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A Dog's Journey (film)
A Dog's Journey (2019) is a comedy-drama sequel to A Dog's Purpose, directed by Gail Mancuso, starring Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, and Kathryn Prescott, about the reincarnated dog Bailey protecting his owner's granddaughter CJ; it grossed $87.9 million worldwide.
A Rainy Day in New York
A Rainy Day in New York is Woody Allen's 2019 romantic comedy starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, and Selena Gomez; shot in 2017, dropped by Amazon, released in Europe in 2019 and the US in 2020.
Above the Shadows
Above the Shadows is a 2019 American fantasy drama, also known as A Mulher Invisivel, directed by Claudia Myers. Olivia Thirlby plays Holly, a woman who has literally faded invisible; Alan Ritchson plays the MMA fighter who can see her. Released July 19, 2019 by Gravitas Ventures.
Always Be My Maybe
Always Be My Maybe is a 2019 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Nahnatchka Khan, written by and starring Ali Wong and Randall Park with Michael Golamco, about childhood friends Sasha and Marcus reconnecting in San Francisco, with a Keanu Reeves cameo.
Big Time Adolescence
Big Time Adolescence is a 2020 American coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Jason Orley, starring Pete Davidson and Griffin Gluck; it premiered at Sundance 2019 and streamed on Hulu from March 13, 2020.
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) is Paul Downs Colaizzo's debut comedy-drama starring Jillian Bell as Brittany Forgler, a New Yorker training for the NYC Marathon; Amazon bought it at Sundance 2019 for $14 million and it won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award.
Can You Keep a Secret? (film)
Can You Keep a Secret? (2019) is an American romantic comedy directed by Elise Duran, adapted from Sophie Kinsella's novel, starring Alexandra Daddario and Tyler Hoechlin; released by Vertical Entertainment, it earned $755,568 and poor reviews.
Das perfekte Geheimnis
Das perfekte Geheimnis is a 2019 German comedy-drama by Bora Dagtekin, a remake of Perfetti sconosciuti, in which seven friends share all phone messages at dinner; over five million admissions, Germany's top German film of 2019.
Drunk Parents
Drunk Parents is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Fred Wolf and starring Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek as parents who hide their financial collapse.
Endings, Beginnings
Endings, Beginnings is a 2019 drama by Drake Doremus, also called Love Again in some markets, starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, and Sebastian Stan; premiered at TIFF 2019, released on VOD April 17, 2020, Metascore 42.
Extreme Job (극한직업)
Extreme Job (극한직업) is a 2019 Lee Byeong-heon Korean crime comedy in which narcotics detectives open a fried chicken shop for a stakeout; 16.27 million admissions, 2019's top Korean film, second only to The Admiral. Also an EBS documentary series of the same name.
Falling Inn Love
Falling Inn Love is a 2019 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Roger Kumble, starring Christina Milian and Adam Demos, about a San Francisco executive who wins a rundown New Zealand inn and renovates it with a local contractor.
Five Feet Apart
Five Feet Apart is a 2019 American romantic drama directed by Justin Baldoni, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse as teenagers with cystic fibrosis who fall in love.
Give Me Liberty (Гив ми либерти)
Give Me Liberty (Гив ми либерти) is Kirill Mikhanovsky's 2019 Milwaukee-set comedy-drama about medical transport driver Vic, Sundance and Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection, John Cassavetes Award winner.
Good Boys (film)
Good Boys is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy directed by Gene Stupnitsky, about three sixth-grade boys whose attempt to learn how to kiss sets off a daylong misadventure.
Heavy Craving
Heavy Craving (大餓, Da e) is a 2019 Taiwanese drama, Hsieh Pei-ju's feature debut, about 30-year-old, 105-kg cook Ying-juan's dieting struggle; it won Taipei Film Festival Best New Talent and the Golden Horse FIPRESCI Prize.
Holiday in the Wild
Holiday in the Wild (2019) is a Netflix romantic drama directed by Ernie Barbarash, starring Kristin Davis and Rob Lowe, filmed at a real Zambian elephant orphanage with puppets and animatronics, inspired by Davis's elephant conservation work.
How to Build a Girl
How to Build a Girl is a 2019 British coming-of-age comedy directed by Coky Giedroyc, adapted by Caitlin Moran from her 2014 novel, starring Beanie Feldstein as Wolverhampton teen Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as rock critic Dolly Wilde; premiered at TIFF 2019, winning the FIPRESCI Prize.
Isn't It Romantic (2019 film)
Isn't It Romantic is a 2019 American romantic comedy directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, in which Rebel Wilson plays a New York architect who despises rom-coms and wakes up inside one.
It Must Be Heaven
It Must Be Heaven (2019) is Elia Suleiman's Cannes Special Mention tragicomedy in which his alter ego ES travels from Nazareth to Paris and New York seeking film funding and a homeland.
Jexi
Jexi is a 2019 American romantic comedy directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, starring Adam Devine as a man whose phone AI becomes possessive.
Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit (2019) is Taika Waititi's WWII comedy-drama, adapted from Christine Leunens' Caging Skies, about a German boy whose imaginary friend is Hitler. Six Oscar nominations; won Best Adapted Screenplay.
Klaus (film)
Klaus (2019) is Sergio Pablos's hand-drawn Netflix animated Christmas film, the streamer's first animated feature, about postman Jesper and toymaker Klaus in Smeerensburg; BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee.
Last Christmas (film)
Last Christmas (2019) is a Paul Feig romantic comedy starring Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, and Emma Thompson, written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings, built on George Michael's music, with a twist in which dead donor Tom's heart saves Kate.
Late Night (film)
Late Night is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written by and co-starring Mindy Kaling and directed by Nisha Ganatra, starring Emma Thompson as a talk show host.
Let It Snow (2019 film)
Let It Snow (2019) is a Netflix Christmas romantic comedy directed by Luke Snellin, adapted from the 2008 John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle book, starring Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, and Joan Cusack, released November 8, 2019.
Little (film)
Little (2019) is an American fantasy body-swap comedy directed by Tina Gordon, starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae, and Marsai Martin, who conceived it at age 10; it grossed about $49 million worldwide for Universal.
Long Shot (2019 film)
Long Shot (2019 film), early title Flarsky, is a Jonathan Levine romantic comedy starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron as a speechwriter and presidential candidate; released May 3, 2019, it grossed $30.3 million in the U.S.
Military Wives
Military Wives (2019) is a British comedy-drama directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan as garrison wives who form a choir, inspired by the BBC series The Choir: Military Wives and the real Catterick Garrison choir movement.
Murder Mystery (film)
Murder Mystery is a 2019 Netflix comedy-mystery directed by Kyle Newacheck, written by James Vanderbilt, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston as a couple framed for a billionaire's yacht murder; 73 million households watched in four weeks.