Susannah Gruder: Best Films of 2020, as published by Screen Slate along with a list of best first-time views
[see also 2010s]
- Epicentro — Hubert Sauper
- Small Axe: Lovers Rock — Steve McQueen
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always — Eliza Hittman
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets — Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
- Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
- A Night at the Opera — Sergei Loznitsa
- The Calming — Song Fang
- Acasa, My Home — Radu Ciorniciuc
- Kajillionaire — Miranda July
- Time — Garrett Bradley