Year-End Lists

Alison Willmore: Top 10 Movies of 2019, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

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1. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. The Hottest August
   Brett Story
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
5. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
7. One Cut of the Dead
   Shin'ichirô Ueda
8. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
9. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig

This list contributes to:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2019

Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
6. Midsommar
   Ari Aster
7. A Rainy Day in New York
   Woody Allen
8. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
9. Gloria Mundi
   Robert Guédiguian
10. By the Grace of God
    François Ozon

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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

1. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
2. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
3. In My Room
   Ulrich Köhler
4. Alice and the Mayor
   Nicolas Pariser
5. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
6. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
7. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
8. Oh Mercy!
   Arnaud Desplechin
9. On a Magical Night
   Christophe Honoré
10. In the Open
    Guillaume Massart

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

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1. Les Misérables
   Ladj Ly
2. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
3. Matthias & Maxime
   Xavier Dolan
4. So Long, My Son
   Wang Xiaoshuai
5. Proxima
   Alice Winocour
6. Dark Phoenix
   Simon Kinberg
7. You Deserve a Lover
   Hafsia Herzi
8. M
   Yolande Zauberman
9. Frankie
   Ira Sachs
10. The Summer House
    Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2019

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 20 Films of 2019

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1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Ad Astra
   James Gray
3. Sibyl
   Justine Triet
4. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
5. The Image Book
   Jean-Luc Godard
6. The Mule
   Clint Eastwood
7. La Flor
   Mariano Llinás
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
9. Alice and the Mayor
   Nicolas Pariser
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
11. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
12. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
13. Dragged Across Concrete
    S. Craig Zahler
14. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
15. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
16. The Traitor
    Marco Bellocchio
17. An Easy Girl
    Rebecca Zlotowski
18. Glass
    M. Night Shyamalan
19. Just Don't Think I'll Scream
    Frank Beauvais
20. On a Magical Night
    Christophe Honoré

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2019
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2019
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2019

J Hoberman: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

[see also 2021 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. State Funeral
   Sergei Loznitsa
2. Martin Eden
   Pietro Marcello
3. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
4. The Sky Socialist: Environs and Out-Takes
   Ken Jacobs
5. Jordan Belson exhibit at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
6. 48 War Movies
   Christian Marclay
7. ten documentary shorts
   Vittorio De Seta
8. Charlie Says
   Mary Harron
9. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
10. Olivia
    Jacqueline Audry

Melissa Anderson: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum. Several entries "are new restorations of older films I saw for the first time in 2019...."

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. La Flor
   Mariano Llinás
2. A Bigger Splash
   Jack Hazan
3. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
4. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
5. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
6. Queen of Diamonds
   Nina Menkes
7. Martin Eden
   Pietro Marcello
8. Gay USA
   Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
9. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
   Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
10. Ad Astra
    James Gray
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Luc Tuymans exhibit at Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1. The White Album
   Arthur Jafa
2. Vitalina Varela
   Pedro Costa
3. Beanpole
   Kantemir Balagov
4. State Funeral
   Sergei Loznitsa
5. Collective
   Alexander Nanau
6. Bacurau
   Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
7. Heimat is a Space in Time
   Thomas Heise
8. Invisible Life
   Karim Aïnouz
9. Fire Will Come
   Oliver Laxe
10. Nana
    Jean Renoir

Amy Taubin: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
2. The Sky Socialist: Environs and Out-Takes
   Ken Jacobs
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. The White Album
   Arthur Jafa
5. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
6. Us
   Jordan Peele
7. To the Ends of the Earth
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
8. High Flying Bird
   Steven Soderbergh
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
10. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
10. The Vast of Night
    Andrew Patterson

John Waters: 10 Best Films of 2019, as published by Artforum

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1. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
2. Joan of Arc
   Bruno Dumont
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Border
   Ali Abbasi
5. Amazing Grace
   Sydney Pollack
6. Hail Satan?
   Penny Lane
7. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
8. The Golden Glove
   Fatih Akin
9. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
10. Joker
    Todd Phillips