Variety: The 15 Best Films of 2019 (So Far), a list by Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman
[see also 2015]
- Avengers: Endgame — Anthony and Joe Russo
- Birds of Passage — Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
- Booksmart — Olivia Wilde
- Carmine Street Guitars — Ron Mann
- Diane — Kent Jones
- Gloria Bell — Sebastián Lelio
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World — Dean DeBlois
- Leaving Neverland — Dan Reed
- Non-Fiction — Olivier Assayas
- Our Time — Carlos Reygadas
- Sauvage / Wild — Camille Vidal-Naquet
- Shazam! — David F. Sandberg
- Toy Story 4 — Josh Cooley
- Wild Rose — Tom Hooper
- Woman at War — Benedikt Erlingsson