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Overview of the events of 2019 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 movie programming. Avengers Endgame was the year's highest grossing film and the highest-grossing of all-time until Avatar regained the top spot in 2021.
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."[1]
The top films released in 2019 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Avengers: Endgame | Disney | $2,799,439,100 |
2 | The Lion King | $1,656,943,394 | |
3 | Frozen II | $1,450,026,933 | |
4 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Sony Pictures | $1,131,927,996 |
5 | Captain Marvel | Disney | $1,128,274,794 |
6 | Joker | Warner Bros. | $1,078,751,311 |
7 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Disney | $1,074,144,248 |
8 | Toy Story 4 | $1,073,394,593 | |
9 | Aladdin | $1,050,693,953 | |
10 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Sony Pictures | $801,693,929 |
Avengers: Endgame became the fifth film to gross $2 billion worldwide and the highest-grossing film of all time. The Lion King, Frozen II, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Captain Marvel, Joker, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 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.
List of some of the film festivals for 2019 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Date | Event | Host | Location |
---|---|---|---|
January 14–February 3 | 2019 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Institute | Park City, Utah, United States |
February 9–14 | 69th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany |
May 14–25 | 2019 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France |
August 28–September 7 | 76th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy |
September 5–15 | 2019 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1 | Ivo Gregurević | 66 | Croatia | Actor | |
4 | Ivan Bortnik | 79 | Russia | Actor | ||
4 | Louisa Moritz | 82 | Cuba | Actress | ||
6 | Gregg Rudloff | 63 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
6 | W. Morgan Sheppard | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Verna Bloom | 80 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Paul Koslo | 74 | Germany | Actor | ||
9 | Paolo Paoloni | 89 | Italy | Actor | ||
11 | Fernando Luján | 79 | Mexico | Actor | ||
12 | Etsuko Ichihara | 82 | Japan | Actress | ||
15 | Bill Anagnos | 60 | US | Stuntman | ||
15 | Carol Channing | 97 | US | Actress | ||
17 | Daniel C. Striepeke | 88 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
19 | Muriel Pavlow | 97 | UK | Actress | ||
20 | Andrew G. Vajna | 74 | Hungary | Producer | ||
21 | Kaye Ballard | 93 | US | Actress | ||
22 | James Frawley | 82 | US | Director, Actor | ||
23 | Jonas Mekas | 96 | Lithuania | Documentarian | ||
25 | Dušan Makavejev | 86 | Serbia | Director, Screenwriter | ||
26 | Michel Legrand | 86 | France | Composer | ||
30 | Dick Miller | 90 | US | Actor | ||
February | 1 | Clive Swift | 82 | UK | Actor | |
2 | Catherine Burns | 73 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Julie Adams | 92 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Carmen Duncan | 76 | Australia | Actress | ||
4 | Nita Bieber | 92 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Albert Finney | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Ron W. Miller | 85 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
10 | Carmen Argenziano | 75 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Mario Bernardo | 99 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
10 | Jan-Michael Vincent | 74 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Marisa Solinas | 79 | Italy | Actress, Singer | ||
16 | Bruno Ganz | 77 | Switzerland | Actor | ||
19 | Giulio Brogi | 83 | Italy | Actor | ||
20 | Chelo Alonso | 85 | Cuba | Actress | ||
20 | Claude Goretta | 89 | Switzerland | Director | ||
20 | Vinny Vella | 72 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Stanley Donen | 94 | US | Director, Choreographer | ||
21 | Peter Tork | 77 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
22 | Kodi Ramakrishna | 69 | India | Director | ||
22 | Morgan Woodward | 93 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Katherine Helmond | 89 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Shmuel Wolf | 85 | Israel | Actor | ||
28 | André Previn | 89 | Germany | Composer | ||
March | 2 | Med Hondo | 83 | Mauritania | Director, Actor | |
4 | Luke Perry | 52 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Susan Harrison | 80 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Jacques Loussier | 84 | France | Composer | ||
7 | Pino Caruso | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | William J. Creber | 87 | US | Production Designer | ||
7 | Sidney Sheinberg | 84 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
16 | Richard Erdman | 93 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Barbara Hammer | 79 | US | Director, Documentarian | ||
16 | Tom Hatten | 92 | US | Actor | ||
18 | John Carl Buechler | 66 | US | Director, Makeup Artist | ||
21 | Pyotr Zaychenko | 75 | Russia | Actor | ||
23 | Larry Cohen | 82 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Denise DuBarry | 63 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Nancy Gates | 93 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Michael Lynne | 77 | US | Studio Executive | ||
24 | Joseph Pilato | 70 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Shane Rimmer | 89 | Canada | Actor | ||
29 | Agnès Varda | 90 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
April | 2 | Mahendran | 79 | India | Director, Screenwriter | |
3 | Jerzy Wójcik | 88 | Poland | Cinematographer | ||
4 | Barry Malkin | 80 | US | Film Editor | ||
4 | Roberta Haynes | 91 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Nadja Regin | 87 | Serbia | Actress | ||
7 | Seymour Cassel | 84 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Georgia Engel | 70 | US | Actress | ||
12 | John McEnery | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Gerry Becker | 68 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Norman Garwood | 73 | UK | Production Designer | ||
14 | Bibi Andersson | 83 | Sweden | Actress | ||
16 | Fay McKenzie | 101 | US | Actress | ||
20 | David V. Picker | 87 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
21 | Steve Golin | 64 | US | Producer | ||
21 | Ken Kercheval | 83 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Mark Medoff | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Terry Rawlings | 85 | UK | Film Editor | ||
23 | David Winters | 80 | UK | Actor, Director, Choreographer | ||
24 | Jean-Pierre Marielle | 87 | France | Actor | ||
26 | Jessie Lawrence Ferguson | 76 | US | Actor | ||
28 | John Singleton | 51 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
29 | George Litto | 88 | US | Producer | ||
30 | Anémone | 68 | France | Actress | ||
30 | Peter Mayhew | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Alessandra Panaro | 79 | Italy | Actress | |
2 | Chris Reccardi | 54 | US | Animator | ||
5 | Barbara Perry | 97 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Allene Roberts | 90 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Alvin Sargent | 92 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 74 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Peggy Lipton | 72 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Machiko Kyō | 95 | Japan | Actress | ||
13 | Doris Day | 97 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
14 | Tim Conway | 85 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Rallapalli | 73 | India | Actor | ||
18 | Analía Gadé | 87 | Argentina | Actress | ||
28 | Carmine Caridi | 85 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Peggy Stewart | 95 | US | Actress | ||
June | 2 | Alistair Browning | 65 | New Zealand | Actor | |
7 | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | 83 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Ma Ju-lung | 80 | Taiwan | Actor | ||
9 | William D. Wittliff | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Valeria Valeri | 97 | Italy | Actress | ||
12 | Sylvia Miles | 94 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Edith González | 54 | Mexico | Actress | ||
13 | Sean McCann | 83 | Canada | Actor | ||
15 | Franco Zeffirelli | 96 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Eddie Garcia | 90 | Philippines | Actor | ||
21 | William Simons | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Billy Drago | 73 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Bruno de Keyzer | 69 | France | Cinematographer | ||
25 | Bryan Marshall | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Édith Scob | 81 | France | Actress | ||
26 | Max Wright | 75 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Ben Barenholtz | 83 | Poland | Producer, Executive | ||
27 | Vijaya Nirmala | 73 | India | Director, Actor | ||
28 | Paul Benjamin | 81 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Jeon Mi-seon | 48 | South Korea | Actress | ||
30 | Glyn Houston | 93 | UK | Actor | ||
July | 1 | Ennio Guarnieri | 88 | Italy | Cinematographer | |
1 | Sid Ramin | 100 | US | Composer, Arranger | ||
2 | Pat Crawford Brown | 90 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Arte Johnson | 90 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Eduardo Fajardo | 94 | Spain | Actor | ||
4 | Arturo Fernández | 90 | Spain | Actor | ||
5 | Ugo Gregoretti | 88 | Italy | Director, Actor | ||
5 | Pierre Lhomme | 89 | France | Cinematographer | ||
6 | Cameron Boyce | 20 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Eddie Jones | 84 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Artur Brauner | 100 | Germany | Producer | ||
9 | Freddie Jones | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Rip Torn | 88 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Valentina Cortese | 96 | Italy | Actress | ||
10 | Denise Nickerson | 62 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Richard Carter | 65 | Australia | Actor | ||
13 | Stephen Verona | 78 | Director | Director | ||
18 | David Hedison | 92 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Rutger Hauer | 75 | Netherlands | Actor | ||
19 | Jeremy Kemp | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Ilaria Occhini | 85 | Italy | Actress | ||
25 | Giorgio Arlorio | 90 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Russi Taylor | 75 | US | Voice Actress | ||
27 | Edward Lewis | 99 | US | Producer | ||
28 | George Hilton | 85 | Uruguay | Actor | ||
31 | Raffaele Pisu | 94 | Italy | Actor | ||
31 | Harold Prince | 91 | US | Director, Producer | ||
August | 1 | D. A. Pennebaker | 94 | US | Documentarian | |
1 | Barrington Pheloung | 65 | Australia | Composer | ||
8 | Jean-Pierre Mocky | 86 | France | Director, Actor, Screenwriter | ||
10 | Piero Tosi | 92 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
11 | Gordan Mihić | 80 | Serbia | Screenwriter | ||
16 | Peter Fonda | 79 | US | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
16 | Anna Quayle | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Richard Williams | 86 | Canada | Animator, Director | ||
18 | Encarna Paso | 88 | Spain | Actress | ||
19 | James R. Alexander | 88 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
23 | Carlo Delle Piane | 83 | Italy | Actor | ||
25 | Mona Lisa | 97 | Philippines | Actress | ||
28 | Michel Aumont | 82 | France | Actor | ||
30 | Valerie Harper | 80 | US | Actress | ||
September | 3 | Carol Lynley | 77 | US | Actress | |
7 | Robert Axelrod | 70 | US | Actor | ||
8 | John Wesley | 72 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Mardik Martin | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
15 | David Hurst | 93 | Germany | Actor | ||
15 | Phyllis Newman | 86 | US | Actress | ||
19 | Charles Gérard | 92 | France | Actor | ||
20 | Jan Merlin | 94 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Sid Haig | 80 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Boriss Teterevs | 63 | Latvia | Producer | ||
25 | Venu Madhav | 39 or 50 | India | Actor | ||
27 | Rob Garrison | 59 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Mark Zakharov | 85 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Marshall Efron | 81 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Wayne Fitzgerald | 89 | US | Title Designer | ||
October | 1 | Eric Pleskow | 95 | Austria | Studio Executive | |
2 | Paul LeBlanc | 73 | Canada | Hairstylist | ||
4 | Diahann Carroll | 84 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
4 | Stephen Moore | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
5 | Dolores Dorn | 85 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Vlasta Chramostová | 92 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
6 | Rip Taylor | 84 | US | Actor | ||
9 | John W. Corso | 89 | US | Production Designer | ||
10 | Marie-José Nat | 79 | France | Actress | ||
11 | Robert Forster | 78 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Zev Braun | 90 | US | Producer | ||
17 | Bill Macy | 97 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Victor Mohica | 86 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Raymond Leppard | 92 | UK | Composer | ||
26 | Robert Evans | 89 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
26 | Pascale Roberts | 89 | France | Actress | ||
28 | Annick Alane | 94 | France | Actress | ||
29 | John Witherspoon | 77 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Bernard Slade | 89 | Canada | Screenwriter | ||
31 | Florence Giorgetti | 75 | France | Actress | ||
November | 2 | Marie Laforêt | 80 | France | Actress, Singer | |
2 | Brian Tarantina | 60 | US | Actor | ||
4 | Virginia Leith | 94 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Omero Antonutti | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | Nik Powell | 69 | UK | Producer | ||
8 | Fred Bongusto | 84 | Italy | Composer | ||
10 | Lawrence G. Paull | 81 | US | Production Designer | ||
13 | Arthur Marks | 92 | US | Director | ||
13 | Niall Tóibín | 89 | Ireland | Actor | ||
14 | Branko Lustig | 87 | Croatia | Producer | ||
15 | Jorge Vergara | 64 | Mexico | Producer | ||
16 | Vojtěch Jasný | 93 | Czech Republic | Director | ||
18 | Laure Killing | 60 | France | Actress | ||
20 | Michael J. Pollard | 80 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Joan Staley | 79 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Godfrey Gao | 35 | Taiwan | Actor | ||
28 | Gene Warren Jr. | 78 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
December | 1 | Michael Lai | 73 | Hong Kong | Composer | |
1 | Shelley Morrison | 83 | US | Actress | ||
4 | Leonard Goldberg | 85 | US | Producer | ||
5 | Robert Walker | 79 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Ron Leibman | 82 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Natalie Trundy | 79 | US | Actress | ||
8 | René Auberjonois | 79 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Caroll Spinney | 85 | US | Puppeteer | ||
12 | Danny Aiello | 86 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Gollapudi Maruti Rao | 80 | India | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
14 | John Briley | 94 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Anna Karina | 79 | Denmark | Actress | ||
15 | Nicky Henson | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Peter Larkin | 93 | US | Production Designer | ||
18 | Claudine Auger | 78 | France | Actress | ||
22 | Tony Britton | 95 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | David Foster | 90 | US | Producer | ||
25 | Lee Mendelson | 86 | US | Producer | ||
26 | Jerry Herman | 88 | US | Composer, Lyricist | ||
26 | Sue Lyon | 73 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Jack Sheldon | 88 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
29 | Neil Innes | 75 | UK | Composer, Actor | ||
30 | Jan Fedder | 64 | Germany | Actor | ||
30 | Jack Garfein | 89 | US | Director | ||
30 | Syd Mead | 86 | US | Concept Artist | ||
30 | Elizabeth Sellars | 98 | UK | Actress | ||
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