The best movies of 2019
The top 3 according to 358 votes from people: Parasite · Portrait of a Lady on Fire · The Souvenir. (Updated Dec 19, 2021.)
Metacritic's best-reviewed films of 2019, the year Parasite made Oscar history, plus the titles most cited in critics' top-ten lists.
Top 12
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1
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho. Metascore 96; Palme d'Or and the first non-English Best Picture Oscar.
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2
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Céline Sciamma. A painter and her subject in 18th-century Brittany; Metascore 95.
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The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg. A film student and a toxic relationship in 1980s London; Metascore 92.
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4
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese. De Niro, Pacino and Pesci over half a century of mob history; Metascore 94.
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5
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach. Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver divorcing; Laura Dern won the Oscar; Metascore 93.
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6
Pain and Glory
Pedro Almodóvar. Antonio Banderas as his alter ego, Best Actor at Cannes; Metascore 88.
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino. DiCaprio, Pitt and the Los Angeles of 1969; Brad Pitt won the Oscar.
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8
Little Women
Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan as Jo March; Metascore 90.
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9
Uncut Gems
Josh and Benny Safdie. Adam Sandler as a gambling-addicted New York jeweller; Metascore 89.
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10
Apollo 11
Todd Douglas Miller. A documentary built only from 1969 archive footage, some never seen before; Metascore 88.
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11
The Farewell
Lulu Wang. A family hides a grandmother's terminal diagnosis from her; Metascore 89.
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12
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi's 2019 satire about a Hitler Youth boy whose imaginary friend is Hitler; Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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13
For Sama
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. A mother films five years in besieged Aleppo; Metascore 89.
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14
Knives Out
Rian Johnson's 2019 whodunit with Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc.
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Comments (4)
Uncut Gems gave me anxiety for two hours straight, Adam Sandler was robbed.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is so beautiful.
Parasite at #1, the first non-English Best Picture winner. Iconic year.
Missing Knives Out and Jojo Rabbit!