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

Hyperallergic: Favorite Movies of 2020

30 December 2020

Time - Garrett Bradley

Hyperallergic: Favorite Movies of 2020

[see also 2021 • 2010s • 2019]

  1. Time
    Garrett Bradley
  2. Bacurau
    Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
  3. Small Axe
    Steve McQueen
  4. Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Kirsten Johnson
  5. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  6. Vitalina Varela
    Pedro Costa
  7. I May Destroy You
    Michaela Coel & Sam Miller
  8. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
    Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
  9. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    Eliza Hittman
  10. Shirley
    Josephine Decker
  11. małni—towards the ocean, towards the shore
    Sky Hopinka
  12. Through the Night
    Loira Limbal
  13. Lingua Franca
    Isabel Sandoval
  14. David Byrne's American Utopia
    Spike Lee
  15. City Hall
    Frederick Wiseman

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