Current Events > ITT: I rank the 55 movies released in 2019 that I saw this past year

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I managed to watch 55 movies released in 2019 this past year, and honestly, it was a pretty damn good year for movies. Even things ranked a bit lower I got at least some enjoyment from, only the bottom 5ish are movies I just absolutely hated.

This is all obviously personal preference; there's movies that may be objectively better than others, but I ranked based on both technical prowess and just straight up what I enjoyed more, even if I didn't have easy to explain reasons for why I liked them more.

I saw all of these in theaters except the Netflix films, and The Lego Movie: The Second Part.

55) The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
54) Ma
53) Black Christmas (2019)
52) The Lion King (2019)
51) Countdown
50) Dumbo (2019)
49) Jexi
48) Five Feet Apart
47) Cats
46) Escape Room
45) The Perfection (Netflix)
44) Aladdin (2019)
43) Late Night
42) Don't Let Go
41) Child's Play (2019)
40) The Dead Don't Die
39) Zombieland: Double Tap
38) The Lego Movie: The Second Part
37) Booksmart
36) Toy Story 4
35) Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
34) It: Chapter 2
33) Frozen 2
32) The Addams Family (2019)
31) Crawl
30) Alita: Battle Angel
29) The Peanut Butter Falcon
28) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
27) Spider-Man: Far From Home
26) Midsommar
25) Avengers: Endgame
24) Us
23) How To Train Your Dragon 3
22) Judy
21) Abominable
20) Ad Astra
19) Ready Or Not
18) Queen and Slim
17) Luce
16) The Farewell
15) Doctor Sleep
14) A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
13) The Irishman (Netflix)
12) Bombshell
11) Jojo Rabbit
10) Hustlers
9) The Lighthouse
8) Joker
7) Rocketman
6) Uncut Gems
5) Knives Out
4) The Art Of Self Defense
3) Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2) Marriage Story (Netflix)
1) Parasite


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What about Splice?!?

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Johnny_Steel posted...

What about Splice?!?

I did watch that for the first time this year, but it's not a 2019 movie.

I might make a ranking of EVERY movie I watched in 2019 for the first time, but not tonight, that'll take me a sec to write up.

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where the fuck is splice

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How the fuck is Splice not #1

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I can't believe you forgot Splice.

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>_>

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WafflehouseJK posted...

32) The Addams Family (2019)

Should be #1

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I think Midsommar was the only 2019 movie I actually watched.

Itachi157 posted...

I think Midsommar was the only 2019 movie I actually watched.

I enjyoed it, but I think I overhyped it for myself; I genuinely thought it might end up being one of my favorite movies, and while I still liked it a lot, it didn't quite make that bar.

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shit list

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mcpwnia posted...

shit list

rude

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owned

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mcpwnia posted...

owned

get rekt, me

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Bump

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I need to see Little Women

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and Splice

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But I've seen Splice.

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just saw the art of self defense because you rated it highly here.

um... that was pretty dark.. it's like if zombieland took a freaky turn halfway through and turned into the walking dead or something.

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AsucaHayashi posted...

just saw the art of self defense because you rated it highly here.

um... that was pretty dark.. it's like if zombieland took a freaky turn halfway through and turned into the walking dead or something.

It's super dark, but I absolutely loved it. It's definitely not a movie for everyone, but it's very much up my alley. Dark and gritty, while also having a good bit of (also dark) dry comedy.

I watched it on a whim in theaters, hadn't heard or seen anything about it, but it took me by surprise how much I fell in love with it. Amazing movie, and I hope more people see it.

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Joker ranked higher than The Lighthouse, crazy stuff. (They're the only two I've seen from the list and I loved The Lighthouse and hated Joker)

Lol my main takeaway here is that there are 8 movies worse than Cats

I've only seen 11 movies from the list. I really haven't been the the theater much this year

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WafflehouseJK posted...

But I've seen Splice.

AGAIN

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AlienLanes posted...

Joker ranked higher than The Lighthouse, crazy stuff. (They're the only two I've seen from the list and I loved The Lighthouse and hated Joker)

I loved them both, but Joker's definitely not a film for everyone, I feel like it's very much a love it or hate it kind of film. I just happen to be on the love it side lol.

SuperExcitebike posted...

Lol my main takeaway here is that there are 8 movies worse than Cats

I've only seen 11 movies from the list. I really haven't been the the theater much this year

Cats is a terrible movie; that being said, I had so much fun watching it. Like, it's bad, really, really bad, but it's like The Room in a sense where you just cant take your eyes off of the insanity that's on the screen.

I genuinely plan on buying Cats on DVD to have "Get fucked up with friends and make fun of Cats" parties.

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Not bad.
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Phantom_Nook posted...

Not bad.

<3

This was a really good year for film tbh.

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I didn't watch nearly as many but highlights for me were Midsommar, Parasite, Code 8, Uncut Gems, Endgame, Ad Astra and Once... Hollywood

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I went to watch Marriage Story off the recommendations here. But it couldn't look less like something I could get into. Plus I never seen anything with that Darth Vader dude that I like. That's a very limited amount of exposure tho

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I didn't watch nearly as many but highlights for me were Midsommar, Parasite, Code 8, Uncut Gems, Endgame, Ad Astra and Once... Hollywood

Code 8 completely slipped by my radar somehow: I don't know anything about it, what's it about? A quick google search makes it look pretty sci-fi, and I love me some good sci-fi. That's probably my biggest disappintment of the year for films is it didn't seem like there was a ton of really good sci-fi; great year for indies and dramas/character studies though.


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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I went to watch Marriage Story off the recommendations here. But it couldn't look less like something I could get into. Plus I never seen anything with that Darth Vader dude that I like. That's a very limited amount of exposure tho

idk what all you've seen of Adam Driver, but he's personaly one of my favorite actors now, especially after Marriage Story. He was amazing in BlacKkKlansman, he was the best part of The Dead Don't Die, and he gave one of the best, if not THE best, performances of the year in Marriage Story.

For being about a "boring" topic like divorce, the film actually does a REALLY good job of keeping a good pace, and building suspense and tension all the way through. Even has some pretty genuinely funny moments sprinkled in as well.

It's easilly my second favorite movie of the year, and every movie in the top 10 are one's that I adored, so that's some of the highest praise I can give.

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WafflehouseJK posted...

Code 8 completely slipped by my radar somehow: I don't know anything about it, what's it about? A quick google search makes it look pretty sci-fi, and I love me some good sci-fi. That's probably my biggest disappintment of the year for films is it didn't seem like there was a ton of really good sci-fi; great year for indies and dramas/character studies though.

It's kind of like The Boys on Amazon minus the humor and over the top violence and a bit of District 9. It's essentially a world of people and some have super powers but are heavily regulated by the government so a lot are in hiding. It was a surprising gem for me, I loved it.

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Parasite was so good, may be my movie of the decade.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

It's kind of like The Boys on Amazon minus the humor and over the top violence and a bit of District 9. It's essentially a world of people and some have super powers but are heavily regulated by the government so a lot are in hiding. It was a surprising gem for me, I loved it.

I'll need to check that out, it sound pretty interesting.

TendoDRM posted...

Parasite was so good, may be my movie of the decade.

Get Out is my movie of the decade, but I'd be very comfortable calling Parasite my second favorite movie of the decade.

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This seems like a fun idea, I should do this too

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WafflehouseJK posted...

idk what all you've seen of Adam Driver, but he's personaly one of my favorite actors now, especially after Marriage Story. He was amazing in BlacKkKlansman, he was the best part of The Dead Don't Die, and he gave one of the best, if not THE best, performances of the year in Marriage Story.

Ah, I wanted to see Blackkklansman. Maybe if I watch that, I'll build some momentum for him. It's just easier to jump into a premise you don't especially care for if their are actors you already like. Scarlett isn't a bad actor either of course, but she doesn't pull me in to watch movies just cause she's in it. You should also take all this with a grain of salt since I just fell out of watching regular tv in general for the most part.

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joe40001 posted...

This seems like a fun idea, I should do this too

Do it man, I love seeing other people's lists.

Arbitrarily ranking things is fun.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Ah, I wanted to see Blackkklansman. Maybe if I watch that, I'll build some momentum for him. It's just easier to jump into a premise you don't especially care for if their are actors you already like. Scarlett isn't a bad actor either of course, but she doesn't pull me in to watch movies just cause she's in it. You should also take all this with a grain of salt since I just fell out of watching regular tv in general for the most part.

Definitely check out Blackkklansman, I think that should definitely build some good will towards Adam Driver for ya, and hopefully you'll be more inclined to check out Marriage Story, both are wonderful movies.

And it's all good man, not every actor or concept or even films in general is for everyone; all I can do is give my personal recommendations, and hope others enjoy them as much as I do. If not, it is what it is.

Scarlett was also really good in Jojo Rabbit this year too, she and Adam Driver have both been giving really good performances outside of their Star Wars/Marvel stuff.

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Bump

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TROS is very egregiously high. Otherwise pretty solid list. Don't mean this in a bad way cos mine is probably similar but would like to see some different stuff in people's '19 lists