2019: MY FAVORITE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES (Ranked)

At the time, I had not seen the following films: Uncut Gems by Josh and Benny Safdie, USA; Synonyms by Nadav Lapid, France/Israel/Germany; Asako I & II by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Japan/France; Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma, France; Endless Night by Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro, Spain; MS Slavic 7 by Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell, Canada; Wasp Network Olivier Assayas, France/Spain/Brazil; Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream by Frank Beauvais, France; A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick, United States; X&Y by Anna Odell, Sweden; The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti, Italy (pretty much the only...