Eric Kohn: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by IndieWire
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012]
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- Collective — Alexander Nanau
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always — Eliza Hittman
- Time — Garrett Bradley
- The Climb — Michael Angelo Covino
- The Mole Agent — Maite Alberdi
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm — Jason Woliner
- Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets — Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
- The Assistant — Kitty Green
- Sound of Metal — Darius Marder
- Soul — Pete Docter
- Mank — David Fincher
- Mayor — David Osit
- Small Axe: Mangrove — Steve McQueen
- The Vast of Night — Andrew Patterson
- Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
- She Dies Tomorrow — Amy Seimetz