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2019 Movies

Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2019

10 December 2019

Film Comment: Best Films of 2019, a poll of the magazine's contributors and editors

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  1. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  2. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  4. Transit
    Christian Petzold
  5. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
  6. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  7. High Life
    Claire Denis
  8. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
  9. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  10. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  11. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  12. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
  13. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo
  14. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
  15. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
  16. Asako I & II
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  17. Us
    Jordan Peele
  18. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
  19. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  20. Ad Astra
    James Gray

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