Tuesday 31 December 2019

Films of the Year 2019

For the seventeenth consecutive year, this is my annual list of films I've watched over the last 12 months. As ever, this means actual visits to the cinema, not films on DVD or on streaming services. As in previous years, I have rated them all in a largely arbitrary fashion.

In 2019, that meant 74 trips to the cinema (it was 73 in 2018) and according to Letterboxd, 144 hours watching the unmissable to the absolute pants. Compared to 2018, the last year has involved seeing far more decent enough films but very few that I’d want to see again.

You can find ratings for the last 16 years here.

Favourite films of 2019: Booksmart / Knives Out / Woman at War / Joker / The Day Shall Come

Documentaries of 2019: Apollo 11 / For Sana / Last Breath

Soundtracks of 2019: The Last Black Man in San Francisco / Motherless Brooklyn

Absolute Melon of 2019: Blinded By The Light

★★★★★: Unmissable!
★★★★☆: Definitely worth seeing
★★★☆☆: Decent film
★★☆☆☆: Disappointing
★☆☆☆☆: Pants
☆☆☆☆☆: Why was this released?


Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ★★★☆☆
Harriet ★★★☆☆
The Two Popes ★★★★☆:
Motherless Brooklyn ★★★★☆:
Judy & Punch ★★★☆☆
Knives Out ★★★★☆
Lucy in the Sky ★★☆☆☆
I Lost My Body ★★★★☆
Honey Boy ★★★☆☆
Le Mans ‘66 ★★★★☆
The Aeronauts ★★★☆☆
Doctor Sleep ★★★★☆
The Last Black Man in San Francisco ★★★★☆
Official Secrets ★★★☆☆
To Kill a Mockingbird ★★★★★:
Gemini Man ★★☆☆☆
Joker ★★★★☆
The Last Tree ★★★★☆
The Day Shall Come ★★★★☆
Ad Astra ★★★★☆
Bait ★★★☆☆
For Sama ★★★★☆
Inna de Yard ★★★☆☆
Pain and Glory ★★★★☆
The Mustang ★★★★☆
Hail Satan? ★★★☆☆
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood ★★★☆☆
Blinded by the Light ★☆☆☆☆
Animals ★★★☆☆
Anna ★★☆☆☆
Support the Girls ★★★★☆
The Dead Don't Die ★★★☆☆
Midsommar ★★★★☆
Spider-Man: Far from Home ★★★☆☆
Vita & Virginia ★★★☆☆
Yesterday ★★★☆☆
Apollo 11 ★★★★★:
In Fabric ★★★☆☆
Men in Black: International ★★☆☆☆
Diego Maradona ★★★☆☆
Late Night ★★★★☆
Booksmart ★★★★★:
Rocketman ★★★☆☆
Sunset ★★★☆☆
Beats ★★★☆☆
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ★★★☆☆
Tolkien ★★★☆☆
Woman at War ★★★★★:
Avengers: Endgame ★★★★☆
Wild Rose ★★★☆☆
Loro ★★★☆☆
Last Breath ★★★★☆
Mid90s ★★★☆☆
Shazam! ★★★☆☆
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story ★★★★☆
Nae Pasaran ★★★★★:
Happy as Lazzaro ★★★☆☆
At Eternity's Gate ★★★☆☆
Us ★★★★☆
Captain Marvel ★★★☆☆
Capernaum ★★★★☆
Everybody Knows ★★★★☆
Happy Death Day 2U ★★★★☆
If Beale Street Could Talk
All Is True ★★★☆☆
Vice ★★★★☆
Burning ★★★★☆
The Favourite ★★★☆☆
Mary Queen of Scots ★★★☆☆
Stan & Ollie ★★★☆☆
Colette ★★★★☆
Mary Poppins Returns ★★★★☆
Green Book ★★★★☆

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