Sight & Sound 2019

1. The Souvenir

UK
Joanna Hogg

Lists: Film Comment (6, 2019) | New York Times (2 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2019) | Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, 2019)

2. Parasite

Gisaengchung
South Korea
Bong Joon-ho

Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2019) | Film Comment (1, 2019) | New York Times (3 - Dargis / 3 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Histoire(s) du cinéma, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

3. The Irishman

USA
Martin Scorsese

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2019) | Film Comment (2, 2019) | New York Times (2 - Dargis / 4 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2019)

4. Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

USA
Quentin Tarantino

Lists: Cinema Scope (8, 2019) | Film Comment (3, 2019) | New York Times (5 - Dargis / 9 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | Locarno (Piazza Grande, 2019)

5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
France
Céline Sciamma

Lists: Film Comment (19, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

6. Pain and Glory

Dolor y gloria
Spain
Pedro Almodóvar

Lists: Film Comment (9, 2019) | New York Times (1 - Dargis, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

7. Atlantics

Atlantique
France, Senegal, Belgium
Mati Diop

Lists: Film Comment (5, 2019) | New York Times (10 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2019)

8. Bait

UK
Mark Jenkin

Lists: Film Comment (8 - Undistributed, 2019)

Festivals: Berlin (Forum, 2019)

9. Us

USA
Jordan Peele

Lists: Film Comment (17, 2019)

10. Vitalina Varela

Portugal
Pedro Costa

Lists: Cinema Scope (2, 2019)

Festivals: Locarno (International Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2020) | Sundance (New Frontier, 2020) | Toronto (Wavelengths, 2019)

11. High Life

Germany, France, USA, UK, Poland
Claire Denis

Lists: Cinema Scope (10, 2018) | Film Comment (7, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2018) | Rotterdam (Signatures, 2019) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2018)

12. Uncut Gems

USA
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Lists: Cinema Scope (4, 2019) | Film Comment (10, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Special Events, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

13. Monos

Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay
Alejandro Landes

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2019) | Sundance (World Cinema Dramatic Competition, 2019)

14. Marriage Story

USA
Noah Baumbach

Lists: Film Comment (11, 2019) | New York Times (5 - Scott, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2019) | Telluride (2019) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019) | Venice (In Competition, 2019)

15. For Sama

UK, Syria
Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts

Festivals: Cannes (Special Screenings, 2019)

16. Midsommar

USA
Ari Aster

17. The Lighthouse

Canada, USA
Robert Eggers

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2019) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2020) | Toronto (Special Presentations, 2019)

18. Happy as Lazzaro

Lazzaro felice
Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Alice Rohrwacher

Lists: Cinema Scope (7, 2018) | Film Comment (9, 2018) | New York Times (5 - Dargis / 2 - Scott, 2018)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2018) | New York (Main Slate, 2018)

19. Hustlers

USA
Lorena Scafaria

Festivals: Toronto (Gala Presentations)

20. Martin Eden

Italy, France
Pietro Marcello

Lists: Cinema Scope (3, 2019)

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Toronto (Platform, 2019) | Venice (In Competition, 2019)