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About Endlessness
About Endlessness (Om det oändliga) is Roy Andersson's 2019 Swedish drama of static single-shot vignettes narrated by an unseen female voice, premiering in competition at Venice 2019; a 76-minute coda to his Living Trilogy.
After the Wedding (2019 film)
After the Wedding (2019) is Bart Freundlich's American drama remake of Susanne Bier's 2006 Danish film Efter brylluppet, with gender-swapped leads: Julianne Moore as media mogul Theresa, Michelle Williams as orphanage director Isabel, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn; Sony Pictures Classics, Sundance 2019, 45% on Rotten Tomatoes.
American Skin (film)
American Skin is a 2019 American drama written, directed by, and starring Nate Parker, premiered at Venice (Sconfini) on September 1, 2019, presented by Spike Lee, released on VOD January 15, 2021, about a Marine veteran whose son is killed by police.
American Son (2019 film)
American Son (2019) is a Netflix drama directed by Kenny Leon, adapted from Christopher Demos-Brown's Broadway play, starring Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan, and Eugene Lee as parents and officers in a Florida police station awaiting news of a missing son.
Atlantics
Atlantics (Atlantique) is Mati Diop's 2019 Wolof-language debut feature, a Dakar-set supernatural drama about Ada, Souleiman, and migration; it won the Cannes Grand Prix and streamed on Netflix.
Babyteeth (film)
Babyteeth (2019) is an Australian comedy-drama, Shannon Murphy's feature debut, adapted by Rita Kalnejais from her 2012 Belvoir St play; terminally ill teen Milla (Eliza Scanlen) loves drug dealer Moses (Toby Wallace); Venice premiere, five AACTA wins.
Blackbird (2019 film)
Blackbird (2019) is Roger Michell's English-language remake of the Danish film Silent Heart, written by Christian Torpe. Susan Sarandon stars as Lily, a woman with ALS gathering her family for a final weekend before an assisted death; premiered at TIFF 2019.
By the Grace of God
By the Grace of God (Grâce à Dieu) is François Ozon's 2019 French drama about the Bernard Preynat clerical abuse case in Lyon and the La Parole Libérée survivors' group; it won the 2019 Berlin Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize.
Ciao UFO (再见UFO)
Ciao UFO (再見UFO, also written 再见UFO) is a 2019 Hong Kong Cantonese drama directed by Patrick Leung Pak-kin about the 1985 Wah Fu Estate UFO legend; unseen after its 2019 festival premiere, released 19 March 2026, winning five of ten Hong Kong Film Awards.
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało), 2019 Polish drama by Jan Komasa, written by Mateusz Pacewicz: ex-delinquent Daniel (Bartosz Bielenia) poses as a priest in a grieving village; Oscar-nominated, Venice Edipo Re winner, inspired by 2011 events.
Dau (film)
Dau (DAU) is Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 2026 experimental drama, the culminating film of the DAU project about Soviet physicist Lev Landau. 195 minutes, 35mm, Venice 2026 Silver Lion for Best Director, starring Teodor Currentzis.
Elisa & Marcela
Elisa & Marcela (Elisa y Marcela) is Isabel Coixet's 2019 Spanish black-and-white Netflix drama about Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, teachers who married in A Coruña in 1901 in Spain's first recorded same-sex marriage; it competed at the 2019 Berlinale.
Fagara
Fagara (花椒之味, Hua jiao zhi wei) is a 2019 Hong Kong family drama directed by Heiward Mak, produced by Ann Hui, adapted from Amy Cheung's novel My Spicy Love, starring Sammi Cheng, Megan Lai, and Li Xiaofeng as three half-sisters who reunite at their father's funeral to run his hot pot restaurant.
First Cow
First Cow is Kelly Reichardt's 2020 A24 frontier drama, adapted from Jonathan Raymond's novel The Half-Life, about a cook and a Chinese immigrant in 1820s Oregon secretly milking the territory's first cow to bake and sell oily cakes.
Ford v Ferrari
Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66) is James Mangold's 2019 drama starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, dramatizing Ford's GT40 victory over Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans; it won two Oscars from four nominations.
High Flying Bird
High Flying Bird (2019) is a Steven Soderbergh Netflix sports drama, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, starring André Holland as agent Ray Burke during an NBA lockout, shot on an iPhone.
Honey Boy (film)
Honey Boy (2019) is an American drama written by Shia LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har'el, loosely based on LaBeouf's childhood as a child actor with his abusive alcoholic father; it premiered at Sundance 2019, winning a Special Jury Award for Vision and Craft.
Judy (film)
Judy is a 2019 British biographical drama directed by Rupert Goold, adapted from Peter Quilter's play End of the Rainbow, starring Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland during her 1968 London Talk of the Town concerts; Zellweger won the Oscar for Best Actress.
Jungleland (film)
Jungleland (2019) is a Max Winkler drama starring Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell, and Jessica Barden; two indebted brothers drive a young woman cross-country to a San Francisco bare-knuckle fight, premiering at TIFF 2019.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy (2019), directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from Bryan Stevenson's 2014 memoir, stars Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx in the true story of Stevenson's exoneration of death-row prisoner Walter McMillian.
Light of My Life (film)
Light of My Life is a 2019 post-apocalyptic drama written, directed by, and starring Casey Affleck, with Anna Pniowsky and Elisabeth Moss; a father disguises his daughter as a boy after a plague kills nearly all women. Premiered at the 69th Berlinale Panorama; released August 9, 2019 by Saban Films.
Looking Up (银河补习班)
Looking Up (银河补习班) is a 2019 Chinese drama co-directed by Deng Chao and Yu Baimei, about a father raising his written-off son to think for himself.
Lucy in the Sky
Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 American drama film directed by Noah Hawley, starring Natalie Portman as an astronaut who struggles to readjust to life on Earth.
Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a 2019 Noah Baumbach Netflix drama starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as divorcing spouses Charlie and Nicole Barber; Laura Dern won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and the film earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture.
Me and My Motherland
Me and My Motherland (我和我的祖国, My People, My Country) is a 2019 Chinese anthology film of seven shorts by Chen Kaige, Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, and Wen Muye for the PRC's 70th anniversary; it earned 27.63亿元 and a record 91.0 satisfaction score.
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019 Philippine film)
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019 Philippine film), the Pinoy remake of the 2013 Korean film, is a Viva Films drama directed by Nuel C. Naval starring Aga Muhlach as a mentally challenged father wrongfully convicted of murder; it was a 2019 MMFF entry and box-office hit.
Mother (2019 film)
Mother (Madre, 2019) is Rodrigo Sorogoyen's Spanish-French psychological drama expanding his Oscar-nominated 2017 short: Marta Nieto plays Elena, a mother whose son vanished on a French beach, who ten years later befriends a teenager resembling him.
My People, My Country (我和我的祖国)
My People, My Country (我和我的祖国) is a 2019 Chinese anthology tribute film with seven segments by Chen Kaige, Guan Hu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao and others, marking the PRC's 70th anniversary; it earned 31.70亿元 and won the Hundred Flowers Best Film.
Nina Wu (灼人秘密)
Nina Wu (灼人秘密) is a 2019 Taiwanese psychological thriller by director Midi Z (趙德胤), written by and starring Wu Ke-Xi (吳可熙); selected in Cannes Un Certain Regard, winner of a Golden Horse sound award.
Overcomer (film)
Overcomer is a 2019 American faith-based sports drama directed by Alex Kendrick, in which a coach who loses his basketball team reluctantly trains an asthmatic cross-country runner, Hannah Scott.