Year-End Lists

Peter Debruge: The Best Films of 2019, as published by Variety

1. Waves
   Trey Edward Shults
2. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
3. Birds of Passage
   Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
4. Diane
   Kent Jones
5. Toy Story 4
   Josh Cooley
6. The Chambermaid
   Lila Avilés
7. Woman at War
   Benedikt Erlingsson
8. The Hottest August
   Brett Story
9. I Lost My Body
   Jérémy Clapin
10. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller

Honorable mentions

• Greener Grass
  Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster
• Our Time
  Carlos Reygadas
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles