What Does Sight & Sound Consider to Be the 50 Best Films of 2020?
BFI has a list of films for you.
This has been a hellish year full of insanity, insecurity, and instability, but there was still a bunch of amazing movies released. In keeping with its really wonderful tradition, BFI's Sight & Sound Magazine has polled over 100 of its contributors from around the world to come up with its 50 favorite movies of the year.
Give the list a read and check out reactions to the list at BFI.
The Best Films of 2020 according to Sight & Sound
50. The Vast of Night: Andrew Patterson, US
49. The Truth: Koreeda Hirokazu, Japan
48. The Invisible Man: Leigh Whannell, US
47. Richard Jewell: Clint Eastwood, US
46. Collective: Alexander Nanau, Romania
45. Clemency: Chinonye Chukwu, US
44. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Jason Woliner, US
43. Birds of Prey: Cathy Yan, US
42. Another Round: Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark
41. About Endlessness: Roy Andersson, Sweden
40. The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci, UK
39. The Forty-Year-Old Version: Radha Blank, US
38. Tenet: Christopher Nolan, US
37. She Dies Tomorrow: Amy Seimetz, US
36. Relic: Natalie Erika James, Australia
35. Mogul Mowgli: Bassam Tariq, UK
34. Mank: David Fincher, US
33. Limbo: Ben Sharrock, UK
32. Host: Rob Savage, UK
31. Ema: Pablo Larraín, Chile
30. Martin Eden: Pietro Marcello, Italy
29. Little Women: Greta Gerwig, US
28. Les Misérables: Ladj Ly, France
27. His House: Remi Weekes, UK
26. The Disciple: Chaitanya Tamhane, India
25. Babyteeth: Shannon Murphy, Australia
24. Undine: Christian Petzold, Germany/France
23. The Inheritance: Ephraim Asili, US
22. Possessor: Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/UK
21. The Year of the Discovery: Luis López Carrasco, Spain/Switzerland
20. Kajillionaire: Miranda July, US
19. WolfWalkers: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, Ireland/France/Luxembourg
18. The Woman Who Ran: Hong Sangsoo, South Korea
17. Bacurau: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, Brazil
16. David Byrne’s American Utopia: Spike Lee, US
15. Shirley: Josephine Decker, US
14. The Assistant: Kitty Green, US
13. Mangrove: Steve McQueen, UK
12. Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee, US
11. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US
10. Days: Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
9. Rocks: Sarah Gavron, UK
8. Nomadland: Chloé Zhao, US
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Eliza Hittman, US
6. Dick Johnson Is Dead: Kirsten Johnson, US
5. Saint Maud: Rose Glass, UK
4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things: Charlie Kaufman, US
3. First Cow: Kelly Reichardt, US
2. Time: Garrett Bradley, US
1. Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen, UK
Which films would you have like to see on the Sight & Sound list? Let us know down in the comments.
