Allison Shoemaker: The Best Films of 2020, as published by The A.V. Club
- Nomadland — Chloé Zhao
- First Cow — Kelly Reichardt
- Dick Johnson Is Dead — Kirsten Johnson
- Time — Garrett Bradley
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always — Eliza Hittman
- She Dies Tomorrow — Amy Seimetz
- Minari — Lee Isaac Chung
- Black Bear — Lawrence Michael Levine
- Beanpole — Kantemir Balagov
- The 40-Year-Old Version — Radha Blank
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets — Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
- The Assistant — Kitty Green
- The Father — Florian Zeller
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things — Charlie Kaufman
- Promising Young Woman — Emerald Fennell