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

AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2020

08 December 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2020, as published by Associated Press

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

  1. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  2. Small Axe
    Steve McQueen
  3. Mank
    David Fincher
  4. Dick Johnson Is Dead
    Kirsten Johnson
  5. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  6. David Byrne's American Utopia
    Spike Lee
  7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    Eliza Hittman
  8. Soul
    Pete Docter
  9. Collective
    Alexander Nanau
  10. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder

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