Year-End Lists

Nell Minow: Top 10 Films of 2019, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2016]

• 1917
  Sam Mendes
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• Bombshell
  Jay Roach
• Booksmart
  Olivia Wilde
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• The Peanut Butter Falcon
  Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz

Runners-up

• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Blinded by the Light
  Gurinder Chadha
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Hail Satan?
  Penny Lane
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• The Parts You Lose
  Christopher Cantwell
• The Mustang
  Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
• The Laundromat
  Steven Soderbergh

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2019

Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2019, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
2. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
3. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
4. The Nightingale
   Jennifer Kent
5. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
6. Us
   Jordan Peele
7. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
8. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
9. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
10. Tigers Are Not Afraid
    Issa López

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2019

Tomris Laffly: Top 25 Films of 2019, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2018]

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
3. For Sama
   Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
6. Invisible Life
   Karim Aïnouz
7. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
8. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
9. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
11. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
12. Waves
    Trey Edward Shults
13. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
14. Apollo 11
    Todd Douglas Miller
15. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
16. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
17. The Wild Pear Tree
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
18. 3 Faces
    Jafar Panahi
19. Transit
    Christian Petzold
20. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
21. Sea of Shadows
    Richard Ladkani
22. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer
23. Midnight Traveler
    Hassan Fazili
24. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
25. Monos
    Alejandro Landes

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2019

Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2019, as published by RogerEbert.com

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

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
7. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
8. Transit
   Christian Petzold
9. Diane
   Kent Jones
10. Rolling Thunder Revue
    Martin Scorsese

Runner-ups

• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• High Life
  Claire Denis
• Black Mother
  Khalik Allah
• The Edge of Democracy
  Petra Costa
• The Load
  Ognjen Glavonic
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• An Elephant Sitting Still
  Hu Bo
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Climax
  Gaspar Noé
• Wild Nights with Emily
  Madeleine Olnek
• Uncut Gems
  Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
• Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
  Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
• A Hidden Life
  Terrence Malick
• Chained for Life
  Aaron Schimberg
• Rukus
  Brett Hanover
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
  Joe Berlinger

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2019

David Rooney: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
4. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
5. Invisible Life
   Karim Aïnouz
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
7. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
10. Us
    Jordan Peele

Honorable mentions

• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Joker
  Todd Phillips
• Knives Out
  Rian Johnson
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• One Child Nation
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
• Waves
  Trey Edward Shults

Sheri Linden: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Apollo 11
   Todd Douglas Miller
4. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
7. Waves
   Trey Edward Shults
8. I Lost My Body
   Jérémy Clapin
9. An Elephant Sitting Still
   Hu Bo
10. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg

Honorable mentions

• 63 Up
  Michael Apted
• 1917
  Sam Mendes
• Amazing Grace
  Sydney Pollack
• Cunningham
  Alla Kovgan
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Give Me Liberty
  Kirill Mikhanovsky
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Marona's Fantastic Tale
  Anca Damian
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Sea of Shadows
  Richard Ladkani

Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
2. Give Me Liberty
   Kirill Mikhanovsky
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Sorry Angel
   Christophe Honoré
5. Non-Fiction
   Olivier Assayas
6. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
7. Booksmart
   Olivia Wilde
8. Hustlers
   Lorene Scafaria
9. End of the Century
   Lucio Castro
10. Us
    Jordan Peele

Honorable mentions

• Her Smell
  Alex Ross Perry
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Invisible Life
  Karim Aïnouz
• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Céline Sciamma
• Sauvage / Wild
  Camille Vidal-Naquet
• The Souvenir
  Joanna Hogg

Todd McCarthy: The Best Films of 2019, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

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

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
3. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
   Joe Talbot
7. Ford v Ferrari
   James Mangold
8. 1917
   Sam Mendes
9. Les Misérables
   Ladj Ly
10. Cold Case Hammarskjöld
    Mads Brügger

Honorable mentions

• Apollo 11
  Todd Douglas Miller
• Ash is Purest White
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Honey Boy
  Alma Har'el
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• Mustang
  Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Rolling Thunder Revue
  Martin Scorsese
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• Transit
  Christian Petzold
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles

Kenneth Turan: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2012]

1. Ford v Ferrari
   James Mangold

The Rest Alphabetically

• The Irishman
  Martin Scorsese

Israeli/Palestinian cinema

• Working Woman
  Michal Aviad
• The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
  Muayad Alayan
• The Other Story
  Avi Nesher
• Tel Aviv on Fire
  Sameh Zoabi
• Synonyms
  Nadav Lapid
• Incitement
  Yaron Zilberman

• Little Women
  Greta Gerwig
• Maiden
  Alex Holmes
• The Cave
  Firas Fayyad
• Marriage Story
  Noah Baumbach
• 1917
  Sam Mendes
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Toy Story 4
  Josh Cooley
• I Lost My Body
  Jérémy Clapin

A Second 10

• Birds of Passage
  Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
• Blinded by the Light
  Gurinder Chadha
• Bombshell
  Jay Roach
• Captain Marvel
  Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
• Fast Color
  Julia Hart
• Dolemite Is My Name
  Craig Brewer
• Late Night
  Nisha Ganatra
• The Edge of Democracy
  Petra Costa
• Sea of Shadows
  Richard Ladkani
• Les Misérables
  Ladj Ly
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Richard Jewell
  Clint Eastwood
• The Two Popes
  Fernando Meirelles

Justin Chang: Best Movies of 2019, as published by The Los Angeles Times

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

1. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
2. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
3. Ash is Purest White
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
5. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
6. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
7. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
   Radu Jude
8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
10. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
11. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
12. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
13. High Life
    Claire Denis
14. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
15. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
16. Transit
    Christian Petzold
17. Give Me Liberty
    Kirill Mikhanovsky
18. By the Grace of God
    François Ozon
19. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
20. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Five favorite documentaries

• American Factory
  Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• Black Mother
  Khalik Allah
• Honeyland
  Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• One Child Nation
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang
• What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
  Roberto Minervini

15 honorable mentions

• Atlantics
  Mati Diop
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  Marielle Heller
• Clemency
  Chinonye Chukwu
• Diane
  Kent Jones
• The Farewell
  Lulu Wang
• Fighting with My Family
  Stephen Merchant
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  Joe Talbot
• The Lighthouse
  Robert Eggers
• Midsommar
  Ari Aster
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent
• Pain and Glory
  Pedro Almodóvar
• Peterloo
  Mike Leigh
• Sorry Angel
  Christophe Honoré
• Us
  Jordan Peele
• Waves
  Trey Edward Shults