Year-End Lists

The A.V. Club: Best Films of 2020, assembled from the ballots of a dozen contributors

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1. First Cow
   Kelly Reichardt
2. Nomadland
   Chloé Zhao
3. The Assistant
   Kitty Green
4. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
   Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
5. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
   Steve McQueen
6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
   Eliza Hittman
7. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
   Charlie Kaufman
8. The Grand Bizarre
   Jodie Mack
9. Dick Johnson Is Dead
   Kirsten Johnson
10. Time
    Garrett Bradley
11. Fourteen
    Dan Sallitt
12. A White, White Day
    Hlynur Pálmason
13. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
14. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
15. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
16. The Vast of Night
    Andrew Patterson
17. Da 5 Bloods
    Spike Lee
18. Mank
    David Fincher
19. Vitalina Varela
    Pedro Costa
20. The 40-Year-Old Version
    Radha Blank
21. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
22. The Climb
    Michael Angelo Covino
23. The Nest
    Sean Durkin
24. The Invisible Man
    Leigh Whannell
25. Shirley
    Josephine Decker

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• The Best Films of 2020 A.A. Dowd
• The Best Films of 2020 Allison Shoemaker · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Caroline Siede · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Charles Bramesco
• The Best Films of 2020 Jesse Hassenger · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Katie Rife · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Lawrence Garcia · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 Noel Murray
• The Best Films of 2020 Roxana Hadadi · A.V. Club
• The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club