Year-End Lists

Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2019, as submitted to La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

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

• Fireflies
  Bani Khoshnoudi
• Obatala Film
  Sebastian Wiedemann
• Piramide erosionada
  Colectivo Los Ingravídos
• Solitude(s) L’insomnie
  Valérie Massadian
• Zones and Passages
  Iro Siafliaki

This list contributes to:

• La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2019

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2019, a survey of 163 programmers, critics, and filmmakers from 29 countries

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

• Vitalina Varela
  Pedro Costa
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• I Was at Home, But
  Angela Schanelec
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2019
• La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Robert Koehler: Best Films of 2019

Tasha Robinson: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by Polygon

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
3. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
4. The Nightingale
   Jennifer Kent
5. Honey Boy
   Alma Har'el
6. Hail Satan?
   Penny Lane
7. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
8. I Lost My Body
   Jérémy Clapin
9. Wild Rose
   Tom Hooper
10. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
11. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
12. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
13. Us
    Jordan Peele
14. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
15. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
    Terry Gilliam

Matt Patches: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by Polygon

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2010s]

1. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
2. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
3. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. American Factory
   Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
6. Ad Astra
   James Gray
7. Under the Silver Lake
   David Robert Mitchell
8. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
9. Monos
   Alejandro Landes
10. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
11. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
12. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
13. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
14. The Report
    Scott Z. Burns
15. Us
    Jordan Peele

Karen Han: The Best Movies of 2019, as published by Polygon

[see also 2010s]

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
3. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
6. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
   Terry Gilliam
7. Ad Astra
   James Gray
8. Midsommar
   Ari Aster
9. The Lighthouse
   Robert Eggers
10. The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
    Mike Diva and Akiva Schaffer
11. The Beach Bum
    Harmony Korine
12. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
13. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
14. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
15. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

The Daily Beast: The 10 Best Movies of 2019

1. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
2. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
3. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
4. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
7. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
8. I Lost My Body
   Jérémy Clapin
9. Knock Down the House
   Rachel Lears
10. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar

Honorable Mention(s)

• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• Monos
  Alejandro Landes
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke

Vadim Rizov: The Best Films of 2019, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2021 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

• The Plagiarists
  Peter Parlow
• Fourteen
  Dan Sallitt
• Collective
  Alexander Nanau
• High Flying Bird
  Steven Soderbergh
• Shakti
  Martín Rejtman
• Atlantis
  Valentyn Vasyanovych
• Give Me Liberty
  Kirill Mikhanovsky
• The Hottest August
  Brett Story
• So Pretty
  Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli
• Just Don't Think I'll Scream
  Frank Beauvais

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019

Spectrum Culture: Best Films of 2019

• Ad Astra
  James Gray
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Hustlers
  Lorene Scafaria
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Long Day's Journey Into Night
  Bi Gan
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite
  Bong Joon-ho
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Us
  Jordan Peele

Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2019

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012]

1. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
2. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
3. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. High Life
   Claire Denis
5. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
6. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
7. For Sama
   Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
8. The Lighthouse
   Robert Eggers
9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
10. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
11. Ad Astra
    James Gray
12. Amazing Grace
    Sydney Pollack
13. Our Time
    Carlos Reygadas
14. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
15. Judy
    Rupert Goold
16. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
17. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
18. Ray & Liz
    Richard Billingham
19. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
    Roberto Minervini
20. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
21. Bait
    Mark Jenkin
22. Transit
    Christian Petzold
23. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
24. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
25. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
26. Chained for Life
    Aaron Schimberg
27. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
28. Too Late to Die Young
    Dominga Sotomayor
29. Alita: Battle Angel
    Robert Rodriguez
30. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski

Simran Hans: The Best Films of 2019, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2018]

• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Hustlers
  Lorene Scafaria
• America
  Garrett Bradley
• The Hottest August
  Brett Story
• For Sama
  Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• My First Film [live]
  Zia Anger
• Holiday
  Isabella Eklöf

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019