Empire: The Best Movies of 2020
- Parasite — Bong Joon-ho
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire — Céline Sciamma
- Uncut Gems — Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
- Rocks — Sarah Gavron
- Saint Maud — Rose Glass
- The Invisible Man — Leigh Whannell
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- The Lighthouse — Robert Eggers
- Mank — David Fincher
- Jojo Rabbit — Taika Waititi
- Small Axe: Mangrove — Steve McQueen
- Queen & Slim — Melina Matsoukas
- 1917 — Sam Mendes
- Hamilton — Thomas Kail
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things — Charlie Kaufman
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — Marielle Heller
- Tenet — Christopher Nolan
- Onward — Dan Scanlon
- Da 5 Bloods — Spike Lee
- Host — Rob Savage