Lester’s Top Films 2019

Lester’s Top Films 2019

1. “1917”   

2. “Apollo 11” (Documentary)     

3 “Parasite” (Korean - In Subtitles – 2019 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’or Winner as Best Picture                   

4 “Uncut Gems”          

5 “The Irishman” (Netflix Original)      

6 “Maiden” (Documentary)        

7. “Ford vs Ferrari”              

8. “The Biggest Little Farm” (Documentary)                

9. “Waves”                  

10. “Toy Story 4” (Animation)        

11. Avengers: Endgame 4.00 Stars – Fantasy – Action Drama – Robert Downey Jr. 

12. Marriage Story – 4.00 Stars – NETFLIX Original - Scarlett Johansson – Adam Driver 

13. Jojo Rabbit- 3.75 Stars – Adventure – Comedy / Drama - Taika Waititi - Scarlett Johansson 

14. Knives Out - 3.75 Stars – Drama / Comedy – Daniel Craig – Jamie Lee Curtis

15. They Will Never Grow Old - 3.75 Stars – British Documentary - WW One

16. Arctic- 3.75 Stars – Drama - Mads Mikkelsen

17. Fighting with My Family - 3.75 Stars – Drama / Comedy - Florence Pugh - Dwayne Johnson

18. Joker - 3.75 Stars – Drama - Joaquin Phoenix

19. Rocketman - 3.75 Stars – Drama / Music – Taron Edgerton

20. Luce - 3.75 Stars – Drama – Kelvin Harrison Jr- Naomi Watts – Tim Roth - Octavia Spencer

21. Dolemite is My Name - 3.75 Stars – NETFLIX Original - Comedy – Drama – Eddie Murphy 

22. The Peanut Butter Falcon - 3.75 Stars – Drama - Shia LaBeouf - Dakota Johnson

23. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - 3.50 Stars – Drama – Leonardo DiCaprio - Brad Pitt

24. Ad Astra - 3.50 Stars – Action Drama – Brad Pitt – Tommy Lee Jones

25. Hotel Mumbai - 3.50 Stars – Action Drama – Dev Patel – Armie Hammer

26. Richard Jewell - 3.50 Stars – Drama – Paul Walter Hauser - Sam Rockwell – Kathy Bates

27. Late Night - 3.50 Stars – Light Drama – Light Comedy – Emma Thompson - Mindy Kaling

28. Always Be My Maybe - 3.50 Stars – NETFLIX Original - Light Drama Comedy – Ali Wong

29. Little Women - 3.50 Stars – Drama – Saoirse Ronan - Timothée Chalamet - Laura Dern 

30. Captain Marvel - 3.50 Stars – Action Drama – Brie Larson – Samuel L. Jackson 

31. The Lion King - 3.50 Stars – Action – Drama Animation – Donald Glover – Seth Rogen

32. Judy - 3.25 Stars – Drama – Renee Zellweger

33. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - 3.25 Stars – Action Drama - Daisy Ridley - Oscar Isaac

34. John Wick – Parabellum - 3.25 Stars – Action Drama – Violence – Keanu Reeves 

35. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - 3.25 Stars – Drama – Tom Hanks

36. Little Woods - 3.25 Stars – Drama – Tessa Thompson

37. Late Night- 3.25 Stars – Family Comedy – Drama – Emma Thompson - Mindy Kaling

38. Queen and Slim - 3.25 Stars – Drama - Daniel Kaluuya - Jodie Turner-Smith

39. Diane - 3.25 Stars – Family Drama – Mary Kay Place

40. The Highwaymen - 3.25 Stars – NETFLIX Original - Action Drama – Kevin Costner

41 Terminator - 3.25 Stars – Action Drama – Arnold Schwarzenegger – Linda Hamilton

42. Bombshell - 3.00 Stars – Drama – Charlize Theron – Nicole Kidman – Margo Robbie

43. Dark Waters - 3.00 Stars – Drama – Mark Ruffalo – Anne Hathaway

44. Wild Rose- 3.00 Stars – Drama – Music - Jessie Buckley

45. Downton Abbey- 3.00 Stars – Drama - Michelle Dockery - Maggie Smith - Hugh Bonneville 

46. The Two Popes - 3.00 Stars – NETFLIX Original -Drama – A. Hopkins – J. Pryce

47. Zombieland 2:  Double Tap - 3.00 Stars – Drama – Emma Stone – Woody Harrelson

48. Ready or Not - 3.00 Stars – Drama - Samara Weaving

49. Booksmart- 3.00 Stars – Drama - Kaitlyn Dever - Beanie Feldstein

50. Stan and Ollie - 3.00 Stars – Family Drama – John C. Reilly

51. Triple Frontier – 3.00 Stars – NETFLIX Original - Action Drama – Ben Affleck – Oscar Isaac

52. The Farewell - 3.00 Stars – Drama - In Chinese - Subtitles - Nora Lum aka “Awkwafina”

53. Shoplifters – 3.00 Stars - Drama – Japan- Subtitles – 2018 Winner Palme d'Or

54. Gloria Bell – 3.00 Stars – Drama – Julianne Moore

55. The Mustang - 2.75 Stars – Drama – Matthias Schoenaerts - Bruce Dern

56. Ash is Purist White - 2.75 Stars – Drama – In Chinese - Subtitles - Casper Liang

57. US - 2.75 Stars – Drama – Horror - Lupita Nyong'o

58. The Last Black Man in San Francesco - 2.75 Stars – Drama – Jimmie Falls – Danny Glover

59. A Hidden Life - 2.50 Stars – Drama – August Diehl - Valerie Pachner

60. Hustlers - 2.50 Stars – Drama – Jennifer Lopez

61. Brightburn - 2.50 Stars – Drama – Horror - Elizabeth Banks - Jackson A. Dunn

62. Good Boys - 2.25 Stars – Comedy - Jacob Tremblay - Molly Gordon - Will Forte

63. Cold War – 2.25 Stars – Polish – Subtitles - Drama – Joanna Kulig - Tomasz Kot

64. Serenity - 1.75 Stars – Drama – Matthew McConaughey – Anne Hathaway – Diane Lane

65. Midsommar - 1.75 Stars – Drama – Katherine Pugh

66. The Lighthouse - 1.75 Stars – Black & White Drama – Willem Dafoe – Robert Pattinson

67. High Life – 1.25 Stars – Drama – Sci-Fi – Robert Pattinson

68. The Souvenir - 1.00 Stars – Drama - Tilda Swinton