Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by ScreenCrush
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Da 5 Bloods — Spike Lee
- David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
- Soul — Pete Docter
- Sound of Metal — Darius Marder
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- The Invisible Man — Leigh Whannell
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Collective — Alexander Nanau
- Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- 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