Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2020 Movies

Caitlin Quinlan: Best Films of 2020

27 December 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Caitlin Quinlan: Best Films of 2020, as posted to Letterboxd

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018]

  1. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  2. The Woman Who Ran
    Hong Sang-soo
  3. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
  4. Time
    Garrett Bradley
  5. Ema
    Pablo Larraín
  6. Limbo
    Ben Sharrock
  7. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
    Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
  8. The Viewing Booth
    Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
  9. Identifying Features
    Fernanda Valadez
  10. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
    Steve McQueen
  11. Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  12. Clemency
    Chinonye Chukwu
  13. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    Eliza Hittman
  14. His House
    Remi Weekes
  15. Shirley
    Josephine Decker
  16. Kajillionaire
    Miranda July
  17. Victoria
    Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere
  18. Gold for Dogs
    Anna Cazenave Cambet

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