Rotten Tomatoes ranks 2019 as the best movie year ever with 11 films, but not everyone agrees with their methodology. The list includes hits like Parasite and Avengers: Endgame, showing a mix of genres and commercial successes. While 2019 had great films, longevity and cultural impact are factors that should be given more weight in determining the best year in movie history.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' publication of its definitive ranking of the 300 "best movies of all time" has thrown up some surprising results, including the revelation that according to this particular metric 2019 is the best year in movie history. While the list was intended to focus on the movies themselves, instead of anything more wide-ranging like years or genres, it's still possible to extrapolate some interesting conclusions from the compilation. However, while it's hard to argue that 2019 wasn't an impressive year, there is more to the debate than these results suggest.

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