Year-End Lists

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

2020
Small Axe - Steve McQueen

Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2020

Da 5 Bloods - Spike Lee

ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2020

Verge: Joshua Rivera: The Best Movies of 2020

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Sight & Sound Poll: Ela Bittencourt: The Best Films of 2020

Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2020

She Dies Tomorrow - Amy Seimetz

Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles: Best Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Best Movies of 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

A.V. Club: Caroline Siede: The Best Films of 2020

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

A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Noel Murray: The Best Films of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

A.V. Club: Beatrice Loayza: The Best Films of 2020

Kajillionaire - Miranda July

A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: The Best Films of 2020

Saint Frances - Alex Thompson

A.V. Club: Roxana Hadadi: The Best Films of 2020

I Was at Home, But - Angela Schanelec

A.V. Club: Lawrence Garcia: The Best Films of 2020

The Twentieth Century - Matthew Rankin

A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco: The Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman

A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2020

Martin Eden - Pietro Marcello

Joshua Rothkopf: Top 20 Films of 2020

The Painter and the Thief - Benjamin Ree

Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 25 Best Movies of 2020

Sound of Metal - Darius Marder

Passerby: Best Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

A.V. Club: Allison Shoemaker: The Best Films of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

A.V. Club: Best Films of 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2020

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2020

Small Axe: Mangrove - Steve McQueen

The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2020

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Screen Slate: Top 20 Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2020

Dick Johnson Is Dead - Kirsten Johnson

Esquire: Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2020

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

Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 7 Films of 2020

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

Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2020

Adam - Maryam Touzani

Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2020

Uncut Gems - Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie

Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2020

Small Axe: Lovers Rock - Steve McQueen

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: Top 10 Movies of 2020

Beanpole - Kantemir Balagov

Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden: The Best Films of 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Eliza Hittman

Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch: The Best Films of 2020

David Byrne's American Utopia - Spike Lee

Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: The Best Films of 2020

On the Record - Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

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

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2020

Slate: Dana Stevens: The Best Movies of 2020

Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein: The Best Movies of 2020

Driveways - Andrew Ahn

Mercury News: Randy Myers: The Best 10 Movies of 2020

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

IndieWire: The Best Documentaries of 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

Collective - Alexander Nanau

Economist: The Best Films of 2020