Best of 2019

— Here are my twenty favorite films from 2019, including two I haven't seen yet but feel pretty confident they won't disappoint me. I've boldfaced my five favorites:

• "Ad Astra"
• "Booksmart"
• "The Farewell"
• ”A Hidden Life"
• "The Irishman”
• "Jojo Rabbit"
• "Knives Out"
• ”The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
• "The Lighthouse"
• "Little Women"
• "Marriage Story"
• "The Mustang"
• "1917"
• "Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood"
• ”Pain and Glory"
• ”Parasite"
• "The Peanut Butter Falcon"
• ”Richard Jewell"
• ”The Souvenir"
• ”The Two Popes"

Five other films just missed the list:

• ”Bombshell"
• ”Judy"
• ”Midsommar"
• "Uncut Gems"
• "Us"

Had I included documentaries and quasi-documentaries, six would have been in or almost in the list:

• ”American Factory"
• ”Apollo 11"
• ”The Biggest Little Farm"
• ”Knock Down the House"
• ”Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”
• ”One Child Nation”