2019 in film
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year. In his article highlighting the best movies of 2019, Richard Brody of "The New Yorker" said, "It's the year of apocalyptic cinema of the highest order, the year in which three of our best filmmakers have responded with vast ambition, invention, and inspiration to the crises at hand, including the threats to American democracy, the catastrophic  menaces arising from global warming, the corrosive cruelty of ethnic hatreds and nationalist prejudices, and the poisonous overconcentration of money and power. At the same time, it's a year of inside-movies practicalities, of special attention to the business at hand, because of the structural threats to the movie business from new and powerful players. The major crisis specific to cinema outleaps even the great merits of individual movies and invokes basic and comprehensive questions of which movies can be seen and how those movies are acknowledged. It's a terrific year for movies, but it would seem much  less so if we only considered movies in wide release. Versions of that refrain come up every year, but what used to be merely a gap between the multiplexes and limited releases has now become an abyss." Highest-grossing films. The top films released in 2019 by worldwide gross are as follows: "" became the fifth film to gross $2 billion worldwide and the second highest-grossing film of all time. "The Lion King", "Frozen II", "", "Captain Marvel", "Joker", "", "Toy Story 4", and "Aladdin" all grossed $1 billion, with the second, third, and eighth as the first, second, and  fifth highest-grossing animated films, respectively. "Joker" became the first R-rated film in history to surpass $1 billion. Events. Festivals. List of some of the film festivals for 2019 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). List of 2019 films. The list of films released in 2019, arranged by country, are as follows: