Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Movies
First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

David Sims: Atlantic The 10 Best Films of 2020

Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times The Best Movies of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Ed Gonzalez: Slant Best Films of 2020

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

Slant The Best Films of 2020

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Economist The Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Sight & Sound The Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Lindsey Bahr: AP Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jake Coyle: AP Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Owen Gleiberman: Variety Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Peter Debruge: Variety Best Movies of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Angelica Jade Bastién: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Bilge Ebiri: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Alison Willmore: New York The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Ann Hornaday: Washington Post Best Movies of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Leah Greenblatt: Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Manohla Dargis: New York Times Best Movies of 2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

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

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

Empire The Best Movies of 2020

The Nest - Sean Durkin

Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

Richard Brody: New Yorker The Best Movies of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Cahiers du Cinéma Top 10 Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Eric Kohn: IndieWire The Best Movies of 2020