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

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2019

05 December 2019

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2019

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  1. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  2. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  4. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  5. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  6. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
  7. Ad Astra
    James Gray
  8. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
  9. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
  10. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  11. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  12. High Life
    Claire Denis
  13. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
  14. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
  15. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  16. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
  17. Us
    Jordan Peele
  18. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
  19. Luce
    Julius Onah
  20. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
  21. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria
  22. Jojo Rabbit
    Taika Waititi
  23. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
  24. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
  25. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin

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