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Writer's pictureS.J.
Dec 30, 2020

The 20 Best Movies Of 2020


A collage of stills from 2020 movies
A24 | Focus Features | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Neon | Netflix | Apple Original Films

20 best films (& a few special mentions) of 2020, by After Misery.


SPECIAL MENTIONS


Best Bang For Your Buck

The Vast Of Night: Read our review


Critical Disagreement

Underwater (5.3/10 and 48% on Rotten Tomatoes): Read our review


Promising First Narrative Features

His House (dir. Remi Weekes): Read our review

Relic (dir. Natalie Erika James): Read our review

Yes, God, Yes (dir. Karen Maine): Read our review



And now... here are the 20 best films of 2020


20. BLACK BEAR


Read our review


Aubrey Plaza lying on a bed and smoking a cigarette
Momentum Pictures

19. BABYTEETH


Read our review


Eliza Scanlen and Toby Wallace dancing in neon lights
IFC Films

18. THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME


Read our review


Sebastian Stan and Tom Holland in the woods
Netflix

17. THE INVISIBLE MAN


Read our review


Elisabeth Moss holding a kitchen knife in an attic
Universal Pictures

16. MANK


Read our review


Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman smoking
Netflix

15. POSSESSOR


Read our review


Andrea Riseborough with her eyes closed
Neon

14. SAINT MAUD


Read our review


Morfydd Clark praying
Cinema Mondo

13. UNCUT GEMS



Adam Sandler walking on the street
A24

12. 1917



George MacKay in a soldier's uniform
Universal Pictures

11. TENET


Read our review


John David Washington driving a boat, Elizabeth Debicki sitting at the back
Warner Bros. Pictures

10. LITTLE WOMEN



Four little women looking out a window
Sony Pictures

9. THE LODGE


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Riley Keough bloodied and exhausted
Neon

8. FIRST COW


Read our review


John Magaro in a forest
A24

7. WOLFWALKERS


Read our review


Blindfolded Robyn looking for Mebh
Apple Original Films

6. NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS


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Sidney Flanigan looking at Talia Ryder
Focus Features

5. THE FAREWELL | 别告诉她



Awkwafina with her head on Zhao Shu-zhen's shoulder
A24

4. JOJO RABBIT



Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi and Scarlett Johansson at a dinner table
Fox Searchlight Pictures

3. I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS


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The film's main quartet at a dinner table
Netflix

2. PALM SPRINGS


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Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg both sitting whilst handcuffed
Neon

1. PARASITE | 기생충



Park So-dam and Choi Woo-shik looking at their phones in the bathroom
Neon

See you in 2021.

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