Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2019 Movies

Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: Best Films of 2019

12 December 2019

Pain and Glory - Pedro Almodóvar

David Rooney: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

  1. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  2. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  3. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  4. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  5. Invisible Life
    Karim Aïnouz
  6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  7. Give Me Liberty
    Kirill Mikhanovsky
  8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  9. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  10. Us
    Jordan Peele

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