Best Of 2019: a Summary of World Cinema

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Most Awarded Films:

2019 Film Festivals

Country:	Awarded Film	Event
	Parasite (Gisaengchung)	Cannes Film Festival	France
	Joker	Venice Film Festival	Italy
	Synonyms	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
	Pacified	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
	Jojo Rabbit	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
	Clemency	Sundance Film Festival	USA
	Fire Will Come	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
	The Secret of a Leader	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
	The Platform	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
	Öndög	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2019 Awards

Country:	Awarded Film	Award
	Parasite (Gisaengchung)	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
	1917 (Drama) Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
	The Favourite	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
	1917	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
	Les Misérables	Cesar Awards (France)	France
	The Traitor	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
	Pain and Glory	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
	System Crasher	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
	And Then We Danced	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2019

Country:	Awarded Film	Awards
	The Irishman	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
	The Irishman	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
	Parasite (Gisaengchung)	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
	Parasite (Gisaengchung)	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
	Little Women	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
	Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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Best Films of 2019 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Irishman
2		Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
3		Parasite (Gisaengchung)
4		Marriage Story
5		Little Women
6		1917
7		Jojo Rabbit
8		Uncut Gems
9		The Farewell
10		Joker

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A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Honeyland
2		The Souvenir
3		Parasite (Gisaengchung)
4		The Irishman
5		Marriage Story
6		Little Women
7		Peterloo
8		The Edge of Democracy
9		Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
10		Atlantics

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Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Pain and Glory
2		The Irishman
3		Parasite (Gisaengchung)
4		Little Women
5		Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
6		Synonyms
7		Transit
8		American Factory
9		One Child Nation
10		The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		American Factory
2		A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
3		The Farewell
4		Waves
5		Queen & Slim
6		Little Women
7		The Mustang
8		Jim Allison: Breakthrough
9		Blinded by the Light
10		Give Me Liberty

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Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Pain and Glory
2		The Irishman
3		Monos
4		Long Day's Journey Into Night
5		Uncut Gems
6		Burning
7		Marriage Story
8		Us
9		The Farewell
10		Portrait of a Lady on Fire

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Javier Ocaña, Chief Critic of El País - estrenadas en cines españoles - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Pain and Glory
2		Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
3		Ad Astra
4		Parasite (Gisaengchung)
5		Marriage Story
6		Vice
7		Joker
8		The Favourite
9		Sorry We Missed You
10		The Wild Pear Tree

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2019:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 Worldwide

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Avengers: Endgame	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$2.797.800.000
2		The Lion King	Animation	Walt Disney / Fairview Ent.	$1.656.300.000
3		Spider-Man: Far from Home	Fantasy	Marvel / Disney / Columbia	$1.131.900.000
4		Captain Marvel	Fantasy	Marvel Studios	$1.128.300.000
5		Toy Story 4	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$1.073.400.000
6		Joker	Thriller	DC / Warner / Village / Bron	$1.054.900.000
7		Aladdin	Fantasy	Walt Disney / Marc Platt	$1.050.700.000
8		Frozen II	Animation	Walt Disney	$919.700.000
9		Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Action	Universal Pictures	$758.900.000
10		Ne Zha	Animation	Horgos Coloroom / October	$700.600.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 in the US

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Avengers: Endgame	Sci-Fi	Marvel Studios	$858.373.000
2		The Lion King	Animation	Walt Disney / Fairview Ent.	$543.638.000
3		Toy Story 4	Animation	Pixar / Walt Disney	$434.038.000
4		Captain Marvel	Fantasy	Marvel Studios	$426.830.000
5		Spider-Man: Far from Home	Fantasy	Marvel / Disney / Columbia	$390.532.000
6		Aladdin	Fantasy	Walt Disney / Lin / Marc Platt	$355.559.000
7		Joker	Thriller	DC / Warner / Village / Bron	$331.102.000
8		Frozen II	Animation	Walt Disney	$302.925.000
9		It: Chapter Two	Horror	New Line / Lin / Vertigo	$211.593.000
10		Us	Thriller	Blumhouse / Universal	$175.006.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 in their Country of Origin

Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
	Das perfekte Geheimnis	Comedy	Constantin Film	$35.151.000
	Father There Is Only One	Comedy	Bowfinger / Sony / Cindy	€15.374.000
	Serial (Bad) Weddings 2	Comedy	Les Films Du Premier	$53.492.000
	Weathering With You	Animation	CoMix Wave Films	$98.365.000
	This is Tomas	Comedy	Alebrije / Pasajero	$20.084.000
	Downton Abbey	Drama	Focus / Carnival / Perfect World	$35.110.000

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The Best Films of 2019 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2019 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
8.2		1917
8.2		Joker
8.1		Parasite (Gisaengchung)
7.7		Portrait of a Lady on Fire
7.7		So Long, My Son
7.6		The Endless Trench
7.6		Klaus
7.6		The Irishman
7.4		Avengers: Endgame
7.4		Marriage Story

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The Best TV Series of 2019 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
8.5		Chernobyl
8.0		The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance
8.0		The Mandalorian
8.0		When They See Us
7.8		The Virtues
7.7		Years and Years
7.7		The Boys
7.6		Undone
7.5		Unbelievable
7.5		Watchmen
7.5		Euphoria

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