Year-End Lists

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]

1. Da 5 Bloods — Spike Lee
2. David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
3. Soul — Pete Docter
4. Sound of Metal — Darius Marder
5. Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
6. The Invisible Man — Leigh Whannell
7. First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
8. Collective — Alexander Nanau
9. Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
10. Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen

Honorable Mentions (In Order of Preference)

• Another Round — Thomas Vinterberg
• Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
• The Trip to Greece — Michael Winterbottom
• The Assistant — Kitty Green
• Crazy World — Nabwana I.G.G.
• Palm Springs — Max Barbakow
• Bad Education — Cory Finley
• Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
• Eurovision — David Dobkin
• The Nest — Sean Durkin