Year-End Lists

Mara Reinstein: Top 10 Movies of 2019, as published by Us Weekly

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
3. 1917
   Sam Mendes
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
   Marielle Heller
7. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
8. Bombshell
   Jay Roach
9. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
10. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2019, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
2. Rolling Thunder Revue
   Martin Scorsese
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
6. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
7. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
9. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
10. Atlantics
    Mati Diop

Honorable Mentions

• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• High Flying Bird
  Steven Soderbergh
• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• 1917
  Sam Mendes

Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2019, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
3. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
4. 1917
   Sam Mendes
5. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
6. Maiden
   Alex Holmes
7. Honey Boy
   Alma Har'el
8. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
9. Joker
   Todd Phillips
10. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent

Honorable Mentions

• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• I Lost My Body
  Jérémy Clapin
• Jojo Rabbit
  Taika Waititi
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Luce
  Julius Onah
• Ad Astra
  James Gray

Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2019, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
6. 1917
   Sam Mendes
7. Jojo Rabbit
   Taika Waititi
8. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
9. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
10. Joker
    Todd Phillips

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. 3 Faces
   Jafar Panahi
5. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
6. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
   Chad Stahelski
7. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
8. Ford v Ferrari
   James Mangold
9. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
10. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
11. Us
    Jordan Peele
12. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
13. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
14. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
15. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
16. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller
17. Varda by Agnès
    Agnès Varda
18. Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
    Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
19. Avengers: Endgame
    Anthony and Joe Russo
20. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell

Honorable Mention (In Alphabetical Order)

• Avengement
  Jesse V. Johnson
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• Brightburn
  David Yarovesky
• The Kid Who Would Be King
  Joe Cornish
• Love, Antosha
  Garret Price
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Shazam!
  David F. Sandberg
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• Triple Frontier
  J.C. Chandor

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018]

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

Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
6. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
7. Transit
   Christian Petzold
8. American Factory
   Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
9. One Child Nation
   Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot

And ...

• 3 Faces
  Jafar Panahi
• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• The Brink
  Alison Klayman
• The Cave
  Firas Fayyad
• Charlie Says
  Mary Harron
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• The Disappearance of My Mother
  Beniamino Barrese
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Ford v Ferrari
  James Mangold
• Give Me Liberty
  Kirill Mikhanovsky
• Gloria Bell
  Sebastián Lelio
• Hail Satan?
  Penny Lane
• Invisible Life
  Karim Aïnouz
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Knock Down the House
  Rachel Lears
• Late Night
  Nisha Ganatra
• Leto
  Kirill Serebrennikov
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Midnight Family
  Luke Lorentzen
• Pasolini
  Abel Ferrara
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• Rolling Thunder Revue
  Martin Scorsese
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Varda by Agnès
  Agnès Varda
• Waves
  Trey Edward Shults

A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
6. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
7. Peterloo
   Mike Leigh
8. The Edge of Democracy
   Petra Costa
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. Atlantics
    Mati Diop

And ...

• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Birds of Passage
  Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• The Chambermaid
  Lila Avilés
• An Elephant Sitting Still
  Hu Bo
• Ford v Ferrari
  James Mangold
• I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
  Radu Jude
• Gloria Bell
  Sebastián Lelio
• Her Smell
  Alex Ross Perry
• High Flying Bird
  Steven Soderbergh
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• Us
  Jordan Peele

David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by The Atlantic

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
7. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
8. Ad Astra
   James Gray
9. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach

Honorable Mentions

• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• High Life
  Claire Denis

The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2019, composed by Sean Fennessey and Adam Nayman

[see also 2020 • 2018]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
7. High Life
   Claire Denis
8. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
9. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
10. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson

Honorable Mentions

• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster