Year-End Lists

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

2020
First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Atlantic: David Sims The 10 Best Films of 2020

Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang The Best Movies of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Slant: Ed Gonzalez Best Films of 2020

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

Slant The Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Economist The Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Sight & Sound Poll The Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

AP: Lindsey Bahr Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

AP: Jake Coyle Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Variety: Owen Gleiberman Best Movies of 2020

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Variety: Peter Debruge Best Movies of 2020

Uproxx The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién The Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2020

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Vulture: Alison Willmore The Best Movies of 2020

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday Best Movies of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs The 17 Best Movies of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

New York Times: Manohla Dargis Best Movies of 2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

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

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

Empire The Best Movies of 2020

The Nest - Sean Durkin

Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson The 10 Best Movies of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

New Yorker: Richard Brody The Best Movies of 2020

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Cahiers du Cinéma Top 10 Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

IndieWire: Eric Kohn The Best Movies of 2020