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