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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2019

09 December 2019

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Céline Sciamma

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s video countdown: The 25 Best Films of 2019

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  2. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  3. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
  4. Ad Astra
    James Gray
  5. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  6. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  7. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  8. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
  9. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
  10. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
  11. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  12. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  13. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  14. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
  15. High Life
    Claire Denis
  16. Varda by Agnès
    Agnès Varda
  17. Diamantino
    Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
  18. Transit
    Christian Petzold
  19. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
  20. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
  21. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
  22. The Beach Bum
    Harmony Korine
  23. The Hottest August
    Brett Story
  24. Us
    Jordan Peele
  25. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria

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