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It’s the first foreign language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. When the poverty-stricken Kim family has a chance to lie their way to employment with the wealthy Park family, they bend over backwards to achieve a better life. But as the Kim family gets a taste of the good life, they’re more willing to push boundaries to get even more. This brilliant film from Bong Joon Ho is funny, powerful, and meticulously crafted. Just when you think you know where the story is going, you’re in for a surprise.

A woman in her sixties (Frances McDormand) embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

The film won three Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director (Chloé Zhao), and Best Actress (McDormand).

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent’s worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter’s life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Ace director Denis Villeneuve does a fantastic job with this emotionally tense story. The cast is top-notch, including Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, and a haunting Paul Dano.

In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

It ain’t easy bein’ green — especially if you’re a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot — a wisecracking donkey.

Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship. Directed by Bing Liu, the film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.

Telemarketer Cassius Green (LaKeith Stanfield) lives in an alternate present-day version of Oakland. He discovers a magical key to professional success which quickly propels him into a macabre universe.

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman. This film scored a staggering 95 on Metacritic, making it the second-highest rated film of 2019, behind only Parasite (above).

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.