Dana Stevens: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by Slate
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- The Assistant — Kitty Green
- Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
- Beanpole — Kantemir Balagov
- Collective — Alexander Nanau
- Da 5 Bloods — Spike Lee
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Let Them All Talk — Steve Soderbergh
- Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- Saint Maud — Rose Glass
- City Hall — Frederick Wiseman
- Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
- Fourteen — Dan Sallitt
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- Time — Garrett Bradley