Year-End Lists

Ed Gonzalez: Best Films of 2019, as published by Slant Magazine

[see also 2018, 2017, 2012, 2011]

1. Transit — Christian Petzold
2. Long Day's Journey Into Night — Bi Gan
3. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
4. Black Mother — Khalik Allah
5. Ad Astra — James Gray
6. Peterloo — Mike Leigh
7. The Competition — Claire Simon
8. Ray & Liz — Richard Billingham
9. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
10. Climax — Gaspar Noé

Honorable Mention

• The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
• An Elephant Sitting Still — Hu Bo
• Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
• Asako I & II — Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• End of the Century — Lucio Castro
• Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
• The Gospel of Eureka — Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri
• The Beach Bum — Harmony Korine
• Dragged Across Concrete — S. Craig Zahler
• The Plagiarists — Peter Parlow

Paste Magazine: The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Breaking Bad
2. Mad Men
3. The Americans
4. Blue Planet II
4. Planet Earth II
5. Fleabag
6. Adventure Time
7. The Good Place
8. Atlanta
9. Parks and Recreation
10. The Great British Bake Off
11. 30 Rock
12. Barry
13. Rectify
14. The Good Wife
15. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
16. Game of Thrones
17. The Crown
18. Bob’s Burgers
19. Justified
20. Stranger Things
21. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
22. Chernobyl
23. Better Call Saul
24. Catastrophe
25. When They See Us
26. My Mad Fat Diary
27. Hannibal
28. Key and Peele
29. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
30. Twin Peaks: The Return
31. Succession
32. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
33. BoJack Horseman
34. Veep
35. Legends of Tomorrow
36. Downton Abbey
37. The Night Manager
38. The Good Fight
39. Mozart in the Jungle
40. Review
41. Counterpart
42. Man Seeking Woman
43. The Leftovers
44. Community
45. Penny Dreadful
46. Boardwalk Empire
47. Broad City
48. Gravity Falls
49. Happy Valley
50. Killing Eve
51. Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
52. Halt and Catch Fire
53. Looking
54. Fargo
55. Russian Doll
56. Treme
57. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
58. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
59. Sherlock
60. Orphan Black
61. Rick and Morty
62. American Vandal
63. Downward Dog
64. Jane the Virgin
65. Terriers
66. In the Flesh
67. Doctor Who
68. Glow
69. Documentary Now!
70. Big Mouth
71. Outlander
72. Black-ish
73. Speechless
74. The Handmaid’s Tale
75. Queen Sugar
76. Happy Endings
77. Master of None
78. Detroiters
79. Steven Universe
80. Black Mirror
81. Better Things
82. One Day at a Time
83. The Expanse
84. Fringe
85. The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
86. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
87. Westworld
88. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
89. Orange is the New Black
90. The Knick
91. Portlandia
92. Nathan for You
93. Pose
94. The Bold Type
95. Schitt's Creek
96. Grey's Anatomy
97. Eastbound & Down
98. Fresh Off the Boat
99. Silicon Valley
100. Parenthood

Keith Uhlich: Best Films of 2019, as published by Slant Magazine

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2012, 2011]

1. Peterloo — Mike Leigh
2. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
3. La Flor — Mariano Llinás
4. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
5. Pain and Glory — Pedro Almodóvar
6. Domino — Brian De Palma
7. The Gospel of Eureka — Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri
8. Chained for Life — Aaron Schimberg
9. Under the Silver Lake — David Robert Mitchell
10. Atlantics — Mati Diop

Honorable Mention

• The Dead Don't Die — Jim Jarmusch
• The Farewell — Lulu Wang
• Gemini Man — Ang Lee
• A Hidden Life — Terrence Malick
• High Flying Bird — Steven Soderbergh
• Knives Out — Rian Johnson
• In Fabric — Peter Strickland
• Our Time — Carlos Reygadas
• Shadow — Zhang Yimou
• Transit — Christian Petzold

BuzzFeed: The 24 Best Books of the Decade

[see also 2019, 2018]

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
  Isabel Wilkerson
• The Round House
  Louise Erdrich
• Building Stories
  Chris Ware
• Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from “Dear Sugar”
  Cheryl Strayed
• My Struggle (six volumes)
  Karl Ove Knausgaard
• The Neapolitan Novels
  Elena Ferrante
• Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
  Andrew Solomon
• Wave
  Sonali Deraniyagala
• The Goldfinch
  Donna Tartt
• Annihilation
  Jeff VanderMeer
• Citizen: An American Lyric
  Claudia Rankine
• Station Eleven
  Emily St. John Mandel
• Dept. of Speculation
  Jenny Offill
• Tenth of December
  George Saunders
• The Argonauts
  Maggie Nelson
• A Little Life
  Hanya Yanagihara
• Outline Trilogy
  Rachel Cusk
• One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
  Asne Seierstad
• Less
  Andrew Sean Greer
• Freshwater
  Akwaeke Emezi
• Severance
  Ling Ma
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation
  Ottessa Moshfegh
• Conversations with Friends
  Sally Rooney
• She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
  Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey

The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2019

[see also 2010s, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Brittany Howard — Jaime
2. Julia Jacklin — Crushing
3. Charli XCX — Charli
4. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
5. Drugdealer — Raw Honey
6. Better Oblivion Community Center — Better Oblivion Community Center
7. Sharon Van Etten — Remind Me Tomorrow
8. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
9. Kishi Bashi — Omoiyari
10. Faye Webster — Atlanta Millionaires Club
11. King Princess — Cheap Queen
12. Kevin Morby — Oh My God
13. FKA twigs — Magdalene
14. Solange — When I Get Home
15. Big Thief — Two Hands
16. Hand Habits — placeholder
17. Fruit Bats — Gold Past Life
18. Anderson .Paak — Ventura
19. Bedouine — Bird Songs of a Killjoy
20. Andrew Bird — My Finest Work Yet
21. Karen O & Danger Mouse — Lux Prima
22. Carly Rae Jepsen — Dedicated
23. Mark Ronson — Late Night Feelings
24. Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life
25. James Blake — Assume Form
26. Angelo De Augustine — Tomb
27. Tyler, The Creator — IGOR
28. Vampire Weekend — Father of the Bride
29. Angel Olsen — All Mirrors
30. SASAMI — SASAMI

The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. Joanna Newsom — Have One On Me
2. Bon Iver — Bon Iver
3. Big Thief — Capacity
4. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
5. Beyoncé — Lemonade
6. Kishi Bashi — 151A
7. Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
8. The National — High Violet
9. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
10. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
11. alt-J — An Awesome Wave
12. Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
13. Tame Impala — Currents
14. Rostam — Half-Light
15. Haim — Days Are Gone
16. Vampire Weekend — Modern Vampires of the City
17. Big Thief — Masterpiece
18. Grimes — Visions
19. Pinegrove — Cardinal
20. Girls — Father, Son, Holy Ghost
21. Jamie xx — In Colour
22. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
23. Mitski — Be the Cowboy
24. Phoebe Bridgers — Stranger in the Alps
25. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
26. Solange — A Seat at the Table
27. Julia Jacklin — Crushing
28. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
29. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
30. Solange — When I Get Home
31. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
32. Sylvan Esso — Sylvan Esso
33. St. Vincent — Strange Mercy
34. Jónsi — Go
35. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
36. Beach House — Teen Dream
37. Gorillaz — Plastic Beach
38. Lorde — Pure Heroine
39. SZA — Ctrl
40. LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening
41. Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
42. Henry Jamison — The Wilds
43. Tierra Whack — Whack World
44. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
45. Courtney Barnett — Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
46. Frankie Cosmos — Next Thing
47. The xx — Coexist
48. Drake — Nothing Was the Same
49. Arctic Monkeys — AM
50. Maggie Rogers — Heard It In A Past Life

Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade, as published by San Jose Mercury News

[see also 2018, 2017]

1. Lorde — Pure Heroine
2. Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
4. Kacey Musgraves — Same Trailer Different Park
5. Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
6. PJ Harvey — Let England Shake
7. Lorde — Melodrama
8. Beyoncé — Beyoncé
9. Eric Church — The Outsiders
10. Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
11. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
12. Miranda Lambert — The Weight of These Wings
13. My Bloody Valentine — mbv
14. Best Coast — California Nights
15. Chvrches — The Bones Of What You Believe
16. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
17. Lana Del Rey — Norman Fucking Rockwell!
18. Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial
19. Beyoncé — Lemonade
20. Metallica — Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
21. Taylor Swift — Red
22. Lauren Daigle — Look Up Child
23. Beach House — Teen Dream
24. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — Push the Sky Away
25. Maren Morris — Hero
26. Robyn — Body Talk
27. Black Sabbath — 13
28. Cowboy Junkies — All That Reckoning
29. J. Cole — Born Sinner
30. Carly Rae Jepsen — Kiss
31. Khalid — American Teen
32. Vince Staples — Summertime ’06
33. Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
34. David Bowie — Blackstar
35. Sturgill Simpson — Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
36. Kendrick Lamar — DAMN.
37. Bettie Serveert — Pharmacy of Love
38. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Ghosteen
39. Arcade Fire — The Suburbs
40. A Tribe Called Quest — We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
41. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool
42. Björk — Vulnicura
43. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
44. Kanye West — Jesus Is King
45. Leonard Cohen — You Want It Darker
46. Eric Church — Chief
47. Sia — 1000 Forms of Fear
48. Lizzo — Cuz I Love You
49. Tame Impala — Lonerism
50. Haim — Days Are Gone

Karen Han: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade, as published by Polygon

[see also 2019]

1. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
2. Take Shelter — Jeff Nichols
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Tomas Alfredson
4. True Grit — Joel & Ethan Coen
5. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
6. The Lost City of Z — James Gray
7. The Hateful Eight — Quentin Tarantino
8. Shoplifters — Hirokazu Kore-eda
9. Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
10. Paddington 2 — Paul King
10. A Cure for Wellness — Gore Verbinski

Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s

1. Moonlight — Barry Jenkins
2. The Social Network — David Fincher
3. Holy Motors — Leos Carax
4. Boyhood — Richard Linklater
5. Get Out — Jordan Peele
6. Toni Erdmann — Maren Ade
7. The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Roma — Alfonso Cuaron
9. Mad Max: Fury Road — George Miller
10. Carol — Todd Haynes
11. Phantom Thread — Paul Thomas Anderson
12. Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
13. A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
14. Inside Llewyn Davis — Joel & Ethan Coen
15. Faces Places — Agnès Varda and JR
16. 12 Years a Slave — Steve McQueen
17. Winter's Bone — Debra Granik
18. Under the Skin — Jonathan Glazer
19. Anomalisa — Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
20. The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
21. Burning — Lee Chang-dong
22. Lady Bird — Greta Gerwig
23. Dunkirk — Christopher Nolan
24. The Act of Killing — Joshua Oppenheimer
25. Selma — Ava DuVernay
26. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
27. Cold War — Pawel Pawlikowski
28. Spring Breakers — Harmony Korine
29. Zero Dark Thirty — Kathryn Bigelow
30. The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wes Anderson
31. Meek’s Cutoff — Kelly Reichardt
32. No — Pablo Larraín
33. The Lobster — Yorgos Lanthimos
34. You Were Never Really Here — Lynne Ramsay
35. Tangerine — Sean Baker
36. We Are the Best! — Lukas Moodysson
37. 45 Years — Andrew Haigh
38. Zama — Lucrecia Martel
39. First Reformed — Paul Schrader
40. Call Me by Your Name — Luca Guadagnino
41. I Am Not Your Negro — Raoul Peck
42. Elena — Andrey Zvyagintsev
43. Amour — Michael Haneke
44. Hereditary — Ari Aster
45. Black Coal, Thin Ice — Diao Yinan
46. Personal Shopper — Olivier Assayas
47. Lincoln — Steven Spielberg
48. The Tribe — Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
49. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Quentin Tarantino
50. Black Panther — Ryan Coogler

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2019, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2018]

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
  Shoshana Zuboff
• The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
  William Dalrymple
• Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
  Casey Cep
• Girl, Woman, Other
  Bernardine Evaristo
• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
  David Treuer
• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
  Jenny Odell
• Lost Children Archive
  Valeria Luiselli
• Lot
  Bryan Washington
• Normal People
  Sally Rooney
• The Orphan Master’s Son
  Adam Johnson
• The Yellow House
  Sarah M. Broom
• Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
  Patrick Radden Keefe
• Solitary
  Albert Woodfox
• The Topeka School
  Ben Lerner
• Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
  Jia Tolentino
• Trust Exercise
  Susan Choi
• We Live in Water
  Jess Walter

For the Sports Fans

• A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule
  Jim Rooney
• The Sixth Man
  Andre Iguodala

And here's a reminder of books I recommended earlier this year

• American Spy
  Lauren Wilkinson
• The Education of an Idealist
  Samantha Power
• Exhalation
  Ted Chiang
• Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward
  Valerie Jarrett
• Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
  Sarah Smarsh
• How to Read the Air
  Dinaw Mengestu
• Inland
  Téa Obreht
• Lab Girl
  Hope Jahren
• Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
  Stephanie Land
• Men Without Women
  Haruki Murakami
• The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
  Melinda Gates
• The Nickel Boys
  Colson Whitehead
• Pachinko
  Min Jin Lee
• The Shadow of Sirius
  W.S. Merwin
• The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
  Nicholas Carr
• Toni Morrison's collected works
• Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
  Susan Rice
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
  Isabel Wilkerson
• Wolf Hall
  Hilary Mantel