Year-End Lists

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2019 Movies

Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2019

29 December 2019

Pain and Glory - Pedro Almodóvar

Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2019

[see also 2021 • 2020]

  1. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
  2. Ad Astra
    James Gray
  3. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
  4. High Life
    Claire Denis
  5. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Marielle Heller
  7. Luce
    Julius Onah
  8. Honey Boy
    Alma Har'el
  9. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
  11. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
  12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  14. Little Women
    Greta Gerwig
  15. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
  16. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
  17. Dolemite Is My Name
    Craig Brewer
  18. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
  19. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
  20. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
  21. Bliss
    Joe Begos
  22. The Burial Of Kojo
    Blitz Bazawule
  23. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
  24. Them That Follow
    Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage
  25. Burning Cane
    Phillip Youmans

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