The New York Times 2019
Intro
The following films appeared on The New York Times best of 2019 lists from Manohla Dargis and A.O Scott. These are abridged lists not including all entries.
Source: Best Movies of 2019
Films
Manohla Dargis
1. Pain and Glory
Dolor y gloria
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar
Lists: Film Comment (9, 2019) | Sight & Sound (6, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)
2. The Irishman
USA
Martin Scorsese
Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2019) | Film Comment (2, 2019) | Sight & Sound (3, 2019)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2019)
3. Parasite
Gisaengchung
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2019) | Film Comment (1, 2019) | Sight & Sound (2, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Histoire(s) du cinéma, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)
4. Little Women
USA
Greta Gerwig
5. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
USA
Quentin Tarantino
Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2019) | Film Comment (3, 2019) | Sight & Sound (4, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2019)
6. Synonyms
Synonymes
France, Israel, Germany
Nadav Lapid
Lists: Cinema Scope (9, 2019) | Film Comment (15, 2019)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2019)
7. Transit
Germany, France
Christian Petzold
Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2018) | Film Comment (4, 2019)
Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2018)
8. American Factory
USA
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2019)
9. One Child Nation
China, USA
Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang
Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2019)
10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
USA
Joe Talbot
Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2019) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2019)
A.O. Scott
1. Honeyland
North Macedonia
Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
Festivals: Sundance (World Cinema Documentary Competition, 2019)
2. The Souvenir
UK
Joanna Hogg
Lists: Film Comment (6, 2019) | Sight & Sound (1, 2019)
Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2019) | Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, 2019)
3. Parasite
Gisaengchung
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho
Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2019) | Film Comment (1, 2019) | Sight & Sound (2, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Histoire(s) du cinéma, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)
4. The Irishman
USA
Martin Scorsese
Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2019) | Film Comment (2, 2019) | Sight & Sound (3, 2019)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2019)
5. Marriage Story
USA
Noah Baumbach
Lists: Film Comment (11, 2019) | Sight & Sound (14, 2019)
Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019) | Venice (In Competition, 2019)
6. Little Women
USA
Greta Gerwig
7. Peterloo
UK
Mike Leigh
Festivals: Telluride (2018) | Toronto (Masters, 2018) | Venice (In Competition, 2018)
8. The Edge of Democracy
Brazil
Petra Costa
Festivals: Sundance (World Cinema Documentary Competition, 2019)
9. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood
USA
Quentin Tarantino
Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2019) | Film Comment (3, 2019) | Sight & Sound (4, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2019)
10. Atlantics
Atlantique
France, Senegal, Belgium
Mati Diop
Lists: Film Comment (5, 2019) | Sight & Sound (7, 2019)
Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2019)