Year-End Lists

Revolver Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017]

1. Fear Inoculum
   Tool
2. We Are Not Your Kind
   Slipknot
3. Deserted
   Gatecreeper
4. A Different Shade of Blue
   Knocked Loose
5. Gold & Grey
   Baroness
6. Atonement
   Killswitch Engage
7. Satan Spits on Children of Light
   Devil Master
8. Nest
   Brutus
9. Divided by Darkness
   Spirit Adrift
10. Rammstein
    Rammstein
11. Macro
    Jinjer
12. End of Suffering
    Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
13. Birth of Violence
    Chelsea Wolfe
14. Blood Year
    Russian Circles
15. The Nothing
    Korn
16. Sermon
    Une Misère
17. Samsara
    Venom Prison
18. Pretty Buff
    Angel Du$t
19. Failed Entertainment
    Fury
20. The Language Of Injury
    Ithaca
21. Metawar
    3Teeth
22. The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds
    SeeYouSpaceCowboy...
23. The Act
    The Devil Wears Prada
24. Suffer On
    Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
25. Hidden History of the Human Race
    Blood Incantation

Glenn Kenny: 15 Favorite Films of the Decade, as posted to Twitter

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

• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Like Someone in Love
  Abbas Kiarostami
• Hard to Be a God
  Aleksey German
• Girlhood
  Céline Sciamma
• Horse Money
  Pedro Costa
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  RaMell Ross
• The Love Witch
  Anna Biller
• Phantom Thread
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Personal Shopper
  Olivier Assayas
• Zama
  Lucrecia Martel
• Madeline’s Madeline
  Josephine Decker
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• The Last of the Unjust
  Claude Lanzmann

Consequence: Top 100 TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2023]

1. The Americans
2. Breaking Bad
3. Mad Men
4. Nathan for You
5. Stranger Things
6. Fleabag
7. Twin Peaks: The Return
8. Veep
9. Atlanta
10. Halt and Catch Fire
11. The Leftovers
12. Steven Universe
13. Justified
14. Key and Peele
15. Hannibal
16. Succession
17. When They See Us
18. Bob’s Burgers
19. Making a Murderer
20. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
21. Fargo
22. Community
23. Game of Thrones
24. Broad City
25. Black Mirror
26. BoJack Horseman
27. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
28. Parks and Recreation
29. Better Call Saul
30. Girls
31. Documentary Now!
32. Chernobyl
33. The Good Place
34. True Detective
35. 11.22.63
36. Enlightened
37. The Crown
38. New Girl
39. Boardwalk Empire
40. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
41. Downton Abbey
42. Eastbound & Down
43. Adventure Time
44. Orphan Black
45. Mindhunter
46. RuPaul's Drag Race
47. Rick and Morty
48. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
49. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
50. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
51. Jessica Jones
52. Show Me a Hero
53. Rectify
54. Orange is the New Black
55. You’re the Worst
56. Russian Doll
57. Happy Endings
58. Better Things
59. Queer Eye
60. Big Little Lies
61. American Horror Story: Asylum
62. Killing Eve
63. Pose
64. Difficult People
65. Terriers
66. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
67. The Knick
68. The Eric Andre Show
69. Barry
70. Luther
71. Master of None
72. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
73. The Jinx
74. Peaky Blinders
75. The Night Of
76. Sense8
77. Superstore
78. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
79. Vida
80. On Cinema
81. Jane the Virgin
82. Broadchurch
83. Schitt's Creek
84. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
85. Narcos
86. Westworld
87. The Good Fight
88. Burning Love
89. The Walking Dead
90. Glow
91. Insecure
92. One Day at a Time
93. The Bridge
94. American Vandal
95. Review
96. The Great British Bake Off
97. This Is Us
98. Dark
99. Kroll Show
100. Ash vs Evil Dead

Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017]

1. All Mirrors
   Angel Olsen
2. Jimmy Lee
   Raphael Saadiq
3. Still on My Mind
   Dido
4. Ventura
   Anderson .Paak
5. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
   Lana Del Rey
6. Kiwanuka
   Michael Kiwanuka
7. Remind Me Tomorrow
   Sharon Van Etten
8. Western Stars
   Bruce Springsteen
9. Quiet Signs
   Jessica Pratt
10. Dedicated
    Carly Rae Jepsen
11. This Land
    Gary Clark Jr.
12. Madame X
    Madonna
13. While I'm Livin'
    Tanya Tucker
14. Bandana
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
15. YU
    Rosie Lowe
16. I Am Easy to Find
    The National
17. Why Me? Why Not.
    Liam Gallagher
18. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
19. Colorado
    Neil Young
20. Eve
    Rapsody
21. Psychodrama
    Dave
22. III
    Banks
23. LEGACY! LEGACY!
    Jamila Woods
24. May the Lord Watch
    Little Brother
25. Morning Sun
    The HawtThorns
26. GREY Area
    Little Simz
27. Hyperspace
    Beck
28. Lover
    Taylor Swift
29. Origin
    Jordan Rakei
30. Hello Happiness
    Chaka Khan
31. bi/MENTAL
    Le Butcherettes
32. Giants of All Sizes
    Elbow
33. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
34. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
35. Cause and Effect
    Keane
36. Assume Form
    James Blake
37. forevher
    Shura
38. Heard It In A Past Life
    Maggie Rogers
39. We Get By
    Mavis Staples
40. 50 Foot Woman
    Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
41. LÉON
    LÉON
42. White Noise / White Lines
    Kelsey Waldon
43. One of the Best Yet
    Gang Starr
44. No Words Left
    Lucy Rose
45. Desert Dove
    Michaela Anne
46. When I Get Home
    Solange
47. Lexicon
    Will Young
48. In the End
    The Cranberries
49. TBNH
    The Brand New Heavies
50. i,i
    Bon Iver

Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s

1. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
2. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
3. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
5. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
6. The Social Network
   David Fincher
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
   Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
9. Eighth Grade
   Bo Burnham
10. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
11. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
12. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
13. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
14. Her
    Spike Jonze
15. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
16. Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
17. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
18. Nightcrawler
    Dan Gilroy
19. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
20. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
21. mother!
    Darren Aronofsky
22. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
23. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
24. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
25. Ex Machina
    Alex Garland
26. Paddington 2
    Paul King
27. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
28. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
29. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
30. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
31. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
32. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
33. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
34. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
35. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
36. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
37. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
38. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
39. Birdman
    Alejandro G. Iñárritu
40. Good Time
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
41. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
42. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
43. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
44. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
45. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
46. Gone Girl
    David Fincher
47. Brooklyn
    John Crowley
48. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
49. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
50. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
51. Carol
    Todd Haynes
52. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
53. Upstream Color
    Shane Carruth
54. Minding the Gap
    Bing Liu
55. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
56. The Big Short
    Adam McKay
57. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
58. First Man
    Damien Chazelle
59. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
60. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
61. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino
62. Prisoners
    Denis Villeneuve
63. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
64. A Quiet Place
    John Krasinski
65. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
66. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
67. Logan
    James Mangold
68. Sorry to Bother You
    Boots Riley
69. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
70. Amour
    Michael Haneke
71. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
72. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
73. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo
74. Sing Street
    John Carney
75. Coco
    Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
76. Train to Busan
    Yeon Sang-ho
77. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
78. Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich
79. Skyfall
    Sam Mendes
80. Room
    Lenny Abrahamson
81. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
82. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
83. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
84. Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai
85. The Conjuring
    James Wan
86. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
87. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
88. John Wick
    Chad Stahelski
89. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Edgar Wright
90. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
91. The Revenant
    Alejandro González Iñárritu
92. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
93. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
94. Guardians of the Galaxy
    James Gunn
95. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
96. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
97. Deadpool
    Tim Miller
98. Creed
    Ryan Coogler
99. Free Solo
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
100. Nocturnal Animals
     Tom Ford

The New York Times: The 10 Most Influential Films of the 2010s, a list by Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott. See also the lists of favorites from Dargis and Scott.

• American Sniper
  Clint Eastwood
• The Avengers
  Joss Whedon
• Blackfish
  Gabriela Cowperthwaite
• Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• Frozen
  Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
• Get Out
  Jordan Peele
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  Francis Lawrence
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Okja
  Bong Joon-ho
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  JJ Abrams

A.O. Scott: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as published by The New York Times

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

• Carol
  Todd Haynes
• Inside Llewyn Davis
  Joel & Ethan Coen
• Lady Bird
  Greta Gerwig
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Minding the Gap
  Bing Liu
• Moonlight
  Barry Jenkins
• Norte, the End of History
  Lav Diaz
• Timbuktu
  Abderrahmane Sissako
• Toni Erdmann
  Maren Ade
• The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick

Manohla Dargis: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as published by The New York Times

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

• The Assassin
  Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Boyhood
  Richard Linklater
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• In Jackson Heights
  Frederick Wiseman
• Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective]
  Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• No Home Movie
  Chantal Akerman
• Poetry
  Lee Chang-dong
• 13th
  Ava DuVernay
• A Touch of Sin
  Jia Zhang-ke

Wired UK: The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019, a list that includes their own podcast

• Heavyweight
• The Wired UK Podcast
• Binge Mode: Star Wars
• Brexitcast
• You're Dead to Me
• Call Your Girlfriend
• Citations Needed
• Hit Parade
• The Dream
• The Secret History of the Future
• Ear Hustle
• Against the Rules
• Articles of Interest
• Exponent
• The Week Unwrapped
• The Political Party
• Full Disclosure
• Eat Sleep Work Repeat
• Bombshell
• Believed
• Lovett or Leave It
• 99% Invisible
• The Adam Buxton Podcast
• The Dollop
• How Did This Get Made?
• The Tip Off
• Caliphate
• The Habitat
• Exponential View
• Reply All
• How I Built This
• Ctrl Alt Delete
• No Such Thing As A Fish

entertainment.ie: 20 Best TV Shows of the Decade

1. Fleabag
2. Breaking Bad
3. Game of Thrones
4. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
5. Chernobyl
6. Succession
7. Mad Men
8. True Detective
9. Schitt's Creek
10. The Handmaid’s Tale
11. Veep
12. Peaky Blinders
13. Black Mirror
14. The Leftovers
15. Atlanta
16. The Haunting of Hill House
17. The Crown
18. Girls
19. Catastrophe
20. Love/Hate