Hannah Tran’s Top 10 Films of 2019
Written by: Hannah Tran | December 27th, 2019
Top ten lists are strange. It seems futile to sort and order films so different in scope and subject into a single list, and yet here we are. But while the films listed below may vary in terms of story and scale, there was a running narrative of cultural and class connections, character-devoted storytelling, and timely reflections of past and present that largely defined the films that affected me the most this past year. While there are a number of releases I have yet to see, namely the Safdies’ Uncut Gems and Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, as well as a few others which I suspect may replace a few spots on my list, below is my top ten as it currently stands. As the final year of this decade draws to a close, these are the films that, for me, in the essence of the words Adam Driver sings in my number five slot, cinematically best defined and explored being alive.
- Parasite
- Midsommar (title hyperlinked to my review)
- High Flying Bird
- Ad Astra
- Marriage Story
- Honey Boy
- Richard Jewell
- The Farewell (title hyperlinked to my review)
- Apollo 11
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Hannah Tran
Hannah Tran is a filmmaker, writer, and friendly neighborhood barista from Las Vegas. She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Film and English and is currently working on her first feature film. In her spare time, she can be found attending film festivals, running a local book club, and, of course, devouring as many movies as possible.