Year-End Lists

The A.V. Club: Best Films of 2019

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1. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
3. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
4. Marriage Story
   Noah Baumbach
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
7. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
8. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
9. Knives Out
   Rian Johnson
10. Under the Silver Lake
    David Robert Mitchell
11. Transit
    Christian Petzold
12. The Nightingale
    Jennifer Kent
13. High Life
    Claire Denis
14. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
15. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
16. Asako I & II
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
17. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
    Joe Talbot
18. Us
    Jordan Peele
19. In My Room
    Ulrich Köhler
20. High Flying Bird
    Steven Soderbergh
21. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
22. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria
23. Ad Astra
    James Gray
24. Climax
    Gaspar Noé
25. An Elephant Sitting Still
    Hu Bo

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• The Best Films of 2019 A.A. Dowd
• The Best Films of 2019 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Caroline Siede · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Charles Bramesco · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Jesse Hassenger
• The Best Films of 2019 Katie Rife · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Lawrence Garcia · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Mike D’Angelo · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 Noel Murray
• The Best Films of 2019 Roxana Hadadi · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2019 A.V. Club
• Top 10 Films of 2019 Allison Shoemaker