This is a list of my favourite films of 2019.
★★★★★ Favorite / Masterpiece
★★★★½ Exceptional
★★★★ Great
★★★½ Good
★★★ Interesting
★★½ Flawed but Worthy
Portrait de la Jeune Femme en Feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
★★★★★
dir. Celine Sciamma
Historical Drama
[France, 2019]
Apocalypse Now Final Cut
★★★★★
dir. Francis Ford Coppola
War Epic
[USA, 2019]
大象席地而坐 – (An Elephant Sitting Still)
★★★★½
dir. Hu Bo
Drama
[China, 2018]
Diego Maradona
★★★★½
dir. Asif Kapadia
Documentary
[UK, 2019]
Marriage Story
★★★★½
dir. Noah Baumbach
Comedy Drama
[USA, 2019]
Ad Astra
★★★★
dir. James Gray
Psychological Science Fiction Adventure Drama
[USA, 2019]
Apollo 11
★★★★
dir. Todd Douglas Miller
Documentary
[USA, 2019]
地球最后的夜晚 – (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
★★★★
dir. Bi Gan
Drama
[China, 2018]
Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory)
★★★★
dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Drama [Spain, 2019]
The Lighthouse
★★★★
dir. Robert Eggers
Psychological Horror [USA, 2019]
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
★★★★
dir. Martin Scorsese
Documentary [USA, 2019]
Midnight Family
★★★★
dir. Luke Lorentzen
Documentary
[Mexico / USA, 2019]
Knives Out
★★★★
dir. Rian Johnson
Mystery [USA, 2019]
我的镜头 – Chinese Portrait
★★★★
dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
Documentary [China, 2018]
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
★★★★
dir. Stanley Nelson Jr.
Documentary [USA, 2019]
Erde (Earth)
★★★★
dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Documentary [Austria, 2019]
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
★★★★
dir. Marielle Heller
Biographical Drama [USA, 2019]
江湖儿女 – (Ash is Purest White)
★★★½
dir. Jia Zhangke
Drama [China, 2018]
Sea of Shadows
★★★½
dir. Richard Ladkani
Documentary [Austria, 2019]
American Factory (美国工厂 / Meiguo Gongchang)
★★★½
dir. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Documentary [USA, 2019]
Fyre
★★★½
dir. Billy MacFarland
Documentary [USA, 2019]
Knock Down the House
★★★½
dir. Rachel Lears
Documentary [USA, 2019]
Sharkwater Extinction
★★★½
dir. Rob Stewart
Documentary [Canada, 2018]
Pájaros de Verano – (Birds of Passage)
★★★½
dir. Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego
Crime Epic [Colombia / Mexico, 2018]
Atlantique
★★★
dir. Mati Diop
Supernatural Romantic Drama [Senegal, 2019]
Transit
★★★
dir. Christian Petzold
Drama [Germany, 2018]