Year-End Lists

Nictate: Top 16 Films of 2019, as posted to Letterboxd

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

1. Transit
   Christian Petzold
2. Our Time
   Carlos Reygadas
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
4. Non-Fiction
   Olivier Assayas
5. Frankie
   Ira Sachs
6. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
7. Ivana the Terrible
   Ivana Mladenović
8. To the Ends of the Earth
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
9. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
10. Too Late to Die Young
    Dominga Sotomayor
11. High Life
    Claire Denis
12. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
13. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
14. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
15. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
16. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho

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

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

1. Climax
   Gaspar Noé
2. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
5. The Wild Pear Tree
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
6. A Hidden Life
   Terrence Malick
7. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
8. Shadow
   Zhang Yimou
9. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino

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

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
2. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
3. Diane
   Kent Jones
4. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
5. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
6. American Factory
   Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
7. Honeyland
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
8. Dolemite Is My Name
   Craig Brewer
9. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
10. For Sama
    Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts

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

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

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

Orla Smith: Best Films of the Decade, as submitted to the Seventh Row Critics Survey

1. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
2. Somewhere
   Sofia Coppola
3. You Were Never Really Here
   Lynne Ramsay
4. Weekend
   Andrew Haigh
5. Raw
   Julia Ducournau

Lena Wilson: Best Films of the Decade, as submitted to the Seventh Row Critics Survey

1. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
2. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
3. The Lion's Mouth Opens
   Lucy Walker
4. Pariah
   Dee Rees
5. The Invitation
   Karyn Kusama

Seventh Row: 50 Favourite Films of the Decade

1. Oslo, August 31st
   Joachim Trier
2. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Mouthpiece
   Patricia Rozema
4. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
5. Weekend
   Andrew Haigh
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Rhymes for Young Ghouls
   Jeff Barnaby
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. Sergio and Sergei
   Ernesto Daranas
10. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
11. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
12. The Burden
    Niki Lindroth von Bahr
13. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
14. Proxima
    Alice Winocour
15. Louder Than Bombs
    Joachim Trier
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
17. Charlie's Country
    Rolf de Heer
18. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
19. Coriolanus
    Ralph Fiennes
20. Unsane
    Steven Soderbergh
21. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
22. Archipelago
    Joanna Hogg
23. The Look of Silence
    Joshua Oppenheimer
24. Transit
    Christian Petzold
25. We Are the Best!
    Lukas Moodysson
26. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
27. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
28. Wild Nights with Emily
    Madeleine Olnek
29. Paddington 2
    Paul King
30. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
31. Their Finest
    Lone Scherfig
32. Angels Wear White
    Vivian Qu
33. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
34. Lean On Pete
    Andrew Haigh
35. Our Loved Ones
    Anne Émond
36. The Levelling
    Hope Dickson Leach
37. Wadjda
    Haifaa al-Mansour
38. Neruda
    Pablo Larraín
39. Ninth Floor
    Mina Shum
40. Tomboy
    Céline Sciamma
41. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
42. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
    Desiree Akhavan
43. Our Little Sister
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
44. Enough Said
    Nicole Holofcener
45. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
46. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
47. Clouds of Sils Maria
    Olivier Assayas
48. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
49. Dreams of a Life
    Carol Morley
50. The Riot Club
    Lone Scherfig

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

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

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