Here are the movies people were most interested in this year, according to Google – Business Insider

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Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King, and Joker were some of the highest-grossing movies of the year. They were also among the films people searched for the most in 2019.

Google released its annual Year in Search list, which reveals the top trending searches in the United States. These arent the most-searched for films. Rather, theyre the searches that saw a spike in Google traffic over a period of time in 2019.

Insider counts down the top 10 movies people were interested in this year along with the top comedies, thrillers, and romantic movies. After Disneys record-breaking box-office year, its little surprise that many of the inclusions are from the Mouse House. Some scary films make the list, too.

The summer film was co-written and produced by horror master Guillermo del Toro. Its based on the childrens horror book series of the same name.

Ari Asters horror film was widely buzzed about for some of its graphic and truly unexpected moments. It follows a couple who go away with some friends to a seemingly-harmless Swedish festival, but then they wind up at a cult and everything starts getting bizarre from there.

Some were calling it one of the most disturbing films they ever saw, which probably intrigued people to Google exactly what the film was about. People were also excited the film was called a companion to Asters previous release, Hereditary.

You can read our review here.

Quentin Tarantino has said hes only going to make 10 films. The film about the Manson murders is his ninth. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt gave us some of their best performances in years.

You can read Business Insiders review here.

Disneys sequel to the highest-grossing animated movie of all time gave us stunning visuals, a salamander character to fall in love with, and two more addictive songs that kids and adults alike will be singing and humming for months to come.

You can read Business Insiders review here.

Pennywise the Clown returned to terrify Derry, Maine, once more in the conclusion to the 2017 hit horror film based on the Stephen King novel. This time, the Losers Club was all grown up.

You can read our review here.

Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Jungle Book) used a mix of virtual reality, CGI, and photoreal imagery to bring his Lion King remake to life. The results looked real enough to look like live-action at points. But most agreed that in making the film look too lifelike that the classic lost some of its heart.

You can read our review here.

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen returned to reprise their role in the Pixar sequel, which introduced fans to the irresistible spork, Forky, and Keanu Reeves Canadian toy Duke Caboom.

You can read our review here.

Joaquin Phoenix gave a terrifying, Oscar-worthy performance as the latest incarnation of Batmans infamous foe. Worry over the films violence led to heightened security at many theaters opening weekend.

Fans embraced the dark origin story, with it making more than $1 billion worldwide. It became the first R-rated film to do so. Expect to see more R-rated superhero movies moving forward.

You can read our review here.

Captain Marvel surprised analysts when it wound up crossing $1 billion at the box office, showing that people want to see female superheroes lead their own films. Next year will bring a Black Widow movie and Wonder Woman sequel.

Captain Marvel became the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2019.

You can read our review here.

The culmination of the first decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, surpassed Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time with more than $2 billion at the box office worldwide.

You can read our review of Avengers: Endgame here.

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