Razvan’s Favourite Films of 2019

Hi guys! I think 2019 was quite an exceptional year for films, a really great ending of the decade! I have managed to see 172 films and out of these there are 96 that I really liked. But here are the ones that impacted me the most. Here are my favourite movies of 2019:

1. Joker (Todd Phillips)
2. Avengers: Endgame (Anthony Russo, Joe Russo)
3. Doctor Sleep (Mike Flanagan)
4. Ford v Ferrari (James Mangold)
5. Parasite (Bong Joon Ho)
6. Knives Out (Rian Johnson)
7. 1917 (Sam Mendes)
8. Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
9. Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)
10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma)
11. Glass (M. Night Shyamalan)
12. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese)
13. Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
14. Queen & Slim (Melina Matsoukas)
15. Little Women (Greta Gerwig)
16. Ad Astra (James Gray)
17. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Chad Stahelski)
18. Us (Jordan Peele)
19. The King (David Michôd)
20. The Nightingale (Jennifer Kent)
21. Blinded by the Light (Gurinder Chadha)
22. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Vince Gilligan)
23. Downton Abbey (Michael Engler)
24. The Aeronauts (Tom Harper)
25. Hobbs & Shaw (David Leitch)
Honourable mentions:
Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley)
Plus One (Jeff Chan, Andrew Rhymer)
I Am Mother (Grant Sputore)
Hotel Mumbai (Anthony Maras)
Uncut Gems (Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie)
Midsommar (Ari Aster)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Joe Berlinger)
The Hummingbird Project (Kim Nguyen)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (Jon Watts)
Official Secrets (Gavin Hood)
Shazam! (David F. Sandberg)
Jumanji: The Next Level (Jake Kasdan)
The Art of Self-Defense (Riley Stearns)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz)
Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett)
Luce (Julius Onah)
The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers)
Dragged Across Concrete (S. Craig Zahler)

Razvan

 

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Following on from Razvan’s Top Films of 2019, and Morgan’s Top films of 2019 (see comments under the Christopher Lee Poll), the IFG will be hosting our own collective awards later this year.  More details to follow.

 

REMINDER:

By the end of February 2020 send your rating for: Coming Soon: IFG 8: 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016)

IFG Poll 20: Favourite Highest Grossing Films of All Time (Box Office Mojo)

Sequels, Franchises, Spin-Offs, Superheroes, Spaceships and Dinosaurs.  Audiences love these films, but which do you think are the best.  Please vote for up to SIX of your favourite Highest Grossing Films of All Time.

Full List: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross/?area=XWW

 

By the end of October 2019: Don’t forget to send me your score for: Coming Soon: IFG 4: Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)

By the end of November 2019: Send me your list of your favourite 50 films of all time for the Annual Poll: The annual end of year IFG Favourite Films of All Time poll

Note: Although your Top 50 films will not need to be in definitive order, weighted points will be allocated to each film, therefore: Top 1-10 = 5 points, Top 11-20 = 4 points, … Top 41-50 = 1 point.