2020 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out with myself and the Skandies crew again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released in 2020, and the last two columns for films seen in 2020.
Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2019 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2020.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2020
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2020 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2020 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
B+/A- Near Great
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*First Cow
(Reichardt) 78 |
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B+ Must See
| A White, White Day
(Pálmason) 76 |
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B/B+ Warmly Recommended
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Red, White and Blue
(McQueen) 71 |
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B Recommended
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Dick Johnson Is Dead
(Johnson) 67 |
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The Old Guard
(Prince-Bythewood) 65 |
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*76 Days
(Wu, Chen, Anonymous) 64 |
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*Save Yourselves!
(Fischer, Wilson) 64 |
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David Byrne's American Utopia
(Lee) 64 |
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B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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The Vast of Night
(Patterson) 63 |
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The Invisible Man
(Whannell) 62 |
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| Bad Education
(Finley) 62 |
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| The Burnt Orange Heresy
(Capotondi) 61 |
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What the Constitution Means to Me
(Heller) 60 |
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*On the Record
(Dick, Ziering) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
| Vitalina Varela
(Costa) 59 |
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On the Rocks
(Coppola) 59 |
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Another Round
(Vinterberg) 59 |
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
(Kaufman) 58 |
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| The Whistlers
(Porumboiu) 58 |
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*Corpus Christi
(Komasa) 58 |
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*Fireball: Vistors From Darker Worlds
(Herzog, Oppenheimer) 57 |
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| Bacurau
(Mendonça Filho, Dornelles) 57 |
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Palm Springs
(Barbakow) 56 |
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Color out of Space
(Stanley) 56 |
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| To the Ends of the Earth
(Kurosawa) 56 |
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Disappearance at Clifton Hill
(Shin) 55 |
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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno {2017}
(Kechiche) 55 |
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*Ghost Town Anthology
(Côté) 55 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
| The Traitor
(Bellocchio) 54 |
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Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
(various) 54 |
| Sorry We Missed You
(Loach) 54 |
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*Let Them All Talk a.k.a. The Fall of
2019 (Soderbergh) 53 |
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
(Herzog) 53 |
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Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
(Rosses) 53 |
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| I Wish I Knew {2010}
(Jia) 52 |
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Beastie Boys Story
(Jonze) 51 |
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*Troop Zero
(Bert, Bertie) 51 |
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A Voluntary Year
(Köhler, Winckler) 51 |
C+ Take It or Leave It
| Martin Eden
(Marcello) 50 |
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*The Last Vermeer
(D. Friedkin) 49 |
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The Salt of Tears
(Garrel) 49 |
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*The Painter and the Thief
(Ree) 48 |
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*My Psychedelic Love Story
(Morris) 47 |
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| A Girl Missing
(Fukada) 47 |
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| Synchronic
(Benson, Moorhead) 47 |
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→ The Woman Who Ran
(Hong) 46 |
C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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Family Romance, LLC.
(Herzog) 45 |
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*The Last Full Measure
(Robinson) 45 |
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→ Oh Mercy
(Desplechin) 44 |
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The Devil All the Time
(Campos) 44 |
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always
(Hittman) 44 |
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*Olympic Dreams
(Teicher) 43 |
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*I Carry You With Me
(Ewing) 43 |
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Alex Wheatle
(McQueen) 42 |
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C Pass
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*A Rainy Day in New York
(Allen) 41 |
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*The War With Grandpa
(Hill) 40 |
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| I Was at Home, but...
(Schanelec) 40 |
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*Young Ahmed
(Dardennes) 39 |
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| The Wild Goose Lake
(Diao) 38 |
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*Love and Monsters (Matthews)
37 |
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C- Ugh
| The Personal History of David
Copperfield (Iannucci) 35 |
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D+ Double-Ugh
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*The Last Thing He Wanted
(Rees) 22 |
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Viena and The Fantomes
(Naranjo) 21 |
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D Bomb
F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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*Boys State
(Moss, McBaine) |
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The Cloud in Her Room
(Zheng) |
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Happy Times Will Come Soon {2016}
(Comodin) |
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House of Hummingbird
(Kim) |
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Marona's Fantastic Tale
(Damian) |
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The Metamorphosis of Birds
(Vasconcelos) |
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MS Slavic 7
(Bohdanowicz) |
| Ordinary Love (D'Sa,
Leyburn) |
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The Painted Bird
(Marhoul) |
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She Dies Tomorrow
(Seimetz) |
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The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
(Singh) |
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*Until the Birds Return {2017}
(Moussaoui) |
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Welcome to Chechnya
(France) |
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Window Boy Would Also Like to Have
a Submarine (Piperno) |
Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
