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Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: Top 12 Films of 2019

17 December 2019

Sunset - László Nemes

Ben Sachs: Top 12 Films of 2019, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Sunset
    László Nemes
  2. Belmonte
    Federico Veiroj
  3. The Moneychanger
    Federico Veiroj
  4. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
    Radu Jude
  5. The Wild Pear Tree
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  6. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
  7. Relaxer
    Joel Potrykus
  8. Hotel by the River
    Hong Sang-soo
  9. Grass
    Hong Sang-soo
  10. Coincoin and the Extra-Humans
    Bruno Dumont
  11. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  12. First Love
    Takashi Miike

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