Critically acclaimed movies of 2019

First Cow(2019)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.



Hustlers(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.



The Souvenir(2019)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 87

A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.



The Vast of Night(2019)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, a young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever.



Waves(2019)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 85

Traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.



The Last Black Man in San Francisco(2019)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.



Midsommar(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.



John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.



Shazam!(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.



Spider-Man: Far from Home(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.



A Hidden Life(2019)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 83

The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.



The Assistant(2019)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.



Atlantics(2019)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 83

In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.



Captain Marvel(2019)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.



Dolemite Is My Name(2019)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.



Bacurau(2019)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 82

After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.



The Personal History of David Copperfield(2019)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.



Honey Boy(2019)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.



The Two Popes(2019)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.



Blinded by the Light(2019)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.




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