NINETEEN BEST FILMS OF 2019 - FESTIVAL IN LA

By José Alberto Hermosillo

Nineteen Best Films of 2019

Nineteen Best Films of 2019:

1. Transit
2. Joker
3. 1917
4. Little Women
5. Invisible Life
6. The Irishman
7. Parasite

8. The Painted Bird

9. Synonyms

10. Dolemite is My Name
11. Pain and Glory
12. And Then We Danced
13  Portrait of a Lady on Fire
14. Les Misérables
15. The Two Popes
16. I Lost My Body

17. Honeyland

18. Honey Boy

19. The Biggest Little Farm

SPECIAL MENTION: Corpus Christy, Our Time, Deerskin, Nobadi, Us, The Cave, The Farewell, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Mustang, Giant Little Ones, Marriage Story, American Factory, The Report, Maiden, The Aeronauts, The Great Hack, The Art of Self Defense, Apollo 11, Knock Down the House, High Life.

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Parasite cast at the Oscars 2020. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo. Copyright FestivalinLA 2020.

The year 2019 brought us some fascinating films - many of those you probably never heard of, or have no time to watch them. Many movies have no possibilities for an award or won't get an Oscar buzz - many critics may agree that the best film of the year will not necessarily be the most highly praised or rewarded movie of the year.

"Transit" is the most sublime, obsessively beautiful story of 2019. This modern and existentialist masterwork is comparable with classics such as "Casa Blanca" or "Touch of Evil."  

Films like "Joker" deserve to win Best Picture, "1917" is a masterpiece as well. "Little Women," a movie narrated from the writer's point-of-view and directed by a woman, is the best adaptation of the classic American novel so far. 

Some productions from other countries enrich the list of best films of the year, such as the Brazilian masterwork "Invisible Life." The French productions "Portrait of a Woman on Fire" and "Les Misérables" are also great movies worth your time. 

In the foreign section, we have the Swedish production, "And Then We Danced" about Georgian dancers in love.

Finally, the most controversial film of the year, and difficult to swallow, the black and white WWII drama "The Painted Bird."

The year 2019, also brought us a few big disappointments. I was not referring to Cats, Richard Jewell, The Fanatic, Rambo: Last Blood, Terminator: Dark Fate, or Ugly Dolls. But that is another story. 

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“Les Misérables” Boyz n the French Hood

“Parasite” Accomplishes the South Korea Dream

“Synonyms” A Good Jew in Paris 

“Pain and Glory” Almodóvar's Blast from The Past

“Honeyland” The Last Beekeeper of Macedonia

“The Cave” An Underground “Elysium” for Children in Syria

José Alberto Hermosillo www.festivalinLA.com 

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