2019: World Premieres 2019: U.S. Releases 2019: My Oscar Ballot 2019: Cannes Festival 2019: Chicago Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 2019: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade // By VOR Rating Top Ten List (February 2020) 1.  Atlantics Dir. Mati Diop. Mame Bineta Sane, Ibrahima Traoré, Babacar Sylla A 2.  The Cave Dir. Feras Fayyad. Documentary about underground Syrian hospital A 3.  The Orphanage Dir. Shahrbanoo Sadat. Qodratollah Qadiri, Masihullah Feraji A– 4.  End of the Century Dir. Lucio Castro. Juan Barberini, Roman Pujol, Mía Maestro A– 5.  Just 6.5 Dir. Saeed Roustayi. Peyman Moaadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Houman Kiai A– 6.  What We Left Unfinished Dir. Mariam Ghani. Documentary about Afghan films A– 7.  Parasite Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Choi Woo-sik, Park So-dam, Song Kang-ho A– 8.  Ghost Tropic Dir. Bas Devos. Saadia Bentaïeb, Nora Dari, Stefan Gota, Guy Dermil A– 9.  A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Dir. Marielle Heller. Matthew Rhys A– 10.  The Irishman Dir. Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci A– Remainder of Films Screened American Factory Dirs. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert. Documentary about Ohio plant A– Babyteeth Dir. Shannon Murphy. Eliza Scanlan, Toby Wallace, Essie Davis A– The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Dirs. Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers,       Kathleen Hepburn. Violet Nelson, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Jay Cardinal Villeneuve A– By the Grace of God Dir. François Ozon. Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet A– Dark Waters Dir. Todd Haynes. Mark Ruffalo, Bill Camp, Anne Hathaway A– For Sama Dirs. Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts. Documentary about warfare in Syria A– A Girl Missing Dir. Kôji Fukada. Mariko Tsutsui, Mikako Ichikawa, Sôsuke Ikematsu A– Honeyland Dirs. Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov. Documentary about a beekeeper A– Midnight Traveler Dir. Hassan Fazili. Documentary about filmmaker in exile A– Mother Dir. Kristof Bilsen. Documentary about memory care nurses in Thailand A– The Painted Bird Dir. Václav Marhoul. Petr Kotlár, Nina Shunevych, Alla Sokolova A– Portrait of a Lady on Fire Dir. Céline Sciamma. Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel A– A Thief's Daughter Dir. Belén Funes. Greta Fernández, Eduard Fernández A– Waves Dir. Trey Edward Shults. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Sterling K. Brown A– The Wild Goose Lake Dir. Diao Yinan. Hu Ge, Kwei Lun-Mei, Liao Fan, Qi Liang A– Ad Astra Dir. James Gray. Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler B+ The Assistant Dir. Kitty Green. Julia Garner, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins B+ The Blonde One Dir. Marco Berger. Gaston Re, Alfonso Barón, Melissa Falter B+ Burning Cane Dir. Phillip Youmans. Karen Kaia Livers, Wendell Pierce B+ Clemency Dir. Chinonye Chukwu. Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Pierce B+ The Edge of Democracy Dir. Petra Costa. Documentary about Brazilian politics B+ Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops Dir. Jenifer McShane. Documentary about retraining police B+ The Fever Dir. Maya Da-Rin. Regis Myrupu, Rosa Peixoto, Lourinelson Vladmir B+ Fire Will Come Dir. Oliver Laxe. Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Abrao B+ Gaza Dirs. Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell. Documentary about life in disputed land B+ Hustlers Dir. Lorene Scafaria. Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer B+ The Last Black Man in San Francisco Dir. Joe Talbot. Jimmie Fails B+ Little Women Dir. Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson B+ La Llorona Dir. Jayro Bustamante. Margarita Kenéfic, María Mercedes Coroy B+ Love Child Dir. Eva Mulvad. Documentary about Iranian family seeking asylum B+ Pain & Glory Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Antonio Banderas, Asier Flores, Penélope Cruz B+ Song without a Name Dir. Melina Léon. Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas B+ Synonyms Dir. Nadav Lapid. Tom Mercier, Louise Chevillotte, Quentin Dolmaire B+ Tremors Dir. Jayro Bustamante. Juan Pablo Olyslager, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa B+ The Twentieth Century Dir. Matthew Rankin. Dan Beirne, Brent Skagford B+ Waiting for the Carnival Dir. Marcelo Gomes. Documentary about northern Brazil B+ The Wind: A Documentary Thriller Dir. Michał Bielawski. Documentary B+ Zombi Child Dir. Bertrand Bonello. Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat B+ Adam Dir. Maryam Touzani. Nisrin Erradi, Lubna Azabal, Douae Belkhaouda B Bombay Rose Dir. Gitanjali Rao. Voices of Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Gargi Shitole B Carmilla Dir. Emily Harris. Hannah Rae, Devrim Lingnau, Jessica Raine B Chained Dir. Yaron Shani. Eran Naim, Stav Almagor, Stav Patay, Asher Ayalon B The Cordillera of Dreams Dir. Patricio Guzmán. Documentary about Chilean Andes B Corpus Christi Dir. Jan Komasa. Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna B Deerskin Dir. Quentin Dupieux. Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy B Digitalkarma Dirs. Mark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi. Documentary about Bangladeshi girl B Dolemite Is My Name Dir. Craig Brewer. Eddie Murphy, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson B The Father Dirs. Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov. Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov B Gatwick: The Last Chance Hotel Dir. Jason Byrne. Documentary about a hotel B High Flying Bird Dir. Steven Soderbergh. André Holland, Zazi Beetz, Melvin Gregg B Honey Boy Dir. Alma Har'el. Noah Jupe, Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges B I Was at Home, But... Dir. Angela Schanelec. Maren Eggert, Jakob Lassalle, Clara Möller B Instinct Dir. Halina Reijn. Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen B Ivana the Terrible Dir. Ivana Mladenović. Ivana Mladenović, Gordana Mladenović B It Must Be Heaven Dir. Elia Suleiman. Elia Suleiman, Grégoire Colin, Ali Suliman B Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway Dir. Miguel Llansó. Daniel Tadesse B Joker Dir. Todd Phillips. Joaquin Phoenix, Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz B Knives Out Dir. Rian Johnson. Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer B The Last Autumn Dir. Yrsa Roca Fanberg. Documentary about rural Icelandic farmers B Let There Be Light Dir. Marko Skop. Milan Ondrík, Frantisek Beles, Zuzana Konecná B Liberté Dir. Albert Serra. Baptiste Pinteaux, Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Lluís Serat B Maternal Dir. Maura Delpero. Agustina Malale, Lidiya Liberman, Denise Carrizo B Midnight Family Dir. Luke Lorentzen. Documentary about Mexican ambulance crew B Les Misérables Dir. Ladj Ly. Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga B Monos Dir. Alejandro Landes. Sofia Buenaventura, Julian Giraldo, Moisés Arias B One Child Nation Dirs. Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang. Documentary about China B Queen & Slim Dir. Melina Matsoukas. Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith B Seahorse Dir. Jeanie Finlay. Documentary about a pregnant transgender man B Sequin in a Blue Room Dir. Samuel Van Grinsven. Conor Leach, Ed Wightman B The Souvenir Dir. Joanna Hogg. Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton B Swarm Season Dir. Sarah Christman. Documentary about Hawaiian beekeepers B Toy Story 4 Dir. Josh Cooley. Voices of Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Christina Hendricks B Unsettled Dir. Tom Shepard. Documentary about LGBTQ people seeking asylum abroad B Us Dir. Jordan Peele. Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph B Vitalina Varela Dir. Pedro Costa. Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida B The Whistlers Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu. Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr B And Then We Danced Dir. Levan Akin. Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili B– Beanpole Dir. Kantemir Balagov. Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina B– The County Dir. Grímur Hákonarson. Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Hinrik Ólafsson B– Filmfarsi Dir. Ehsan Khoshbakht. Documentary about pre-1979 Iranain cinema B– The First Rainbow Coalition Dir. Ray Santisteban. Documentary about radicals B– Gay Chorus Deep South Dir. David Charles Rodrigues. Documentary about a choir B– How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dir. Dean DeBlois B– Irving Park Dir. Panagiotis Evangelidis. Documentary about BDSM household B– The Lighthouse Dir. Robert Eggers. Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman B– Long Shot Dir. Jonathan Levine. Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael B– Ma Dir. Tate Taylor. Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, Juliette Lewis, McKaley Miller B– Missing Link Dir. Chris Butler. Voices of Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis B– Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary B– Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood Dir. Quentin Tarantino. Leonardo DiCaprio B– The Prince Dir. Sebastián Muñoz. Juan Carlos Maldonado, Alberto Castro B– Richard Jewell Dir. Clint Eastwood. Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates B– Spider Dir. Andrés Wood. Mercedes Morán, Felipe Armas, Marcelo Alonso B– The Teacher Dir. Chen Ming-Lang. Oscar Chiu, Sam Chang, Winnie Chang, He Zi-Hua B– Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Dir. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Documentary B– 1917 Dir. Sam Mendes. George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth C+ Booksmart Dir. Olivia Wilde. Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Skyler Gisondo C+ Cousins Dirs. Thiago Cazado, Mauro Carvalho. Paulo Sousa, Thiago Cavado C+ The Farewell Dir. Lulu Wang. Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen, Diana Lin, Tzi Ma, Chen Han C+ Ford v Ferrari Dir. James Mangold. Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Tracy Letts C+ Harriet Dir. Kasi Lemmons. Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Janelle Monaé C+ A Hidden Life Dir. Terrence Malick. August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Franz Rogowski C+ The Hottest August Dir. Brett Story. Documentary about modern New Yorkers C+ The Hypnotist Dir. Arthur Franck. Documentary about hypnotist Olliver Hawk C+ I Lost My Body Dir. Jérémy Clapin. Voices of Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois C+ The Kingmaker Dir. Lauren Greenfield. Documentary about Imelda Marcos C+ Little Dir. Tina Gordon. Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Regina Hall, Tone Bell, Justin Hartley C+ The Mustang Dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruce Dern C+ Our Mothers Dir. César Diaz. Armando Espitia, Aurelia Caal, Emma Dib C+ Redoubt Dir. Matthew Barney. Anette Wachter, Matthew Barney, K.J. Holmes C+ Rocketman Dir. Dexter Fletcher. Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden C+ Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Dir. J.J. Abrams. Daisy Ridley C+ Uncut Gems Dirs. Josh and Benny Safdie. Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, LaKeith Stanfield C+ The Vast of Night Dir. Andrew Patterson. Jake Horowitz, Sierra McCormick C+ The Warden Dir. Nima Javidi. Navid Mohammedzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Mani Haghighi C+ Abou Leila Dir. Amin Sidi-Boumédiène. Slimane Benouari, Lyès Salem, Azouz Abdelkader C The Beach Bum Dir. Harmony Korine. Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher C Bombshell Dir. Jay Roach. Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman C Don't Look Down Dirs. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau. Manika Auxire C Frankie Dir. Ira Sachs. Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier C The Laundromat Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas C Marriage Story Dir. Noah Baumbach. Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern C Midsommar Dir. Ari Aster. Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren C Port Authority Dir. Danielle Lessovitz. Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi C Where'd You Go, Bernadette Dir. Richard Linklater. Cate Blanchett, Emma Nelson C Adoration Dir. Fabrice du Welz. Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin, Anaël Snoek C– The Dead Don't Die Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny C– Judy Dir. Rupert Goold. Renée Zellweger, Darci Shaw, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock C– Just Mercy Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton. Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rafe Spall C– Klaus Dir. Sergio Pablos. Voices of Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones C– Late Night Dir. Nisha Ganatra. Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson, Reid Scott C– Matthias & Maxime Dir. Xavier Dolan. Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas, Xavier Dolan C– Mo Dir. Radu Dragomir. Dana Rogoz, Mădălina Craiu, Răzvan Vasilescu, Ştefan Mihai C– The Two Popes Dir. Fernando Meirelles. Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins C– Jojo Rabbit Dir. Taika Waititi. Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie D+ Luce Dir. Julius Onah. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth D+ Nevrland Dir. Gregor Schmidinger. Simon Frühwirth, Paul Forman, Josef Hader D+ The Report Dir. Scott Z. Burns. Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm D+ Little Joe Dir. Jessica Hausner. Emily Beecham, Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox D Orpheus' Song Dir. Tor Iben. Sascha Weingarten, Julien Lickert, Henry Morales D Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral Dir. Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry D Motherless Brooklyn Dir. Edward Norton. Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw D– Cats Dir. Tom Hooper. Francesca Hayward, Robbie Fairchild, Judi Dench, Idris Elba F Serenity Dir. Steven Knight. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong F