Year-End Lists

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

Movies
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

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

The Best Documentaries of 2020 IndieWire

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

The 10 Best Films of 2020 Atlantic: David Sims

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

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman

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