Year-End Lists

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s video countdown: The 25 Best Films of 2019

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. Little Women
   Greta Gerwig
4. Ad Astra
   James Gray
5. The Farewell
   Lulu Wang
6. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
7. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
8. Synonyms
   Nadav Lapid
9. Her Smell
   Alex Ross Perry
10. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
11. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
12. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
13. Pain and Glory
    Pedro Almodóvar
14. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
15. High Life
    Claire Denis
16. Varda by Agnès
    Agnès Varda
17. Diamantino
    Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
18. Transit
    Christian Petzold
19. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
20. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
21. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
22. The Beach Bum
    Harmony Korine
23. The Hottest August
    Brett Story
24. Us
    Jordan Peele
25. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria