11. Uncut Gems
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Actors: Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, LaKeith Stanfield, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch
Plot: Howard Ratner is a New York City jeweler who has gotten by on high stakes and good luck. But searching for the ultimate high of the win of a lifetime, he gets in over his head on risky bets - one that will put himself, his business and his family in danger.
12. Marriage Story
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noah Baumbach
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Ray Liotta, Merritt Wever, Mark O'Brien
13. The Peanut Butter Falcon
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, Bruce Dern
Plot: Zak, a young man with Down Syndrome, escapes from his nursing care facility in order to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. While attempting to reach the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck, Zak meets up with Tyler, a small-time outlaw, who becomes his coach and ally, along with Eleanor, a friendly nursing home employee with her own story. Together, the trio embark on a unforgettable, hearth-warming journey.
14. Ford v. Ferrari
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe
Plot: American car designer Carroll Shelby teams up with driver Ken Miles - taking on corporate bureaucracy, personal demons and the very laws of physics in order to design a car for Ford that will be able to take on Ferrari in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1966.
15. Doctor Sleep
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Zahn McClarnon, Kyliegh Curran, Jacob Tremblay, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: It has been decades since the events of The Shining and Danny Torrence, now a middle-aged man, is trying to cope both with his father's legacy of alcoholism and his own gift, which he uses at a small town in Massachusetts, helping the elderly pass on as Doctor Sleep. But when he discovers a young girl with the most powerful Shine he has experienced, he must face both his past and the present when she comes under the gaze of The True Knot, a group that feeds on the Shine to sustain themselves.
16. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dean DeBlois
Actors: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, Jonah Hill
Plot: Hiccup, now leader of his people, has nearly reached his goal of creating a dragon utopia. But when Night Fury meets a wild, untamed potential mate, he finds a whole new world - and Hiccup finds his leadership tested as both dragon and rider face impossible decisions that will determine the fate of their futures.
17. Shadow ( Ying )
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang, Jingchun Wang, Jun Hu
Plot: During the Three Kingdoms era, an exiled king, violent and ambitious, seeks to reclaim his throne; his visionary general - who makes plans in secret; the women of the palace, who seek redemption in a world that rejects them and a simple commoner known as "Lord of the World" - all people who will shape this story, and history itself.
18. Little Women
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Greta Gerwig
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern
Plot: Based on the acclaimed novel the story follows a group of four sisters as they experience the trials and tribulations of growing up in the aftermath of the Civil War.
19. Us
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jordan Peele
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Plot: A family on vacation is terrorized by the appearance of a second family -
one that is wholly evil and looks just like them.
20. The Farewell
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lulu Wang
Actors: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Jim Liu, Gil Perez-Abraham, Ines Laimins
Plot: Strong, independent Billi, a Chinese-American, returns to her home when she learns her grandmother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She reluctantly joins her family in keeping her in the dark about the prognosis while staging an impromptu wedding so the the entire family can see her one last time.
