Best-Reviewed Foreign-Language Movies 2019
Considering it nabbed the Golden Tomato Award for Best Limited Release, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite also tops our list of the best-reviewed foreign-language films. It faced some stunning competition from the likes of Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, which featured a career-best performance from Antonio Banderas, and new films from acclaimed directors Jia Zhangke (Ash Is Purest White) and Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra (Birds of Passage), but it was Bong’s superbly crafted commentary on class and economic mobility that wowed almost everyone. (Note, Portrait of a Lady On Fire, which opens in the U.S. in 2020, was not eligible.)
The order of the rank below reflects the Adjusted Score as of December 31, 2019. Scores might change over time.
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