The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 1 – Parasite
Bong Joon-Ho’s breathlessly entertaining magnum opus mixed Hitchcockian suspense with deft social commentary, sparking heated debate worldwide
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: the full list
Our pick of the year’s top movies released in the UK reveals the end of an era, painful breakups, festive families, horrors both real and imagined, and heroes of many kinds
Long Day’s Journey Into Night review – an exhilarating slo-mo hallucination
Mystery, passion and fear permeate the obsessive reverie of a man searching for his lost love, which takes flight in an audacious 3D dream-fantasy sequence
Ip Man 4 review – kung fu master gives America a kicking
In the solemn fourth film about the real-life martial arts teacher, Ip Man takes on a racist bully in the US marine corps
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: No 3 – Happy As Lazzaro
Though it doesn’t yield its meanings easily, Alice Rohrwacher’s miraculous and enigmatic fable revels in its protagonist’s state of grace
Sons of Denmark review – conspiracy thriller takes a shocking turn
A misjudged scene depicting an acid attack fatally undermines this drama about radicalisation and anti-Muslim nationalism
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: No 8 – Burning
Lee Chang-dong’s missing-person drama was a flickering gem that forwent easy thrills for a deeply unsettling unresolvedness
So Long, My Son review – a gorgeous, melancholy masterpiece
Three decades of Chinese history are told through the lives of two couples linked by tragedy
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg review – delightful Deneuve reigns supreme
Catherine Deneuve brings an unworldly, subtly erotic charm to Jacques Demy’s rereleased pastel rainbow of a musical
The Cave review – horror and hope in a Syrian hospital battered by war
This powerful, immensely moving documentary follows the courageous medical staff who must treat injured children as bombs fall around them
The Wolf’s Call review – lots of sweaty sub-on-sub action
This French mashup of Dr Strangelove and The Hunt for Red October features lots of tense silence, sweaty faces and all the other tropes of submarine movies
Solid Gold review – sluggish Polish crime thriller
A tough-nut ex-cop is lured back to her old job to help bring down a drug baron in this overlong and unengaging drama
Undocument review – dogged journey along the migration trail
Desperate asylum-seekers confront people smugglers and border officials in this laudable but hesitant drama
So Long, My Son review – exquisite, agonising Chinese family saga
The epic story of two married couples enduring personal tragedy and state-imposed suffering is an almost unbearably poignant, profound masterpiece
And the 2019 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw’s film picks of the year
Ahead of the launch on Tuesday of the Guardian’s films of the year countdown, our critic selects his personal choice of the movies, directors and performances of 2019