Ela Bittencourt: The Best Films of 2020, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll, "some films that made this year less sufferable and more humane"
- This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection — Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Days — Tsai Ming-liang
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets — Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
- The Calming — Song Fang
- letter to a friend — Emily Jacir
- Sertânia — Geraldo Sarno
- The Year of the Discovery — Luis López Carrasco
- Never Gonna Snow Again — Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
- Shiva Baby — Emma Seligman