Year-End Lists

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films of 2020

1. Nomadland
   Chloé Zhao
2. First Cow
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
   Eliza Hittman
4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
   Charlie Kaufman
5. David Byrne's American Utopia
   Spike Lee
6. Sound of Metal
   Darius Marder
7. Da 5 Bloods
   Spike Lee
8. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
   Steve McQueen
9. Dick Johnson Is Dead
   Kirsten Johnson
10. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
11. Possessor
    Brandon Cronenberg
12. Tenet
    Christopher Nolan
13. The Nest
    Sean Durkin
14. The Invisible Man
    Leigh Whannell
15. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
16. The Assistant
    Kitty Green
17. Beanpole
    Kantemir Balagov
18. Soul
    Pete Docter
19. Shirley
    Josephine Decker
20. Palm Springs
    Max Barbakow
21. Bacurau
    Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
22. Babyteeth
    Shannon Murphy
23. Ema
    Pablo Larraín
24. Boys State
    Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
25. Mank
    David Fincher