Year-End Lists

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Luc Tuymans exhibit at Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1. The White Album
   Arthur Jafa
2. Vitalina Varela
   Pedro Costa
3. Beanpole
   Kantemir Balagov
4. State Funeral
   Sergei Loznitsa
5. Collective
   Alexander Nanau
6. Bacurau
   Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
7. Heimat is a Space in Time
   Thomas Heise
8. Invisible Life
   Karim Aïnouz
9. Fire Will Come
   Oliver Laxe
10. Nana
    Jean Renoir

Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
2. The Sky Socialist: Environs and Out-Takes
   Ken Jacobs
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. The White Album
   Arthur Jafa
5. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
6. Us
   Jordan Peele
7. To the Ends of the Earth
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
8. High Flying Bird
   Steven Soderbergh
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
10. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
10. The Vast of Night
    Andrew Patterson

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
2. Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Border
   Ali Abbasi
5. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
6. Hail Satan?
   Penny Lane
7. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
8. The Golden Glove
   Fatih Akin
9. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
10. Joker
    Todd Phillips

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019

[see also 2018]

1. 1619
2. You're Wrong About...
3. Blank Check
4. The Last Days of August
5. Moonface
6. Decoder Ring
7. Scattered
8. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
9. Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
10. Spectacular Failures

Matt Goldberg: Top 25 Films of the 2010s, as published by Collider

1. The Social Network
   David Fincher
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
3. 21 Jump Street
   Phil Lord and Chris Miller
4. Exit Through the Gift Shop
   Banksy
5. Her
   Spike Jonze
6. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
   Brad Bird
8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
   Christopher McQuarrie
8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
9. 13th
   Ava DuVernay
10. The Lego Movie
    Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
11. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
12. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
14. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
15. Paddington 2
    Paul King
16. MacGruber
    Jorma Taccone
17. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
18. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Rupert Wyatt
18. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
18. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
19. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
20. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
21. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone
22. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
23. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
24. Marvel Cinematic Universe
25. Inception
    Christopher Nolan

Honorable Mentions

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  Edgar Wright
• Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes
• The Cabin in the Woods
  Drew Goddard
• The Grey
  Joe Carnahan
• 12 Years a Slave
  Steve McQueen
• Boyhood
  Richard Linklater
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
  Wes Anderson
• Nightcrawler
  Dan Gilroy
• Spotlight
  Tom McCarthy
• The Witch
  Robert Eggers
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Logan
  James Mangold

NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade

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1. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Yeezus
   Kanye West
4. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
5. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
6. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
   The 1975
7. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
8. Visions
   Grimes
9. The Suburbs
   Arcade Fire
10. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
11. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
12. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    Kanye West
13. Blackstar
    David Bowie
14. High Violet
    The National
15. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
16. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
17. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
18. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
19. Total Life Forever
    Foals
20. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
21. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
22. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
23. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
24. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
25. 2
    Mac DeMarco
26. Take Care
    Drake
27. In Colour
    Jamie xx
28. Body Talk
    Robyn
29. Holy Fire
    Foals
30. Konnichiwa
    Skepta
31. 1989
    Taylor Swift
32. Art Angels
    Grimes
33. Suck It and See
    Arctic Monkeys
34. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
35. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
36. Joy as an Act of Resistance
    Idles
37. Settle
    Disclosure
38. Made in the Manor
    Kano
39. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
40. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
41. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
42. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
43. Days Are Gone
    Haim
44. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
45. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
46. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
47. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
48. Post Pop Depression
    Iggy Pop
49. We Are Not Your Kind
    Slipknot
50. Twentytwo in Blue
    Sunflower Bean
51. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
52. After Laughter
    Paramore
53. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys
54. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
55. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
56. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
57. Landlord
    Giggs
58. Are You Satisfied?
    Slaves
59. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
60. 48:13
    Kasabian
61. Royal Blood
    Royal Blood
62. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
63. I See You
    The xx
64. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
65. My Love Is Cool
    Wolf Alice
66. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
67. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
68. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
69. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
70. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
71. Currents
    Tame Impala
72. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
73. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
74. Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1
    Lil Peep
75. Brothers
    The Black Keys
76. Love In the 4th Dimension
    The Big Moon
77. Plastic Beach
    Gorillaz
78. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
79. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
80. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
81. Chaleur Humaine
    Christine and the Queens
82. Daytona
    Pusha T
83. Anti
    Rihanna
84. James Blake
    James Blake
85. Is the Is Are
    DIIV
86. Awaken, My Love!
    Childish Gambino
87. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
88. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
89. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
90. Common Sense
    J Hus
91. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
92. Matangi
    M.I.A.
93. What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
    The Vaccines
94. Skying
    The Horrors
95. The Magic Whip
    Blur
96. Drones
    Muse
97. Ctrl
    SZA
98. Angles
    The Strokes
99. amo
    Bring Me the Horizon
100. Opposites
     Biffy Clyro

For Reading Addicts: The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019

• All the Light We Cannot See
  Anthony Doerr
• Ready Player One
  Ernest Cline
• The Underground Railroad
  Colson Whitehead
• Americanah
  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• My Brilliant Friend
  Elena Ferrante
• Killers of the Flower Moon

  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
  David Grann
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  Rebecca Skloot
• The Light Between Oceans
  M.L. Stedman
• A Man Called Ove
  Fredrik Backman
• Citizen

  An American Lyric
  Claudia Rankine
• Between the World and Me
  Ta-Nehisi Coates
• There There
  Tommy Orange
• The Martian
  Andy Weir
• The Overstory
  Richard Powers
• The Nightingale
  Kristin Hannah
• The Invention of Wings
  Sue Monk Kidd
• A Monster Calls
  Patrick Ness
• Vox
  Christina Dalcher
• The Circle
  Dave Eggers
• Salt to the Sea
  Ruta Sepetys

Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s, as published by Vanity Fair along with a list of 15 standout episodes from none of the shows listed in the other categories

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1. BoJack Horseman
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. Enlightened
4. Steven Universe
5. Better Call Saul
6. Atlanta
7. Rectify
8. Fleabag
9. Broad City
10. The Great British Bake Off

Honorable Mention — Drama

1. Halt and Catch Fire
2. The Leftovers
3. Game of Thrones

Honorable Mention — Comedy

1. Girls
2. Kroll Show
3. High Maintenance
4. Veep
5. Better Things
6. Schitt's Creek
7. Rick and Morty
8. The Good Place

Honorable Mention — Limited Series

1. When They See Us
2. Alias Grace
3. American Crime Story
4. Sharp Objects
5. Top of the Lake

The Skinny: Top 10 TV Series of 2019

1. Chernobyl
2. BoJack Horseman
3. Russian Doll
4. Fleabag
5. Derry Girls
6. This Time with Alan Partridge
7. Succession
8. The End of the F***ing World
9. Tuca & Bertie
10. Unbelievable

Time Magazine: The 10 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2015]

1. Magdalene
   FKA twigs
2. When I Get Home
   Solange
3. U.F.O.F.
   Big Thief
4. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
5. Hiding Places
   Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
6. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
   Billie Eilish
7. i,i
   Bon Iver
8. Cheap Queen
   King Princess
9. Turn to Clear View
   Joe Armon-Jones
10. Assume Form
    James Blake