Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2019
[see also 2010s, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- The Image Book — Jean-Luc Godard
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Synonyms — Nadav Lapid
- Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
- Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc — Bruno Dumont
- Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
- Les Misérables — Ladj Ly
- The Mule — Clint Eastwood
- Joker — Todd Phillips
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
Vibe Magazine: The 30 Best Albums of 2019
- Ari Lennox — Shea Butter Baby
- Benny the Butcher — The Plugs I Met
- Beyoncé — The Lion King: The Gift
- Beyoncé — Homecoming: The Live Album
- Burna Boy — African Giant
- DaBaby — KIRK
- Daniel Caesar — CASE STUDY 01
- Danny Brown — uknowhatimsayin¿
- Doja Cat — Hot Pink
- Dreamville — Revenge of the Dreamers III
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Bandana
- GoldLink — Diaspora
- Gunna — Drip or Drown 2
- Jamila Woods — LEGACY! LEGACY!
- Jim Jones — El Capo
- Kemba — Gilda
- Little Brother — May the Lord Watch
- Lucky Daye — Painted
- Michael Kiwanuka — Kiwanuka
- Raphael Saadiq — Jimmy Lee
- Rapsody — Eve
- Rick Ross — Port of Miami 2
- SiR — Chasing Summer
- Snoh Aalegra — - Ugh, those feels again
- Solange — When I Get Home
- Summer Walker — Over It
- Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
- Wale — Wow... That's Crazy
- Young Thug — So Much Fun
- YBN Cordae — The Lost Boy
Anna Swanson: Top Films of the 2010s, as submitted to the collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
- Phoenix — Christian Petzold
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
- Inherent Vice — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Transit — Christian Petzold
- Gone Girl — David Fincher
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
- Elle — Paul Verhoeven
Nicole Brenez: Top Films of the 2010s, as submitted to the collection of Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]
- Film Socialisme — Jean-Luc Godard
- Censor Must Die — Ing K
- The Silent Majority Speaks — Bani Khoshnoudi
- Wake (Subic) — John Gianvito
- Vapor Trail (Clark) — John Gianvito
- Sou Hami, la crainte de la nuit — Anne-Laure de Franssu and Mory Coulibaly
- The End of the World Begins with One Lie — Lech Kowalski
- Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin — Jonas Mekas and José Luis Guerín
- Nana — Valérie Massadian
- Rubber Coated Stee — Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Field Niggas — Khalik Allah
- Gens du lac — Jean-Marie Straub
- Nuit Bleue — Ange Leccia
- The Wild Frontier — Nicolas Klotz and Elisabeth Perceval
- Sleep Has Her House — Scott Barley
- Impressions — Jacques Perconte
- Potato — O Meul
- Film Catastrophe — Paul Grivas
- The Burden — Niki Lindroth von Bahr
- Newsreel 63: The Train of Shadows — Nika Autor
- Holy Motors — Leos Carax
And Ten Other Alternative Films
Miriam Bale: Best Films of the Decade, as posted to Twitter, in no particular order
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- Inherent Vice — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Lemonade — Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
- Holy Motors — Leos Carax
- Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
- Gone Girl — David Fincher
- Somewhere — Sofia Coppola
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Kuichisan — Maiko Endo
- No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman
- Almayer’s Folly — Chantal Akerman
- Twin Peaks: The Return — David Lynch
- All Hong Sang-soo movies, peaking with ...
- The Day After — Hong Sang-soo
Bonus
Darren Hughes: Favorite Films of the 2010s, as posted to Letterboxd, listed alphabetically
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012]
- As Without So Within — Manuela De Laborde
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- Delphi Falls — Mary Helena Clark
- The Dreamed Ones — Ruth Beckermann
- Ears, Nose and Throat — Kevin Jerome Everson
- Horse Money — Pedro Costa
- House of Pleasures — Bertrand Bonello
- The Immigrant — James Gray
- Let Your Light Shine — Jodie Mack
- Li’l Quinquin — Bruno Dumont
- The Loneliest Planet — Julia Loktev
- The Mend — John Magary
- Museum Hours — Jem Cohen
- Onward Lossless Follows — Michael Robinson
- Red Capriccio — Blake Williams
- The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
- The Strange Little Cat — Ramon Zürcher
- Sun Song — Joel Wanek
- Twin Peaks: The Return — David Lynch
- Zama — Lucrecia Martel
Jordan Ruimy: The 25 Best Movies of the Decade, as posted at World of Reel
- The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
- The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
- Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Dogtooth — Yorgos Lanthimos
- A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
- O.J.: Made in America — Ezra Edelman
- Carol — Todd Haynes
- The Wolf of Wall Street — Martin Scorsese
- Her — Spike Jonze
- Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
- This is Not a Film — Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
- Son of Saul — László Nemes
- The Social Network — David Fincher
- The Favourite — Yorgos Lanthimos
- Black Swan — Darren Aronofsky
- 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
- Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
- The Florida Project — Sean Baker
- Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
- Get Out — Jordan Peele
- Nocturama — Bertrand Bonello
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- Holy Motors — Leos Carax