Year-End Lists

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2020
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The Best Movies of 2020 Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Best Films of 2020 Slant: Ed Gonzalez

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

The Best Films of 2020 Slant

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Films of 2020 Economist

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound Poll

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

Best Films of 2020 AP: Lindsey Bahr

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Best Films of 2020 AP: Jake Coyle

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

Best Movies of 2020 Variety: Owen Gleiberman

A Sun - Chung Mong-hong

Best Movies of 2020 Variety: Peter Debruge

The Best Movies of 2020 Uproxx

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Bilge Ebiri

Bacurau - Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

The Best Movies of 2020 Vulture: Alison Willmore

Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Best Movies of 2020 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 17 Best Movies of 2020 HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Entertainment Weekly: Leah Greenblatt

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Best Movies of 2020 New York Times: Manohla Dargis

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Jason Woliner

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

Parasite - Bong Joon-ho

The Best Movies of 2020 Empire

The Nest - Sean Durkin

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

The Best Movies of 2020 New Yorker: Richard Brody

City Hall - Frederick Wiseman

Top 10 Films of 2020 Cahiers du Cinéma

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire: Eric Kohn

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Movies of 2020 Time: Stephanie Zacharek

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