The Playlist: The 25 Best Films of 2020
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always — Eliza Hittman
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things — Charlie Kaufman
- David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
- Sound of Metal — Darius Marder
- Da 5 Bloods — Spike Lee
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
- Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
- Possessor — Brandon Cronenberg
- Tenet — Christopher Nolan
- The Nest — Sean Durkin
- The Invisible Man — Leigh Whannell
- Martin Eden — Pietro Marcello
- The Assistant — Kitty Green
- Beanpole — Kantemir Balagov
- Soul — Pete Docter
- Shirley — Josephine Decker
- Palm Springs — Max Barbakow
- Bacurau — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
- Babyteeth — Shannon Murphy
- Ema — Pablo Larraín
- Boys State — Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
- Mank — David Fincher