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2020 Movies

World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 15 Best Movies of 2020

31 December 2020

Jordan Ruimy: The 15 Best Movies of 2020, as published by World of Reel

[see also 2010s • 2019]

  1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    Eliza Hittman
  2. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
    Steve McQueen
  3. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
    Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
  4. Da 5 Bloods
    Spike Lee
  5. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  6. The Invisible Man
    Leigh Whannell
  7. Bad Education
    Cory Finley
  8. Young Ahmed
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  9. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
  10. The Assistant
    Kitty Green
  11. Promising Young Woman
    Emerald Fennell
  12. Bacurau
    Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
  13. Pieces of a Woman
    Kornél Mundruczó
  14. David Byrne's American Utopia
    Spike Lee
  15. Palm Springs
    Max Barbakow

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