Sydney Film Festival 2019
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1. I Am Mother (2019)
TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the wake of humanity's extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Director: Grant Sputore | Stars: Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, Maddie Lenton, Hazel Sandery
Votes: 99,394
2. Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma. He then resurrects his charismatic childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.
Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer | Stars: Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane, Mary Stuart Masterson
Votes: 10,204
3. Judy & Punch (2019)
105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Seaside (nowhere near the sea), puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show in an an anarchic town on the brink of mob rule.
Director: Mirrah Foulkes | Stars: Daisy Axon, Don Bridges, Michael Papas, Joshua Gerosa
Votes: 3,026
4. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,672 | Gross: $0.39M
5. High Life (2018)
R | 113 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André 3000, Mia Goth
Votes: 41,056 | Gross: $1.23M
6. Her Smell (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn
Votes: 8,199 | Gross: $0.26M
7. The Dead Don't Die (2019)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits
Votes: 85,492 | Gross: $6.56M
8. The Golem (1920)
Unrated | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Directors: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese | Stars: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonova
Votes: 8,544
9. The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meaning of music in our lives.
Directors: Julia Parnell, Rob Curry | Stars: Martin Phillipps, Margaret Fraser, Neil Finn, Hamish Kilgour
Votes: 95
10. Come to Daddy (2019)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.
Director: Ant Timpson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Garfield Wilson, Madeleine Sami
Votes: 20,432
11. Never Look Away (2018)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl
Votes: 25,367 | Gross: $1.30M
12. Standing Up for Sunny (2019)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand up comedy.
Director: Steven Vidler | Stars: Radha Mitchell, RJ Mitte, Sam Reid, Matt Nable
Votes: 629
13. Here Comes Hell (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Horror
A 1930's dinner party descends into carnage, gore and demonic possession in Here Comes Hell, a genre-clashing horror comedy.
Director: Jack McHenry | Stars: Tom Bailey, Maureen Bennett, Alfred Bradley, Jasper Britton
Votes: 987
14. Why Don't You Just Die! (2018)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge..
Director: Kirill Sokolov | Stars: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor
Votes: 5,302
15. Depraved (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A disillusioned field surgeon suffering from PTSD makes a man out of body parts and brings him to life in a Brooklyn loft.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux, Ana Cruz Kayne
Votes: 1,958
16. Monos (2019)
R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
On a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
Director: Alejandro Landes | Stars: Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón
Votes: 18,929
17. Blinded by the Light (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett
Votes: 27,330 | Gross: $11.90M
18. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 960,561 | Gross: $53.37M
19. Hail Satan? (2019)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.
Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Jex Blackmore, Chalice Blythe, Nicholas Crowe, Sal De Ciccio
Votes: 7,816 | Gross: $0.42M
20. School's Out (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their teacher commits suicide.
Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Luàna Bajrami, Victor Bonnel
Votes: 3,118
21. Booksmart (2019)
R | 102 min | Comedy
On the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
Director: Olivia Wilde | Stars: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis
Votes: 131,209 | Gross: $22.68M
22. The Souvenir (2019)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Frankie Wilson
Votes: 14,497 | Gross: $1.04M
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