Best Of 2019: a Summary of World Cinema

2019

Most Awarded Films:

2019 Film Festivals

Awarded Film	Event
Parasite	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

2019 Awards

Awarded Film	Award
Parasite	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

Critics' Association Awards 2019

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

Best Films of 2019 According to World Famous Film Critics:

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

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

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

#	Country:	Film
1		Honeyland
2		The Souvenir
3		Parasite
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

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

#	Country:	Film
1		Pain and Glory
2		The Irishman
3		Parasite
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

Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of The Washington Post - Article 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

Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of IndieWire - Article 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

The Highest Grossing Films of 2019:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 Worldwide

#	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

The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 in the US

#	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

The Highest Grossing Films of 2019 in their Country of Origin

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

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
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

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 S1