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2020
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First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Top Ten Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico

Sound of Metal - Darius Marder

Best Films of 2020 Spectrum Culture

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Movies of 2020 The Ringer

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Top 20 Films of 2020 Screen Slate

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Ten Best Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

The Best Movies of 2020 Esquire: Nick Schager

The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Emmanuel Mouret

Top 7 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Emmanuel Mouret

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel

Adam - Maryam Touzani

Top 10 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Top 20 Films of 2020 Les Inrocks

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Top 10 Movies of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Beanpole - Kantemir Balagov

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

The Best Films of 2020 Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney

On the Record - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

The Best Films of 2020 Harper’s Bazaar: Candice Frederick

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire Poll

The Best Movies of 2020 Slate: Dana Stevens

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

The Best Movies of 2020 Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein

Driveways - Andrew Ahn

The Best 10 Movies of 2020 Mercury News: Randy Myers

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

The Best Documentaries of 2020 IndieWire

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Films of 2020 Atlantic: David Sims

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