Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2020 Movies

Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: The Best Films of 2020

15 December 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

David Rooney: The Best Films of 2020, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2019]

  1. David Byrne's American Utopia
    Spike Lee
  2. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    Eliza Hittman
  4. Ammonite
    Francis Lee
  5. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
  6. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  7. Promising Young Woman
    Emerald Fennell
  8. Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  9. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
    Steve McQueen
  10. Bacurau
    Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

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