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.

2020

Vulture: Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2020

08 December 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture plus some runners-up, in no particular order

[see also 20232022202120192018201720162015201420122011]

some runners-up, in no particular order


This list contributes to:

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2020

08 December 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Ann Hornaday: Best Movies of 2020, as published by The Washington Post

[see also 20232022202120192018201720162015]

The year's five best documentaries

HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs: The 17 Best Movies of 2020

07 December 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Matthew Jacobs: The 17 Best Movies of 2020, as published by HuffPost along with "a handful of must-see performances"

[see also 20182017]

Honorable mentions

Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt: The 10 Best Movies of 2020

04 December 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Leah Greenblatt: The 10 Best Movies of 2020, as published by Entertainment Weekly along with nods to a few more "smart, strange, and often entirely unexpected films we were lucky enough to get"

[see also 2022]

New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2020

03 December 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2020, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2023202220212010s201920182017201620152014201320122011]

Other movies I'm grateful for

New York Times: A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2020

03 December 2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2020, as published by The New York Times

[see also 202220212010s201920182017201620152014201320122011]

Empire: The Best Movies of 2020

02 December 2020

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

Empire: The Best Movies of 2020

[see also 20122011]

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2020

02 December 2020

The Nest - Sean Durkin

Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of 2020, as published by Vanity Fair

[see also 2023202220212010s2019201820172016201520142013]

New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2020

02 December 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2020, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2023202220212010s2019201820172016201520122011]


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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2020

02 December 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2020

[see also 2023202220212010s201920182017201620152014201320122011]