Year-End Lists

Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2019 (a poll of 100 contributors published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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1. The Souvenir
   Joanna Hogg
2. Parasite
   Bong Joon-ho
3. The Irishman
   Martin Scorsese
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
   Quentin Tarantino
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
6. Pain and Glory
   Pedro Almodóvar
7. Atlantics
   Mati Diop
8. Bait
   Mark Jenkin
9. Us
   Jordan Peele
10. Vitalina Varela
    Pedro Costa
11. High Life
    Claire Denis
12. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
13. Monos
    Alejandro Landes
14. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
15. For Sama
    Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts
16. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
17. The Lighthouse
    Robert Eggers
18. Happy as Lazzaro
    Alice Rohrwacher
19. Hustlers
    Lorene Scafaria
20. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
21. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
22. Border
    Ali Abbasi
23. Transit
    Christian Petzold
24. A Hidden Life
    Terrence Malick
25. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
26. The Hottest August
    Brett Story
27. Ad Astra
    James Gray
28. Varda by Agnès
    Agnès Varda
29. I Was at Home, But
    Angela Schanelec
30. In Fabric
    Peter Strickland
31. Knives Out
    Rian Johnson
32. Booksmart
    Olivia Wilde
33. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
34. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
35. Zombi Child
    Bertrand Bonello
36. America
    Garrett Bradley
37. No Data Plan
    Miko Revereza
38. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
39. Joker
    Todd Phillips
40. Ray & Liz
    Richard Billingham
41. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
    RaMell Ross
42. I Lost My Body
    Jérémy Clapin
43. Holiday
    Isabella Eklöf
44. Honeyland
    Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
45. Rocks
    Sarah Gavron
46. Rose Plays Julie
    Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
47. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
48. Just Don't Think I'll Scream
    Frank Beauvais
49. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
50. The Mule
    Clint Eastwood

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Ten Best Films of 2019 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
• The Best Films of 2019 B. Ruby Rich · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Ten Best Films of 2019 Caitlin Quinlan · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• The Best Films of 2019 Christina Newland · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019 Elena Lazic · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019 Erika Balsom · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• The Best Films of 2019 Simran Hans · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• The Best Films of 2019 So Mayer · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• The Best Films of 2019 Vadim Rizov · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll