Year-End Lists

Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2019, as reconstructed by Mike D’Angelo for Filmmaker Magazine

[see also 2020 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
7. Transit
   Christian Petzold
8. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
9. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
10. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
11. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
12. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
13. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
14. High Life
    Claire Denis
15. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
16. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
17. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
18. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
19. Asako I & II
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
20. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
21. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
22. Us
    Jordan Peele
23. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
24. Peterloo
    Mike Leigh
25. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
26. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
27. The Hottest August
    Brett Story
28. Ad Astra
    James Gray
29. Our Time
    Carlos Reygadas
30. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller
30. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
32. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria
33. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
34. In My Room
    Ulrich Köhler
35. Dark Waters
    Todd Haynes
36. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
37. Birds of Passage
    Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
37. Waves
    Trey Edward Shults
39. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
40. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
41. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
42. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
43. Sunset
    László Nemes
44. Diamantino
    Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
45. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
46. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
47. Ford v Ferrari
    James Mangold
47. Give Me Liberty
    Kirill Mikhanovsky
47. Richard Jewell
    Clint Eastwood
50. End of the Century
    Lucio Castro

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2019
• A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: The Best Films of 2019
• A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2019
• A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2019
• Esquire: Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2019
• Filmmaker Magazine: Anne Thompson: Top Ten Films of 2019
• Filmmaker Magazine: Brian Darr: Top Ten Films of 2019
• Filmmaker Magazine: Lara Zarum: Top Ten Films of 2019
• GCN: Steve Erickson: Best Films of 2019
• Kristen Yoonsoo Kim: Favorite Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2019
• RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2019
• Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic: Best Films of 2019
• Slant: Ed Gonzalez: Best Films of 2019
• Slant: Keith Uhlich: Best Films of 2019
• Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: The 20 Best Movies of 2019
• Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 21 Best Films of 2019
• Vulture: Alison Willmore: Top 10 Movies of 2019