2019 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released in 2019, and the last two columns for films seen in 2019.
Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2018 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2019.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2019
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2019 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2019 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
B+/A- Near Great
B+ Must See
| Under the Silver Lake
(Mitchell) 76 |
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B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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High Flying Bird
(Soderbergh) 69 |
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B Recommended
| Too Late to Die Young
(Sotomayor) 68 |
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They Shall Not Grow Old
(Jackson) 68 |
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→ Sword of Trust
(Shelton) 67 |
| Hotel by the River
(Hong) 66 |
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B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
| Dragged Across Concrete
(Zahler) 62 |
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| → In Fabric
(Strickland) 61 |
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*Conjuring the Rolling Thunder Re-vue
(Scorsese) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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*Triple Frontier
(Chandor) 59 |
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*All Is True
(Branagh) 56 |
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*I Am Mother
(Sputore) 56 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
| → Ray & Liz
(Billingham) 54 |
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| Asako I & II
(Hamaguchi) 54 |
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
(Bi) 53 |
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| Ash Is Purest White
(Jia) 53 |
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*The Hole in the Ground
(Cronin) 52 |
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The Kid Who Would Be King
(Cornish) 52 |
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The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
(Dunham) 51 |
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C+ Take It or Leave It
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The Dead Don't Die
(Jarmusch) 50 |
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*The Fall of the American Empire
(Arcand) 50 |
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→ Pain and Glory
(Almodóvar) 50 |
| → A Faithful Man
(Garrel) 50 |
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| Everybody Knows
(Farhadi) 49 |
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| Pasolini {2014} (Ferrara) 49 |
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*The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The
Bigfoot (Krzykowski) 48 |
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| The Wild Pear Tree
(Ceylan) 48 |
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C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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*Birds of Passage
(Gallego, Guerra) 45 |
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| Girls of the Sun
(Husson) 44 |
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*Trial by Fire
(Zwick) 43 |
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| The Command
(Vinterberg) 43 |
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| → Jupiter's Moon
(Mundruczó) 42 |
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C Pass
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*Mary Magdalene
(Davis) 41 |
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| Meeting Gorbachev
(Herzog, Singer) 41 |
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| Knife + Heart
(Gonzalez) 40 |
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*An Elephant Sitting Still
(Hu) 40 |
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C- Ugh
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The Heiresses
(Martinessi) 36 |
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| The Image Book
(Godard) 36 |
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D+ Double-Ugh
D Bomb
F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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*The Chambermaid
(Avilés) |
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| Diamantino
(Abrantes, Schmidt) |
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The Fourth Direction {2015}
(Singh) |
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John & Jane {2005}
(Ahluwalia) |
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Long Way Home (Novais
Oliveira) |
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*The Plagiarists (Parlow) |
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Ruben Brandt, Collector
(Krstić) |
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The Welts {2004}
(Piekorz) |
| Woman at War
(Erlingsson) |
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Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
