't Think I'll Scream
    Frank Beauvais
20. On a Magical Night
    Christophe Honoré

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2019
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2019
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2019

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 50 Albums of 2019

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

1. IGOR
   Tyler, The Creator
2. Titanic Rising
   Weyes Blood
3. Serfs Up!
   The Fat White Family
4. Assume Form
   James Blake
5. Dogrel
   Fontaines D.C.
6. Confessions
   Philippe Katerine
7. ZUU
   Denzel Curry
8. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
9. Miami Memory
   Alex Cameron
10. Darlène
    Hubert Lenoir
11. Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains
12. Magdalene
    FKA twigs
13. i,i
    Bon Iver
14. Juice B Crypts
    Battles
15. Dreems
    Cassius
16. Free
    Iggy Pop
17. Twelve Nudes
    Ezra Furman
18. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
19. PROTO
    Holly Herndon
20. Jesus Is King
    Kanye West
21. Traum und Existenz
    Kompromat
22. Not Waving, But Drowning
    Loyle Carner
23. Deux frères
    PNL
24. No Home Record
    Kim Gordon
25. Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
    Deerhunter
26. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
27. LAHS
    Allah-Lahs
28. When I Get Home
    Solange
29. Metronomy Forever
    Metronomy
30. Thirst
    Sebastian
31. The Talkies
    Girl Band
32. Closer to Grey
    Chromatics
33. Schlagenheim
    black midi
34. First Taste
    Ty Segall
35. La Nuit Des Perséides
    Biche
36. Satis Factory
    Mattiel
37. Reward
    Cate Le Bon
38. Angel's Pulse
    Blood Orange
39. This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
    Lambchop
40. Designer
    Aldous Harding
41. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
42. House of Sugar
    (Sandy) Alex G
43. Venus in Leo
    HTRK
44. À TERRE !
    Olivier Marguerit
45. Something Like a War
    Kindness
46. Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres
    Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres
47. Here Comes the Cowboy
    Mac DeMarco
48. Paradise
    Hamza
49. Immunity
    Clairo
50. Raw Honey
    Drugdealer

Chicago Public Library: Top Ten Books of 2019

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

• An American Summer

  Love and Death in Chicago
  Alex Kotlowitz
• The Dutch House
  Ann Patchett
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• Olive, Again
  Elizabeth Strout
• On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
  Ocean Vuong
• Say Nothing

  A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• The Starless Sea
  Erin Morgenstern
• The Water Dancer
  Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Yellow House
  Sarah M. Broom

Ben Travers: The Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Fleabag
2. Watchmen
3. Better Things
4. Tuca & Bertie
5. Succession
6. Russian Doll
7. Glow
8. Barry
9. PEN15
10. Superstore

Honorable Mentions

• Veep
• BoJack Horseman
• Chernobyl
• Unbelievable
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
• You’re the Worst
• Broad City
• Catastrophe
• David Makes Man
• Mindhunter

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

[see also 2021 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. State Funeral
   Sergei Loznitsa
2. Martin Eden
   Pietro Marcello
3. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
4. The Sky Socialist: Environs and Out-Takes
   Ken Jacobs
5. Jordan Belson exhibit at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
6. 48 War Movies
   Christian Marclay
7. ten documentary shorts
   Vittorio De Seta
8. Charlie Says
   Mary Harron
9. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
10. Olivia
    Jacqueline Audry

Melissa Anderson: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum. Several entries "are new restorations of older films I saw for the first time in 2019...."

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. La Flor
   Mariano Llinás
2. A Bigger Splash
   Jack Hazan
3. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
4. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
5. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
6. Queen of Diamonds
   Nina Menkes
7. Martin Eden
   Pietro Marcello
8. Gay USA
   Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
9. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
   Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
10. Ad Astra
    James Gray
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino