The 99 Movies I Watched In 2019 & My Personal Highlights

Written by Noam Kroll

Every year I aim to watch at least 100 narrative movies – new releases, classics, foreign films – whatever I can get my hands on. In 2019, I missed the mark by exactly one film, hitting number 99 late into the evening on December 31st…

In any case, I thought I’d share my list here for those interested. At the end, I also broke down my favorite new films from 2019, and other standouts from previous years.

Keep in mind there are a ton of current 2019 movies I haven’t yet gotten around to. So this is by no means an exhaustive list… Just what I saw over the past 12 months and a handful of my personal (and highly subjective) favorites.

The 99 films –

A Simple Favor
Operation Finale
Amélie
Jagged Edge
Brawl in Cell Block 99
The Hate U Give
The Wife
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Fireworks Wednesday
High Flying Bird
Out Of Sight
Widows
The Limey
7 Days in Entebee
Bohemian Rhapsody
Green Book
Dumplin
Edge of Seventeen
Ben is Back
Vox Lux
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Contender
Cruel Intentions
Eastern Promises
Rounders
Us
Hotel Mumbai
Cold War
Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil & Vile
Climax
Everybody Knows
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Constant Gardner
Gerald’s Game
High Life
Back to the Future
Three Days of the Condor
Blue Velvet
Murder Mystery
Annie Hall
The Lion King (2019)
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Share
Long Shot
The Searchers
An American Werewolf In London
Luce
What Happened To Monday
Burning
It
Catch Me If You Can
Booksmart
Ma
Midsommar
Scenes From a Marriage
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Accused
Atomic Blonde
Dogtooth
The Vanishing (1987)
Hour Of The Wolf
Thrre Colors: Red
White Material
The Irishman
Fear of Fear
Hustlers
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Water Lillies
Old Joy
Vampyr
Marriage Story
Cries and Whispers
The Painted Bird
Eyes Without a Face
Uncut Gems
Halloween
Angel Heart
The Wolf Man
The Pleasure Of Being Robbed
Joker
Unsane
After Hours
The Lighthouse
Always Shine
Hard Eight
Ready of Not
The Lobster
Clovehitch Killer
Thoroughbreds
Die Hard
Good Boys
The Squid and the Whale
Vivre Sa Vie
Earthquake Bird
Broken
Parasite
Psychosynthesis
The Two Popes
Shotgun Stories

All my favorites below are listed alphabetically…

TOP 5 FILMS RELEASED IN 2019

MARRIAGE STORY

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

PARASITE

THE IRISHMAN

THE PAINTED BIRD

TOP 5 FILMS RELEASED PRIOR TO 2019 (BUT NEW TO ME)

BURNING (2018)

EYES WITHOUT A FACE

FEAR OF FEAR

THE VANISHING (1987)

VIVRE SA VIE

TOP 5 RE-WATCHED FILMS IN 2019

DOGTOOTH

FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

THREE COLORS: RED

WHITE MATERIAL

There were a ton of other films I loved that aren’t listed here – these are just some personal standouts…

How about you? What are your favorite films (new or old) you watched last year? Leave a comment below.

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About Author

Noam Kroll

Noam Kroll is an award-winning Los Angeles based filmmaker, and the founder of the boutique production house, Creative Rebellion. His work can be seen at international film festivals, on network television, and in various publications across the globe. Follow Noam on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more content like this!

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Steve Custodio
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I saw:

“Ford v. Ferrari”
“1917”

Both are excellent and either one can win the Oscar.

“Parasite “- well made, but something is amiss in the whole story.
“The Lighthouse” – I wanted to get out after 20 minutes. What a waste. No wonder it was never nominated for a best film in the major awards.
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Noam Kroll
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Still need to see 1917! I am way behind on that one.
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Tobias
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The Lighthouse was a movie I really liked, just the way it was told and the way it was filmed – incredible.
The Joker was a lot better than I expected and a visual gem.
Avengers Endgame was a great end to the whole arch, and even though a lot of it is greenscreen, it mostly looks great and the colors are amazing on the big screen.
Bohemian Rhapsody was great as well, captured the decades very well, but I would´ve liked to see sacha baron cohen in the leading role
I finally saw A quiet Place (2018) and really liked it. Great atmosphere, interesting ideas and hauting setting.
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Noam Kroll
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Awesome, all great choices!
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Anthony Carpendale
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Nicely varied list! Dogtooth is so great.

Some of my favourites last year included, from 2019 releases:

Dolemite Is My Name
Midsommar
Parasite
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
The Irishman

Favourite rewatches:

Cléo from 5 to 7
King Of Comedy
Mulholland Drive
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Shining

Are you on Letterboxd? It’s a very handy way of logging films watched (and reviews).
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