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2019 Movies

IndieWire: Eric Kohn: The 19 Best Movies of 2019

02 December 2019

Eric Kohn: The 19 Best Movies of 2019, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012]

  1. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  2. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  3. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
  4. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
  5. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  6. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  7. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  8. Us
    Jordan Peele
  9. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  11. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
  12. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
  13. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
  14. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
  15. Clemency
    Chinonye Chukwu
  16. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  17. One Child Nation
    Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
  18. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
  19. High Life
    Claire Denis

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