Best of 2019
The films that defined 2019 — ranked by IMDb score.
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Peranbu
2019·Dir. Ram·147 min·★ 8.7A single father tries to raise his daughter, who has cerebral palsy, even as she is beginning to wake up to her sexuality.
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For Sama
2019·Dir. Waad al-Kateab·100 min·★ 8.5A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
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Kumbalangi Nights
2019·Dir. Madhu C. Narayanan·135 min·★ 8.5Four brothers living in the fishing hamlet of Kumbalangi share a love-hate relationship with each other. Their relationship progresses when Saji, Boney and Franky decide to help Bobby stand by his love.
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Parasite
2019·Dir. Bong Joon Ho·133 min·★ 8.5All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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Jersey
2019·Dir. Gowtam Tinnanuri·160 min·★ 8.5After his career fails to take off, a gifted cricketer in his mid-thirties decides that he’s not ready to give up quite yet.
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Asuran
2019·Dir. Vetrimaaran·141 min·★ 8.4A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to save his hot-blooded son?
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sibling's Bond
2019·Dir. Haruo Sotozaki·105 min·★ 8.4Tanjiro Kamado returns home to find his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a Demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought. Thus begins Tanjiro's journey to seek out the Demon who killed their family and turn his sister human again. A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 1–5, with new footage and special end credits.
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Avengers: Endgame
2019·Dir. Anthony Russo·181 min·★ 8.4After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
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Kaithi
2019·Dir. Lokesh Kanagaraj·147 min·★ 8.4Dilli, a convicted criminal, is out on parole to meet his daughter. However, a drug bust sets him off on a mission to save the life of police officers.
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Chhichhore
2019·Dir. Nitesh Tiwari·146 min·★ 8.3Following a group of friends from university as they progress into middle-age life and go their own separate ways.
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Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
2019·Dir. Stan Lathan·65 min·★ 8.3Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in this defiant stand-up special.
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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
2019·Dir. Soichi Masui·90 min·★ 8.3In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
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Joker
2019·Dir. Todd Phillips·122 min·★ 8.3During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
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Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
2019·Dir. Swaroop RSJ·144 min·★ 8.3Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya is a brilliant, underrated detective from Nellore who runs an agency called FBI which sees no business. He gets more than what he asked for when a case happens to fall right into his lap out of nowhere.
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Super Deluxe
2019·Dir. Thiagarajan Kumararaja·176 min·★ 8.2An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged parent, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
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Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu
2019·Dir. Özer Feyzioğlu·134 min·★ 8.2From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
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Klaus
2019·Dir. Sergio Pablos·97 min·★ 8.2A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
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Mathu Vadalara
2019·Dir. Ritesh Rana·130 min·★ 8.2Babu is a delivery boy living with his friends Yesu and Abhi. Due to his meagre salary, he decides to quit, but then Yesu gives him an idea. The idea, however, soon spirals out of control and Babu finds himself deep in trouble. Will he survive the circumstances of his own actions?
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Miracle in Cell No. 7
2019·Dir. Mehmet Ada Öztekin·132 min·★ 8.2Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
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1917
2019·Dir. Sam Mendes·119 min·★ 8.2At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
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Uri: The Surgical Strike
2019·Dir. Aditya Dhar·138 min·★ 8.2Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
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Evaru
2019·Dir. Venkat Ramji·118 min·★ 8.1When a high-ranking police officer is killed by his alleged rape victim, Sub-inspector Vikram Vasudev is entrusted with investigating what seems like an open-and-shut case. However, as he delves deeper, Vikram finds the case spiralling into a dark tale filled with unexpected surprises.
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Collective
2019·Dir. Alexander Nanau·109 min·★ 8.1In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.
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Article 15
2019·Dir. Anubhav Sinha·130 min·★ 8.1A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
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Section 375
2019·Dir. Ajay Bahl·124 min·★ 8.1A filmmaker stands trial when a costume assistant on his movie accuses him of rape.
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Apollo 11
2019·Dir. Todd Douglas Miller·93 min·★ 8.1A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
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Ford v Ferrari
2019·Dir. James Mangold·153 min·★ 8.1American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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Thadam
2019·Dir. Magizh Thirumeni·138 min·★ 8.1The murder of a youngster creates confusion among a few cops when they find out that the one accused in the crime has a look-alike!
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The Tashkent Files
2019·Dir. Vivek Agnihotri·144 min·★ 8.0The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.
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Brochevarevarura
2019·Dir. Vivek Athreya·122 min·★ 8.0Three underachieving students befriend Mitra from another class. They devise a plan to help her but it leads to various problems.
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Bill Burr: Paper Tiger
2019·Dir. Mike Binder·67 min·★ 8.0Comedian Bill Burr talks male feminists, outrage culture, robot sex, and cultural appropriation in this standup comedy special shot in London.
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The Blue Elephant 2
2019·Dir. Marwan Hamed·129 min·★ 8.0A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away.
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Honeyland
2019·Dir. Ljubomir Stefanov·89 min·★ 8.0When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
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The Biggest Little Farm
2019·Dir. John Chester·91 min·★ 8.0The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019·Dir. Céline Sciamma·121 min·★ 8.0On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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Kitbull
2019·Dir. Rosana Sullivan·9 min·★ 8.0An unlikely connection sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull. Together, they experience friendship for the first time.
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My Name is Eftihia
2019·Dir. Angelos Frantzis·123 min·★ 8.0A young girl, recently married, is traveling from Aidini to Greece with her mother and her two daughters. On board the ship she decides not to let life pass her by, but to live her own way. And she goes ahead! She writes endlessly wherever she can, on napkins and cigarette boxes, to bills. She smokes, she passionately falls in love, casually gambles in luxurious salons, but also in illegal basements. A teacher who becomes an actress and plays in streets and in theaters, a poet who becomes the greatest Greek folk songwriter. She collaborates with all the famous music personalities of the country, from Vassilis Tsitsanis and Apostolos Kaldaras to Manolis Ηiotis, Antonis Repanis and Manos Hadjidakis, bravely asserting herself to a cruel and typically male-dominated world.
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Android Kunjappan Version 5.25
2019·Dir. Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval·134 min·★ 8.0Bhaskara, a conservative villager, hates the idea of his son relocating to Russia for a job. However, when his son brings a robot to care for him, he develops an unlikely bond with the machine.
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Sonchiriya
2019·Dir. Abhishek Chaubey·145 min·★ 7.9In the more or less lawless Chambal Valley in 1975, a gang of bandits led by Maan Singh are up to mischief. The lawless men, who call themselves Bhaagis (rebels), live by robbery and attack the villages in the area. Since they have previously committed a more than shameful crime, they are hunted mercilessly by the police. When Maan Singh learns about a treasure of gold that is about to change hands at a wedding reception, the target of their next heist is clear. They have no idea that it is an ambush of the police. Some of the gang members barely manage to escape and flee into the inhospitably barren surrounding area. While a dispute arises about how to proceed, they meet a woman from the lowest caste who is being hunted by a family clan. In their care there is a girl who was raped and seriously injured by the leader of that clan. The bandits see the opportunity to atone for their shameful crime.
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Super 30
2019·Dir. Vikas Bahl·153 min·★ 7.9Based on life of Patna-based mathematician Anand Kumar who runs the famed Super 30 program for financially weak IIT aspirants in Patna.
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