A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The A.V. Club
[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014]
- Marriage Story — Noah Baumbach
- The Irishman — Martin Scorsese
- The Nightingale — Jennifer Kent
- Transit — Christian Petzold
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Céline Sciamma
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Long Day's Journey Into Night — Bi Gan
- Monos — Alejandro Landes
- Knives Out — Rian Johnson
- Climax — Gaspar Noé
- Little Women — Greta Gerwig
- Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Midsommar — Ari Aster
- Ash is Purest White — Jia Zhang-ke
- Ad Astra — James Gray