Year-End Lists

Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2020, as published by RogerEbert.com

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1. Nomadland
   Chloé Zhao
2. Da 5 Bloods
   Spike Lee
3. Small Axe: Lovers Rock
   Steve McQueen
4. Beanpole
   Kantemir Balagov
5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
   Eliza Hittman
6. David Byrne's American Utopia
   Spike Lee
7. The Nest
   Sean Durkin
8. She Dies Tomorrow
   Amy Seimetz
9. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
   Charlie Kaufman
10. Time
    Garrett Bradley

Runners-up

• The Assistant
  Kitty Green
• Babyteeth
  Shannon Murphy
• Bacurau
  Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
• First Cow
  Kelly Reichardt
• His House
  Remi Weekes
• The Invisible Man
  Leigh Whannell
• Saint Frances
  Alex Thompson
• Small Axe: Mangrove
  Steve McQueen
• Sound of Metal
  Darius Marder
• Wolfwalkers
  Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart

This list contributes to:

• The Ten Best Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com