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

Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2020

20 February 2021

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

Robert Daniels: Top 25 Films of 2020

[see also 2021 • 2019]

  1. David Byrne's American Utopia
    Spike Lee
  2. Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  3. One Night in Miami
    Regina King
  4. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  5. Night of the Kings
    Philippe Lacôte
  6. Martin Eden
    Pietro Marcello
  7. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    Charlie Kaufman
  8. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  9. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
    Steve McQueen
  10. Time
    Garrett Bradley
  11. Babyteeth
    Shannon Murphy
  12. The Platform
    Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
  13. John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
    Matthew Killip
  14. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
  15. I'm Your Woman
    Julia Hart
  16. Small Axe: Mangrove
    Steve McQueen
  17. Song Without a Name
    Melina León
  18. Pillars
    Haley Elizabeth Anderson
  19. The Assistant
    Kitty Green
  20. Rewind
    Sasha Neulinger
  21. The Vast of Night
    Andrew Patterson
  22. Blow the Man Down
    Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy
  23. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    George C. Wolfe
  24. Impetigore
    Joko Anwar
  25. Wolfwalkers
    Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

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