Well…this has been a year. 2020 was a year of unprecedent events and the year in cinema was no different. Just as other aspects of our society were forced to adapt on the fly, COVID-19 forced theaters to shutter, then re-open barely, and hastened the rise of the streaming era as some the big screen experiences we looked forward to came to our living rooms instead. We too had to adapt and our list of the best of the year was forced to be delayed until February as some key 2020 releases didn’t debut until the first month of 2021. Nevertheless, we remained patient and diligently waded through 61 releases to bring you the levelheaded, in-depth reviews you come to our site for. Without further ado, here is our list for the best films of the 2020 awards season.
- Da 5 Bloods
- Promising Young Woman
- Sound of Metal
- The Invisible Man
- Nomadland
- The Traitor
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Arkansas
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Malcolm & Marie
- One Night in Miami…
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Father
- The Devil All The Time
- Pieces of a Woman
- The Life Ahead
- Minari
- Sylvie’s Love
- The Old Guard
- The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- True History of the Kelly Gang
- Ana
- Uncorked
- The Rental
- The Little Things
- Black Bear
- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Mank
- Tenet
- The Photograph
- Hillbilly Elegy
- How to Build a Girl
- On The Rocks
- Run
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn)
- i’m thinking of ending things
- Sputnik
- I Will Make You Mine
- Miss Juneteenth
- The Assistant
- Farewell Amor
- Relic
- The Wave
- Rebecca
- First Cow
- The High Note
- Babyteeth
- The Painter and the Thief
- Shirley
- The Way Back
- Tesla
- Bill and Ted Face the Music
- Resistance
- Made in Italy
- Speed of Life
- The Audition
- The Truth
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Ammonite
- The Other Lamb
