Cannes 2019 Movie Scorecard

Critics Consensus: A gripping story brilliantly filmed and led by a pair of powerhouse performances, The Lighthouse further establishes Robert Eggers as a filmmaker of exceptional talent.

Synopsis: Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes

Directed By: Robert Eggers

Critics Consensus: A singularly rich period piece, Portrait of a Lady on Fire finds stirring, thought-provoking drama within a powerfully acted romance.

Synopsis: In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint her wedding portrait.

Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino

Directed By: Céline Sciamma

Critics Consensus: Brought to life by a breakout performance by Camila Morrone, Mickey and the Bear finds affecting drama at the crossroads of a young woman's coming-of-age journey.

Synopsis: A Montana teenager navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her single, veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Camila Morrone, James Badge Dale, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield

Directed By: Annabelle Attanasio

Critics Consensus: As intimate as it is heartbreakingly resonant, For Sama powerfully distills the difficult choices faced by citizens of war-torn regions.

Synopsis: A young woman is followed through five years during the revolution in Aleppo, Syria - through love, marriage and motherhood.

Starring: Waad Al-Kateab, Sama Al-Kateab, Hamza Al-Kateab

Directed By: Edward Watts, Waad Al-Khateab

Critics Consensus: Filmed with impressive skill and brought to life by unforgettable performances, Beanpole takes a heartbreakingly empathetic look at lives shattered by war.

Synopsis: During World War II in Leningrad, the siege of the city is finally over, but life and death struggles continue in the wreckage that remains.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Timofey Glazkov, Olga Dragunova

Directed By: Kantemir Balagov

Critics Consensus: The Climb uses the complicated bond between two friends to dissect male friendships in engaging -- and frequently funny -- fashion.

Synopsis: Two lifelong pals test the boundaries of their friendship when a woman comes between them.

Starring: Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Talia Balsam

Directed By: Michael Angelo Covino

Critics Consensus: First Love's blend of violence, comedy, and romance might seem disparate -- but for director Takashi Miike, it's just another wildly entertaining entry in a filmography full of them.

Synopsis: One night in Tokyo, a self-confident young boxer and a prostitute get caught up in a drug-smuggling plot involving organized crime, corrupt cops and a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Masataka Kubota, Nao Ômori, Shôta Sometani, Jun Murakami

Directed By: Takashi Miike

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In the late 1980s, a young man who daydreams of action-packed Bollywood heroics finds himself in an orphanage as the Soviets maintain control and the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Anwar Hashimi, Arthur Köstler

Directed By: Shahrbanoo Sadat

Critics Consensus: A fascinating exploration of human connection, Family Romance, LLC sees Werner Herzog following an unconventional path to existentialism.

Synopsis: A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a 12-year-old girl.

Starring: Mahiro Tanimoto, Ishii Yuichi, Miki Fujimaki, Takashi Nakatani

Directed By: Werner Herzog

Critics Consensus: An entrancing blend of the poignant and the absurd, It Must Be Heaven finds writer-director Elia Suleiman returning to action in peak form.

Starring: Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty, Kareem Ghneim, Ali Suliman

Directed By: Elia Suleiman

Critics Consensus: An urgent, brilliantly layered look at timely social themes, Parasite finds writer-director Bong Joon Ho in near-total command of his craft.

Synopsis: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik

Directed By: Bong Joon Ho

Critics Consensus: Thrillingly unrestrained yet solidly crafted, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood tempers Tarantino's provocative impulses with the clarity of a mature filmmaker's vision.

Synopsis: Actor Rick Dalton gained fame and fortune by starring in a 1950s television Western, but is now struggling to find meaningful work in a Hollywood... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell

Directed By: Quentin Tarantino

Critics Consensus: Smart and stylish, The Wild Goose Lake blends B-movie thrills with bold filmmaking choices and thought-provoking social commentary.

Synopsis: A gangster ends up making a mistake that causes every gun on both sides of the law to point at him. While on the run,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fan Liao, Ge Hu, Lun-Mei Gwei, Regina Wan

Directed By: Diao Yinan

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A thief tries to recover a bag of money that he buried before going to jail.

Starring: Younes Bouab, Salah Ben Saleh, Bouchaib Essamak, Mohamed Naimane

Directed By: Alaa Eddine Aljem

Critics Consensus: Give Me Liberty expertly juggles resonant themes and a madcap series of events to produce a chaotic comedy with heart.

Synopsis: When a riot breaks out in Milwaukee, medical transport driver Vic is torn between his promise to get his relatives, a group of elderly Russians,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Chris Galust, Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Daria Ekamasova, Maksim Stoyanov

Directed By: Kirill Mikhanovsky

Critics Consensus: Although Port Authority frustrates with its inaccurate portrayal of the culture it attempts to represent, it remains an absorbing and well-acted drama.

Synopsis: After getting kicked out of his home in central Pennsylvania, Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives to NYC's dizzying central station with nowhere to go. A momentary... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi, Louisa Krause

Directed By: Danielle Lessovitz

Critics Consensus: Formally thrilling and narratively daring, Bacurau draws on modern Brazilian sociopolitical concerns to deliver a hard-hitting, genre-blurring drama.

Synopsis: A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Julia Marie Peterson

Directed By: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles

Critics Consensus: Pain and Glory finds writer-director Pedro Almodóvar drawing on his own life to rewarding effect -- and honoring his craft as only a master filmmaker can.

Synopsis: An aging Spanish film director in the middle of a creative crisis revisits memorable events of his past.

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Penélope Cruz, Leonardo Sbaraglia

Directed By: Pedro Almodóvar

Critics Consensus: It's going to be a long, long time before a rock biopic manages to capture the highs and lows of an artist's life like Rocketman.

Synopsis: Young Reginald Dwight changes his name to Elton John and collaborates with singer-songwriter Bernie Taupin to become one of the most iconic figures in pop... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Gemma Jones

Directed By: Dexter Fletcher

Critics Consensus: An intimate two-hander anchored by a pair of well-matched actors, Bull takes an achingly empathetic look at life on the economic margins.

Synopsis: In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rob Morgan, Yolonda Ross, Amber Havard, Sara Allbright

Directed By: Annie Silverstein

Critics Consensus: An unpredictable supernatural drama rooted in real-world social commentary, Atlantique suggests a thrillingly bright future for debuting filmmaker Mati Diop.

Synopsis: Arranged to marry a rich man, young Ada is crushed when her true love goes missing at sea during a migration attempt -- until a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mama Sané, Amadou Mbow, Ibrahima Traoré, Amina Kane

Directed By: Mati Diop

Critics Consensus: If the strain of its ambitious juggling act sometimes shows, Zombi Child remains an entertainingly audacious experience, enlivened with thought-provoking themes.

Synopsis: In 1962 Haiti, a man is brought back from the dead to work on a sugar cane plantation; many years later, a teen tells her... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Louise Labeque, Wislanda Louimat, Adilé David, Ninon François

Directed By: Bertrand Bonello

Critics Consensus: While admittedly a self-indulgent exercise, Tommaso is powerfully anchored by an outstanding central performance from Willem Dafoe.

Synopsis: A broken man searching for stability finds a new life in Italy with a much younger wife. He struggles to reconcile this new beginning with... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Anna Ferrara, Stella Mastrantonio

Directed By: Abel Ferrara

Critics Consensus: Much like its well-meaning but clueless protagonist, Adam occasionally seems to be in over its head -- but its good intentions make those fumbles easier to forgive.

Synopsis: Awkward teen Adam spends his last high school summer in New York City with his sister, Casey, who throws herself into the city's lesbian and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nicholas Alexander, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Margaret Qualley, Leo Sheng

Directed By: Rhys Ernst

Critics Consensus: It isn't quite as exceptional as the titular evening, but On a Magical Night offers enough Gallic whimsy to satisfy audiences in the mood for some romance.

Synopsis: After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her home, go to the hotel across the street and contemplate her life.

Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin, Benjamin Biolay

Directed By: Christophe Honoré

Critics Consensus: Diego Maradona traces the arc of a standard sports documentary, but illuminates its subject with uncommon clarity and depth.

Starring: Diego Maradona

Directed By: Asif Kapadia

Critics Consensus: The Whistlers finds writer-director Corneliu Porumboiu working in a more crowd-pleasing vein than previous efforts, with thoroughly entertaining results.

Synopsis: A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Antonio Buil

Directed By: Corneliu Porumboiu

Critics Consensus: Vivarium may confound almost as often as it intrigues, but this well-acted sci-fi/horror hybrid has interesting ideas -- and explores them with style.

Starring: Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Eanna Hardwicke, Jonathan Aris

Directed By: Lorcan Finnegan

Critics Consensus: Grim yet compelling, Share avoids rote didacticism thanks to sensitive direction and committed central performances.

Synopsis: A disturbing video of an unconscious 16-year-old Mandy emerges from a night she can't remember. With incredible courage, Mandy maneuvers pain, isolation and loss in... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie

Directed By: Pippa Bianco

Critics Consensus: Led by an outstanding performance from Levan Gelbakhiani, And Then We Danced defeats prejudice with overwhelming compassion.

Synopsis: A male dancer and his partner have been training for years for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another dancer throws... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Giorgi Tsereteli

Directed By: Levan Akin

Critics Consensus: A hauntingly sad story told in dreamlike tones, Song Without a Name further establishes director/co-writer Melina León as a strikingly assured talent.

Synopsis: A woman's newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic.

Starring: Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, Ruth Armas

Directed By: Melina León

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The story of two different couples living in Taliban-occupied Kabul.

Starring: Simon Abkarian, Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Hiam Abbass

Directed By: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec

Critics Consensus: Sorry We Missed You may strike some as tending toward the righteously didactic, but director Ken Loach's passionate approach remains effective.

Starring: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor

Directed By: Ken Loach

Critics Consensus: Ambitious and visually absorbing, A Hidden Life may prove inscrutable to non-devotees -- but for viewers on Malick's wavelength, it should only further confirm his genius.

Synopsis: Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

Starring: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Tobias Moretti

Directed By: Terrence Malick

Critics Consensus: Les Misérables transcends its unwieldy story with compelling ideas and an infectious energy that boils over during a thrilling final act.

Synopsis: Members of a Parisian anti-crime squad become overwhelmed by simmering neighborhood tension and violence.

Starring: Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Issa Perica

Directed By: Ladj Ly

Critics Consensus: Little Joe's unorthodox approach may baffle horror fans lured in by its premise -- but like its title character, the end result exerts a creepy thrall.

Synopsis: A plant created via genetic engineering appears to produce curious changes in the people and animals it comes into contact with.

Starring: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kit Connor, Kerry Fox

Directed By: Jessica Hausner

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: An unemployed academic is forced to change her way of thinking when her father falls in love.

Starring: Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Patrick Hivon, Evelyne Brochu, Micheline Bernard

Directed By: Monia Chokri

Critics Consensus: While it doesn't probe particularly far below the surface of its central character, The Traitor tells its fact-based story with enough energy to entertain.

Synopsis: Tommaso Buscetta becomes the first Mafia informant in the 1980s Sicily.

Starring: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Luigi Lo Cascio

Directed By: Marco Bellocchio

Critics Consensus: Stylish but hollow, Lux Æterna represents a frustrating regression for writer-director Gaspar Noé.

Synopsis: Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg are on a film set telling stories about witches. Technical problems and psychotic outbreaks gradually plunge the shoot into chaos. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Béatrice Dalle, Clara Deshayes, Abbey Lee

Directed By: Gaspar Noé

Critics Consensus: Young Ahmed doesn't represent the Dardennes brothers' most developed work, but solid acting and a socially conscious story help compensate for its flaws.

Synopsis: A Belgian teen, embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran, hatches a plot to kill his teacher.

Starring: Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akeddiou, Victoria Bluck

Directed By: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Critics Consensus: Wounds isn't without its creepy-crawly charms, but they -- and the efforts of a talented cast -- get squished by a story that never quite gets completely under the skin.

Synopsis: Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he brings home a cellphone that was left at his bar.

Starring: Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Karl Glusman

Directed By: Babak Anvari

Critics Consensus: The Dead Don't Die dabbles with tones and themes to varying degrees of success, but sharp wit and a strong cast make this a zom-com with enough brains to consume.

Synopsis: In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny

Directed By: Jim Jarmusch

Critics Consensus: Flawed yet well-acted, Frankie finds director/co-writer Ira Sachs getting snagged in his story's thorny relationships -- and often freed by his stellar cast.

Synopsis: A family confronts a life-altering crisis while vacationing in Portugal.

Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier

Directed By: Ira Sachs

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Christmas night in Roubaix. Police chief Daoud roams the city. Burn out cars, violent altercations... In the face of poverty, deception and distress, Daoud knows... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Léa Seydoux

Directed By: Arnaud Desplechin

Critics Consensus: Joan of Arc (Jeanne) definitely offers a different take on this oft-told tale, although it isn't always able to deliver absorbing drama.

Synopsis: In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Annick Lavieville, Justine Herbez, Benoît Robail

Directed By: Bruno Dumont

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas, feeling like an... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier, Nora Hamzawi, Léonie Simaga

Directed By: Nicolas Pariser

Critics Consensus: Intriguing yet uneven, Sibyl is just about held together by its leads, but too often pits great performances against frustrating filmmaking.

Synopsis: A psychotherapist pursues her first passion and becomes a writer.

Starring: Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Hüller

Directed By: Justine Triet

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A young man travels to Sarajevo with two friends when he becomes suspicious that he may be the reincarnation of a Bosnian soldier who died... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adèle Haenel, Jonathan Couzinié, Antonia Buresi, Hasija Boric

Directed By: Aude Léa Rapin

Critics Consensus: Joyless and distastefully photographed, Abdellatif Kechiche's second chapter in his romantic epic is too enamored with derrière to offer audiences a reason to care.

Synopsis: A teenager returns to his hometown during summer break to find love.

Starring: Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou Luttiau

Directed By: Abdel Kechiche