Year-End Lists

Todd McCarthy: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
2. Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
4. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Céline Sciamma
6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Joe Talbot
7. Ford v Ferrari — James Mangold
8. 1917 — Sam Mendes
9. Les Misérables — Ladj Ly
10. Cold Case Hammarskjöld — Mads Brügger

Honorable mentions

• Apollo 11 — Todd Douglas Miller
• Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
• Dolemite Is My Name — Craig Brewer
• Honey Boy — Alma Har'el
• Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
• Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Rolling Thunder Revue — Martin Scorsese
• Richard Jewell — Clint Eastwood
• Transit — Christian Petzold
• The Two Popes — Fernando Meirelles

Kenneth Turan: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012]

1. Ford v Ferrari — James Mangold

The Rest Alphabetically

• The Irishman — Martin Scorsese

Israeli/Palestinian cinema

• Working Woman — Michal Aviad
• The Reports on Sarah and Saleem — Muayad Alayan
• The Other Story — Avi Nesher
• Tel Aviv on Fire — Sameh Zoabi
• Synonyms — Nadav Lapid
• Incitement — Yaron Zilberman

• Little Women — Greta Gerwig
• Maiden — Alex Holmes
• The Cave — Firas Fayyad
• Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
• 1917 — Sam Mendes
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
• Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
• Toy Story 4 — Josh Cooley
• I Lost My Body — Jérémy Clapin

A Second 10

• Birds of Passage — Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• Blinded by the Light — Gurinder Chadha
• Bombshell — Jay Roach
• Captain Marvel — Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
• Fast Color — Julia Hart
• Dolemite Is My Name — Craig Brewer
• Late Night — Nisha Ganatra
• The Edge of Democracy — Petra Costa
• Sea of Shadows — Richard Ladkani
• Les Misérables — Ladj Ly
• Peterloo — Mike Leigh
• Richard Jewell — Clint Eastwood
• The Two Popes — Fernando Meirelles

Justin Chang: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
2. Knives Out — Rian Johnson
3. Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
4. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
5. The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
6. Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
7. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians — Radu Jude
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Céline Sciamma
10. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
11. Long Day's Journey Into Night — Bi Gan
12. An Elephant Sitting Still — Hu Bo
13. High Life — Claire Denis
14. A Hidden Life — Terrence Malick
15. Synonyms — Nadav Lapid
16. Transit — Christian Petzold
17. Give Me Liberty — Kirill Mikhanovsky
18. By the Grace of God — François Ozon
19. Her Smell — Alex Ross Perry
20. Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Five favorite documentaries

• American Factory — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Black Mother — Khalik Allah
• Honeyland — Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• One Child Nation — Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
• What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? — Roberto Minervini

15 honorable mentions

• Atlantics — Mati Diop
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
• Clemency — Chinonye Chukwu
• Diane — Kent Jones
• The Farewell — Lulu Wang
• Fighting with My Family — Stephen Merchant
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Joe Talbot
• The Lighthouse — Robert Eggers
• Midsommar — Ari Aster
• The Nightingale — Jennifer Kent
• Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
• Peterloo — Mike Leigh
• Sorry Angel — Christophe Honoré
• Us — Jordan Peele
• Waves — Trey Edward Shults

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Beyoncé — Lemonade
3. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
4. Taylor Swift — Red
5. David Bowie — Blackstar
6. Drake — Take Care
7. Lorde — Melodrama
8. Adele — 21
9. Pistol Annies — Interstate Gospel
10. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
11. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
12. Frank Ocean — Blond
13. Kanye West — Yeezus
14. The Black Keys — Brothers
15. J Balvin — Vibras
16. Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
17. Chance The Rapper — Acid Rap
18. Paul Simon — So Beautiful or So What
19. Taylor Swift — 1989
20. Solange — A Seat at the Table
21. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
22. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
23. Robyn — Body Talk
24. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
25. Rihanna — Anti
26. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
27. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
28. Jason Isbell — Southeastern
29. Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
30. Ariana Grande — thank u, next
31. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
32. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
33. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
34. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
35. D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
36. Randy Newman — Dark Matter
37. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
38. Chance The Rapper — Coloring Book
39. Rosalía — El Mal Querer
40. SZA — Ctrl
41. Sturgill Simpson — A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
42. Miranda Lambert — Platinum
43. Bob Dylan — Tempest
44. Haim — Days Are Gone
45. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast — Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
46. Bruce Springsteen — Wrecking Ball
47. Bon Iver — 22, A Million
48. Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
49. Jay-Z and Kanye West — Watch the Throne
50. Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
51. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
52. Khalid — American Teen
53. Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
54. Japandroids — Celebration Rock
55. Daft Punk — Random Access Memories
56. Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time
57. Alabama Shakes — Boys & Girls
58. Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings
59. Harry Styles — Harry Styles
60. Nicki Minaj — The Pinkprint
61. Waxahatchee — Cerulean Salt
62. Paul McCartney — Egypt Station
63. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
64. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
65. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
66. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
67. Bad Bunny — X 100PRE
68. Florence + The Machine — How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
69. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
70. Drake — If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
71. Grimes — Art Angels
72. Jack White — Blunderbuss
73. Jenny Lewis — On the Line
74. Pusha T — Daytona
75. Father John Misty — I Love You, Honeybear
76. Frank Ocean — Nostalgia, Ultra
77. The Highwomen — The Highwomen
78. Soccer Mommy — Clean
79. Ke$ha — Rainbow
80. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — Mirror Traffic
81. Brandi Carlile — By The Way, I Forgive You
82. Kamasi Washington — The Epic
83. Eric Church — Chief
84. Jamie xx — In Colour
85. Metallica — Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
86. Angel Olsen — My Woman
87. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
88. Arctic Monkeys — AM
89. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
90. Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Psychedelic Pill
91. Tierra Whack — Whack World
92. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
93. U2 — Songs of Innocence
94. Sheer Mag — Need to Feel Your Love
95. Future — Monster
96. Low Cut Connie — Call Me Sylvia
97. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
98. John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
99. Lana Del Rey — Ultraviolence
100. The War on Drugs — A Deeper Understanding

Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]

1. American Factory — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
2. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
3. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
4. Waves — Trey Edward Shults
5. Queen & Slim — Melina Matsoukas
6. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
7. The Mustang — Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
8. Jim Allison: Breakthrough — Bill Haney
9. Blinded by the Light — Gurinder Chadha
10. Give Me Liberty — Kirill Mikhanovsky

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017]

• Frank Ocean — Blond
• Bon Iver — 22, A Million
• Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
• Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
• D’Angelo and The Vanguard — Black Messiah
• Beck — Morning Phase
• Lonnie Holley — MITH
• Kanye West — Yeezus
• Björk — Vulnicura
• Hiss Golden Messenger — Bad Debt
• Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
• Solange — A Seat at the Table

Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2019, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2018, 2017, 2010s]

• FKA twigs — Magdalene
• Mdou Moctar — Ilana (The Creator)
• 75 Dollar Bill — I Was Real
• Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
• Bon Iver — i,i
• Big Thief — Two Hands
• Purple Mountains — Purple Mountains
• Burna Boy — African Giant
• Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
• Thom Yorke — Anima
• Jake Xerxes Fussell — Out of Sight
• Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life

Darren Franich: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2018, 2010s]

1. The Good Fight
2. PEN15
3. Primal
4. Watchmen
5. Desus & Mero
6. Lodge 49
7. BoJack Horseman
8. Ramy
9. Below Deck Mediterranean
10. Perpetual Grace, LTD

Kristen Baldwin: Best TV Shows of 2019, as published by Entertainment Weekly

[see also 2018, 2010s]

1. Perpetual Grace, LTD
2. Watchmen
3. Veep
4. The Good Fight
5. Fleabag
6. Los Espookys
7. Better Things
8. Succession
9. After Life
10. The Other Two

Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
3. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
4. Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
5. Little Women — Greta Gerwig
6. 1917 — Sam Mendes
7. Jojo Rabbit — Taika Waititi
8. Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
9. The Farewell — Lulu Wang
10. Joker — Todd Phillips