Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Collective - Alexander Nanau

Rolling Stone: David Fear The 20 Best Movies of 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

Rolling Stone: K. Austin Collins Top 20 Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

ARTery: Sean Burns The 10 Best Films from 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Little White Lies The 30 Best Films of 2020

Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

ScreenCrush: Matt Singer The Best Movies of 2020

Verge: Joshua Rivera The Best Movies of 2020

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt The Best Films of 2020

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2020

She Dies Tomorrow - Amy Seimetz

Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Boston Globe: Ty Burr Best Movies of 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

A.V. Club: Caroline Siede The Best Films of 2020

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets - Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi The Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Noel Murray The Best Films of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

A.V. Club: Beatrice Loayza The Best Films of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger The Best Films of 2020

Saint Frances - Alex Thompson

A.V. Club: Roxana Hadadi The Best Films of 2020

I Was at Home, But - Angela Schanelec

A.V. Club: Lawrence Garcia The Best Films of 2020

The Twentieth Century - Matthew Rankin

A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco The Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Katie Rife The Best Films of 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman

A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd The Best Films of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Joshua Rothkopf Top 20 Films of 2020

The Painter and the Thief - Benjamin Ree

Vox: Alissa Wilkinson The 25 Best Movies of 2020

Sound of Metal - Darius Marder

Passerby Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker The Best Films of 2020

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