Year-End Lists

Sean Burns: The 10 Best Films of 2019, as posted by WBUR’s The ARTery

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• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Diane
  Kent Jones
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer

Honorable Mentions

• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Rolling Thunder Revue
  Martin Scorsese
• Tigers Are Not Afraid
  Issa López

This list contributes to:

• Top 50 Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll