Which 2019 films did your favorite directors love? In this IndieWire article, famous directors share their favorite films released last year! What were your favorite films of 2019? And what are you looking forward to in 2020 this year?
- Ana Lily Amirpour (The Bad Batch, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) – Joker, Waves, Monos
- Olivier Assayas (Wasp Network, Personal Shopper) – Il Traditore / The Traitor, The Irishman, J’accuse
- Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Kaili Blues) – The Shadow Play, Ne Zha, Black Sun (a short)
- Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, Okja) – Hotel by the River, First Cow, The Irishman
- Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Somewhere) – Uncut Gems, Bombshell
- Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen) – Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, Parasite
- Josephine Decker (Madeline’s Madeline, Shirley) – Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Touch of Evil, Mary Magdalene
- Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) – Parasite, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Yance Ford (Strong Island) – Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé, Clemency, Us
- Augustine Frizzell (Never Goin’ Back, Last Letter from Your Lover) – Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Greener Grass, Long Shot
- Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Suspiria) – The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be, Pain and Glory, Death Stranding (a video game)
- Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent, Birds of Passage) – It Must Be Heaven, A White, White Day, Just 6.5
- Bill Hader (Barry) – The Fall, Thunder Road, Fleabag (a show)
- Catherine Hardwicke (Miss Bala, Thirteen) – Parasite, JoJo Rabbit, Uncut Gems
- Chad Hartigan (Morris From America, This Is Martin Bonner) – Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Marriage Story, Canoa: A Shameful Memory
- Don Hertzfeldt (World of Tomorrow, It’s Such a Beautiful Day) – 1917, The Irishman, Uncut Gems
- Alejandro Landes (Monos, Porfirio) – Divine Love, The Lighthouse, Waves
- David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Old Man & the Gun) – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Satantango, Diane
- Adam McKay (Vice, The Big Short) – Dark Waters, Parasite, Hustlers
- Oren Moverman (Time Out of Mind, The Messenger) – Frankie, Invisible Life, Honey Boy
- Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Queen of Earth) – Under the Silver Lake, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- James Ponsoldt (The Circle, The End of the Tour) – The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Little Women, Give Me Liberty
- Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar (American Factory) – For Sama, The Apollo, Rolling Thunder Revue
- Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You) – Diamantino, Parasite, Marriage Story
- Angela Robinson (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women) – Parasite, Harriet, Queen and Slim
- Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) – Marriage Story, Parasite, The Lighthouse
- Paul Schrader (First Reformed) – Monos, Dolemite is My Name, The Irishman
- Daniel Scheinert (The Death of Dick Long, Swiss Army Man) – Greener Grass, Knock Down the House, Midsommar
- Daniel Schmidt (Diamantino) – Atlantics, Everybody’s Everything, First Cow
- Chad Stahelski (John Wick, John Wick 2, John Wick 3) – Furie, Shadow, Ford v Ferrari
- Whit Stillman (Love & Friendship, Metropolitan) – Nova Lituania, Richard Jewell, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Peter Strickland (In Fabric, The Duke of Burgundy) – Only You, Climax, Midsommar
- Ondi Timoner (Mapplethorpe, Dig!) – The Peanut Butter Falcon, Maiden, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Lulu Wang (The Farewell) – One Child Nation, Unbelievable, Rocks
- Adam Wingard (The Guest, Blair Witch, Godzilla vs. Kong) – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman, Country Music (a show)
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