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Cahiers du cinéma's top 10 films of 2019

The top 3 according to 2,026 votes from people: The Image Book · Parasite · Synonyms. (Updated Jun 16, 2021.)

Godard's The Image Book, Parasite and Synonyms at the top: the ten films of 2019 chosen by the editors of the French magazine Cahiers du cinéma.

Maria Lim · · 10 items · 2026 votes · 8 comments

Top 10

  1. 1

    The Image Book

    Jean-Luc Godard (France, Switzerland).

    ▲ 249 ▼ 23

    226
  2. 2

    Parasite

    Bong Joon-Ho (South Korea).

    ▲ 236 ▼ 18

    218
  3. 3

    Synonyms

    Nadav Lapid (France, Israel).

    ▲ 203 ▼ 23

    180
  4. 4

    Bacurau

    Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles (Brazil).

    ▲ 190 ▼ 29

    161
  5. 5

    Les Misérables

    Ladj Ly (France).

    ▲ 154 ▼ 33

    121
  6. 6

    Joan of Arc

    Bruno Dumont (France).

    ▲ 154 ▼ 34

    120
  7. 7

    Joker

    Todd Phillips ().

    ▲ 133 ▼ 32

    101
  8. 8

    Pain and Glory

    Pedro Almodóvar (Spain).

    ▲ 136 ▼ 37

    99
  9. 9

    The Irishman

    Martin Scorsese ().

    ▲ 128 ▼ 38

    90
  10. 10

    The Mule

    Clint Eastwood (rowspan="3" |United States).

    ▲ 131 ▼ 45

    86

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Comments (8)

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catlady_brighton

The Mule on a Cahiers list is the most Cahiers thing ever. They love late Eastwood.

Ishita Pillai

Bacurau is so good, glad it got some love here

the_gg

Synonyms at #3 is a bold pick, very divisive film

Neha P.

Les Misérables by Ladj Ly hit hard. That ending.

Ankit Kapoor

Pain and Glory is Almodóvar's best in decades, it should be higher

msneuron

Only the Cahiers would put a Godard essay film above Parasite. Never change.

labrat_pretoria

Honestly The Image Book deserves it, it's an overwhelming experience on a big screen

Jenna T.

Joker AND The Irishman in the same top 10, funny year

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