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These were our favourite films of 2019 - what were yours?

We want to know.

IT’S A TOUGH job trying to choose the best films of 2019. For starters, it felt like a really bumper year on screen – every month brought another bunch of excellent films.

Irish films terrified us (Hole in the Ground), scared us while making us snort through our nose (Extra Ordinary) and made us weep, and believe in platonic love (Papi Chulo).

internationally, we loved the Wicker Man-style Scandi horror Midsommar; the wickedly smart female-led comedy Booksmart; and the nail-biting Avengers:Endgame.

Hearts were broken by Souvenir and Marriage Story, bums were numbed by the 3.5 hour-long epic The Irishman.We met men searching for their dads in space (Ad Astra), men searching for reason among the madness (Joker), and women searching for the best way to get one over the men who’d wronged them (Hustlers).

Here are our favourite films from the past year – but what were yours? 

Sean Murray

  • Midsommar

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Aoife Barry

  • Souvenir, Marriage Story, Booksmart

Paula Lyne

  • Booksmart

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Adrian Vacouret

  • Parasite (this is out in Ireland in January)

Hannah Popham

  • Eighth Grade

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Nicky Ryan

  • The Favourite

Mark O’Beirne

  • Top films of the year for me: On The Basis of Sex, Shazam!, Eighth Grade, Booksmart, Ford v Ferrari, Knives Out. (Haven’t seen Frozen 2 or Star Wars yet.)

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Alice Campion

  • Always Be My Maybe

Tell us your picks in the comments… 

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    Mute Michael Donnelly
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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:01 PM

    I honestly haven’t heard about any of the movies mentioned in the above article, let alone saw any of them.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:43 PM

    @Michael Donnelly: Cheers Mars.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 10:01 PM

    @Michael Donnelly: same me…probably we are in a different world

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    Dec 29th 2019, 1:19 AM

    @Michael Donnelly: Joker, Hustlers or The Irishman? Really? I would have thought they were pretty mainstream

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    Mute Chaos Ape
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    Dec 29th 2019, 1:33 AM

    @Michael Donnelly: me neither, not one of them. Not surprising tho, i haven’t been to the cinema in a few years as most of it is written in a boardroom for an existing audience. Film makers are no longer risk takers.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:14 PM

    Midsommar was terrible.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:22 PM

    @MitchConnor: midsommar was absolutely atrocious

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:43 PM

    @MitchConnor: Midsommar was brilliant.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:25 PM

    Unfortunately they don’t make good moves anymore

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:29 PM

    @Tony O Neill: wow I bet you’re absolutely gas craic at a party. You provably think there is no good music made anymore as well don’t you

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:29 PM

    @Tony O Neill: ok boomer

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:03 PM

    @Cathal: yep, it’s all shiiiite since Roy Orbison died.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:28 PM

    Joker surely

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:45 PM

    @Kieran Stafford: Definitely the most re watchable film of the year.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:58 PM

    Has to b bohemian rhapsody

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    Dec 29th 2019, 10:29 AM

    @Michael Holland: that came out in 2018

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:10 PM

    Once upon a time in Hollywood

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:14 PM

    @The only INFP in Ireland: absolute tripe

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:24 PM

    @The only INFP in Ireland: That was abs garbage

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:40 PM

    @Dougal67: Each to their own..

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:03 PM

    Donald Trump

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:24 PM

    Midsommar was immense, probably my film of the year, not for the Marvel / DC crowd though, no explosions.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:02 PM

    Really recommend ‘Laundromat’ on Netflix with Streep, Oldman and Bandares. So enjoyable.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:49 PM

    Booksmart was excellent.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 7:50 PM

    “Us” was a good movie. A bit of a change from the normal Hollywood tripe.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:39 PM

    The Irishman

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:16 PM

    “The Peanut Butter Falcon” went way under the radar. My favourite of 2019. In a year that was just reboots and sequels, it was something at least mildly original.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 8:23 PM

    The Irishman hands down, good mentions for Avengers end game….John wick 3…Zombieland 2….Downton abbey…

    Joker one of the worst!! Bore fest from start to finish,how it gets 8.7 on IMDB I have no idea?

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    Dec 29th 2019, 1:14 AM

    The Irishman. Perfect. Watched it. Then watched it again straight away.

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    Dec 29th 2019, 12:31 AM

    No shout for little women, saw it today and it’s brilliant!!

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:54 PM

    Avenger’s Endgame, Knives Out and Joker for me.

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    Dec 28th 2019, 9:48 PM

    Irishman is very good, but a little gem can be found in Earthquake Bird. Check it out.

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    Dec 29th 2019, 1:28 PM

    what about Ad Astra? only joking that was the worst movie ive ever seen in my life.

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    Dec 29th 2019, 7:52 AM

    Dear God.the hole in the ground was one of the worst horror movies ive ever seen.scary me arse.
    Joker, dolemite is my name and knives out.

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