Well, it’s March and you know what that means: the Knave’s EoY countdown is in its final third! As a reminder, this is a retrospective dedicated to the movies I saw in 2019, not all 2019 movies I’ve seen so far.
2019 Movies I Saw in 2019
Top 10 Male Performances
Honorable Mentions
Henry Czerny – Ready or Not
Do you think this is a ******* game?
Robert Downey, Jr. – Avengers: Endgame
I know I said no more surprises, but I gotta say, I was really hoping to pull off one last one.
Jake Gyllenhaal – Spider-Man: Far From Home
You’ll see, Peter. People need to believe. And nowadays, they’ll believe anything.
Shia LaBeouf – The Peanut Butter Falcon
He’s gruff, almost unrecognizeable behind a scraggly beard and a ball-cap pulled down low, a ball of abrasive fire; but LaBeouf finds the heart of the character and reveals a man suffering profound grief.
Ben Mendelsohn – Captain Marvel
We just want a home. You & I lost everything at the hands of the Kree. Can’t you see it? You’re not one of them.
Top 10
Moises Arias – Monos
Moises Arias is brilliant as the erratic, increasingly frightening Bigfoot, the group’s most unbalanced member.
Antonio Banderas – Pain & Glory
The nights that combine several pains, those nights I believe in God and pray to Him. The nights I suffer only one type of pain, I am an atheist.
Woo-sik Choi – Parasite
Dad, today I made a plan. A fundamental plan.
Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
Forgotten to man, to any time, to any God or devil, forgotten even to the sea.
Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time . . . In Hollywood
Lot of killing. Lot of killing.
Robert Pattinson – The Lighthouse
Now look here. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with a man startin’ fresh, startin’ new.
Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
For my whole life, I didn’t know if I even really existed. But I do . . . and people are starting to notice.
Brad Pitt – Ad Astra
I am looking forward to the day my solitude ends.
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
I disagree. I disagree, Gary.
Kang-ho Song – Parasite
It doesn’t matter what will happen next. Even if the country gets destroyed . . . nobody cares. Got it?