Year-End Lists

Christina Newland: The Best Films of 2019, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• About Endlessness
  Roy Andersson
• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Hustlers
  Lorene Scafaria
• Crawl
  Alexandre Aja

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019

Cinematary: Top 10 of 2019

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Us
   Jordan Peele
4. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. The Lighthouse
   Robert Eggers
7. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   Bi Gan
8. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
9. Transit
   Christian Petzold
10. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
4. Bacurau
   Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
5. Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
6. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
7. Les Misérables
   Ladj Ly
8. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
9. Joker
   Todd Phillips
10. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Transit
   Christian Petzold
7. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
8. High Life
   Claire Denis
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

Mallory Andrews: Best Films of 2019, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2018 • 2017]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. High Life
   Claire Denis
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
7. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
8. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
9. The Hottest August
   Brett Story
10. Ad Astra
    James Gray

Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2019, of those "that played at least one week in Manhattan for the first time in 2019, in approximate order of preference"

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

1. Styx
   Wolfgang Fischer
2. Grass
   Hong Sang-soo
3. Diane
   Kent Jones
4. Los Reyes
   Ivan Osnovikoff and Bettina Perut
5. Our Time
   Carlos Reygadas
6. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
7. Light from Light
   Paul Harrill
8. The Chambermaid
   Lila Avilés
9. Dragged Across Concrete
   S. Craig Zahler
10. The Crossing
    Bai Xue
11. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2019

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

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Dolemite Is My Name
   Craig Brewer
3. Rolling Thunder Revue
   Martin Scorsese
4. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
5. Anima
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
7. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. Blinded by the Light
   Gurinder Chadha
10. Us
    Jordan Peele
11. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
12. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
13. Dancing with the Birds
    Huw Cordey
14. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
15. Family
    Laura Steinel

Fernando F. Croce: Favorite 2019 Movies, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2012]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
5. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. High Life
   Claire Denis
7. Peterloo
   Mike Leigh
8. Long Day's Journey Into Night
   Bi Gan
9. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
10. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
11. Pasolini
    Abel Ferrara
12. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
13. Transit
    Christian Petzold
14. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
15. Dark Waters
    Todd Haynes
16. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
17. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
18. Invisible Life
    Karim Aïnouz
19. Amazing Grace
    Sydney Pollack
20. Domino
    Brian De Palma

Caden Mark Gardner: Top 25 Films of 2019, as posted to Twitter

[see also 2018]

1. My First Film [live]
   Zia Anger
2. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
5. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
6. So Pretty
   Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli
7. Dark Waters
   Todd Haynes
8. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
9. Too Old to Die Young
   Nicolas Winding Refn
10. Relaxer
    Joel Potrykus
11. Empty Metal
    Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer
12. Coincoin and the Extra-Humans
    Bruno Dumont
13. Knife+Heart
    Yann Gonzalez
14. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
15. Us
    Jordan Peele
16. The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
    Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn
17. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
18. Chained for Life
    Aaron Schimberg
19. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
20. Diamantino
    Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
21. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
21. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
22. The Gospel of Eureka
    Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri
23. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
24. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh
25. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell

Kimber Myers: Favorite Films by Women in 2019, as posted to Twitter in viewing order

• Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
  Janice Engel
• Birds of Passage
  Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• The Breaker Upperers
  Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek
• Fast Color
  Julia Hart
• Sword of Trust
  Lynn Shelton
• The Mustang
  Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
• Captain Marvel
  Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• Island of the Hungry Ghosts
  Gabrielle Brady
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Little Woods
  Nia DaCosta
• Wild Nights with Emily
  Madeleine Olnek
• Someone Great
  Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
• Stray Dolls
  Sonejuhi Sinha
• Good Posture
  Dolly Wells
• The Weekend
  Stella Meghie
• Late Night
  Nisha Ganatra
• Always Be My Maybe
  Nahnatchka Khan
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Tigers Are Not Afraid
  Issa López
• Sea Fever
  Neasa Hardiman
• Varda by Agnès
  Agnès Varda
• Honey Boy
  Alma Har'el
• Little Joe
  Jessica Hausner
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• Greener Grass
  Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
• Queen & Slim
  Melina Matsoukas
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop