Best of January 2019: Top Albums, Games, Movies & TV

Highest-scoring albums this month

Includes albums with 7 or more reviews from critics. Reissues, live albums, EPs, and compilations are excluded. All scores on this page are from the afternoon of January 31, 2019.

Album/Artist Score Buy Album Stream Album 1 Remind Me Tomorrow by Sharon Van Etten 86 Amazon iTunes Spotify 2 Amo by Bring Me the Horizon 85 Amazon iTunes Spotify 3 It Won't Be Like This All the Time by The Twilight Sad 85 Amazon iTunes Spotify 4 Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? by Deerhunter 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 5 Assume Form by James Blake 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 6 Happy in the Hollow by TOY 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 7 Get Tragic by Blood Red Shoes 82 Amazon iTunes Spotify 8 Better Oblivion Community Center by Better Oblivion Community Center 81 Amazon iTunes Spotify 9 About the Light by Steve Mason 81 Amazon iTunes Spotify 10 Goes West by William Tyler 80 Amazon iTunes Spotify

Highest-scoring movies this month

Includes films with 7 or more reviews from critics. Theatrical re-releases are excluded.

Best wide releases Movie Genre Score 1 The Kid Who Would Be King Adventure/Fantasy/Family 66 2 Escape Room Thriller 49 3 A Dog's Way Home Adventure/Family 49

Best limited releases Movie Genre Score 1 The Wild Pear Tree Foreign/Drama 85 2 The Heiresses Foreign/Drama 79 3 Fyre Documentary 76 4 The Image Book Foreign/Drama 74 5 Never Look Away Foreign/Drama/Thriller 69

Best DVD/Blu-ray releases Movie Genre Score Buy 1 Tea with the Dames Documentary 85 Amazon 2 First Man Drama 84 Amazon 3 Araby Foreign/Drama 82 Amazon 4 The Hate U Give Drama 81 Amazon 5 I Am Not a Witch Drama 80 Amazon 6 The Old Man & the Gun Drama 80 Amazon 7 The Wife Drama 77 Amazon 8 24 Frames Foreign/Drama 76 Amazon 9 Madeline's Madeline Drama 76 Amazon 10 Love, Gilda Documentary 74 Amazon

Highest-scoring TV premieres this month

All shows debuting this month with reviews from at least 4 critics are eligible.

Best returning shows * Show Score Network Stream It 1 You're the Worst Season 5 86 FXX 2 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6 81 NBC 3 The Magicians Season 4 81 Syfy 4 Broad City Season 5 80 Comedy Central 5 Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 73 CBS All Access Best new shows (including movies/miniseries/specials) Show Score Network Stream It 1 Surviving R. Kelly 86 Lifetime 2 Good Trouble 83 Freeform 3 Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists 82 HBO 4 Sex Education 81 Netflix 5 The Other Two 79 Comedy Central * Among shows with reviews. Generally, only certain noteworthy shows are reviewed by critics after season 1.

Highest-scoring video games this month (by platform)

Includes games with 7 or more reviews from critics.

PlayStation 4 1 Resident Evil 2 91 Buy 2 Kingdom Hearts III 88 Buy 3 Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 81 Buy 4 Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition 81 Buy 5 The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series - The Final Season Episode 3: Broken Toys 78	Xbox One 1 Resident Evil 2 91 Buy 2 Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown 81 Buy 3 Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition 80 Buy 4 Kingdom Hearts III 79 Buy 5 Onimusha: Warlords 76 Buy
PC 1 Slay the Spire 92   2 Resident Evil 2 90   3 Catherine Classic 80   4 Life is Strange 2: Episode 2 - Rules 78   5 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 76	Switch 1 Sega Ages: OutRun 84   2 Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition 84 Buy 3 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 80 Buy 4 My Memory of Us 79   5 Pikuniku 77

What did you like?

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