Year-End Lists

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2019 Movies

Glenn Kenny: The 25 Best Films of 2019

28 December 2019

The Irishman - Martin Scorsese

Glenn Kenny: The 25 Best Films of 2019, posted to his blog, Some Came Running, with links to his reviews and with a list of restored films

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  1. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  2. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  3. Black Mother
    Khalik Allah
  4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  5. High Life
    Claire Denis
  6. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
  7. Dragged Across Concrete
    S. Craig Zahler
  8. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  9. Rolling Thunder Revue
    Martin Scorsese
  10. Asako I & II
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  11. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
  12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  13. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
  14. The Burial Of Kojo
    Blitz Bazawule
  15. Dark Waters
    Todd Haynes
  16. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  17. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
  18. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
  19. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  20. The Dead Don't Die
    Jim Jarmusch
  21. Suburban Birds
    Qiu Sheng
  22. Sorry Angel
    Christophe Honoré
  23. Non-Fiction
    Olivier Assayas
  24. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
  25. Our Time
    Carlos Reygadas

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