Best Movies of 2020: Our Individual Top Ten Lists

From First Cow to Wolfwalkers, let’s take a look at our writers’ Individual Top Ten Lists of best movies of 2020.


We’ve shared our definitive list of Loud and Clear’s best films of 2020, but what about our writers’ individual top ten lists? Here are the best movies of 2020 according to Loud and Clear Reviews’ staff, in alphabetical order, to celebrate this year’s impressive releases. Even though some lists will be shorter then others, as not all of our critics have seen a great deal of films this year, you’ll still find 58 wonderfully diverse, excellent quality titles to add to your watchlist.

Please note that our individual top ten lists only include movies that have had their first release somewhere in the world in the year 2020, not counting film festival debuts.


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ANTHONY BOWMER

  1. Dick Johnson is Dead
  2. First Cow
  3. Da 5 Bloods
  4. Shirley
  5. Mangrove
  6. The History of the Seattle Mariners
  7. Bad Hair
  8. Disclosure
  9. His House

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BERNARD OZAROWSKI

  1. Mangrove
  2. The Father
  3. The Assistant
  4. Minari
  5. Mank
  6. Soul
  7. The Way Back
  8. Emma.
  9. Palm Springs
  10. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

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Mangrove (McQueen Limited)

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CAMERON FAIRCHILD

  1. The Grand Bizarre
  2. Da 5 Bloods
  3. Vitalina Varela
  4. The Assistant
  5. First Cow
  6. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  7. The History of the Seattle Mariners

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CLAIRE FULTON

  1. His House
  2. Mulan
  3. The Invisible Man

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ETHAN HILL

  1. First Cow
  2. Boys State
  3. Mank
  4. David Byrne’s American Utopia
  5. The Vast of Night
  6. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  7. Time
  8. Song Without a Name
  9. Wolfwalkers
  10. On The Rocks

Boys State (AppleTV+)

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HARRY SOLOMONS

  1. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  2. Ronnie’s
  3. The Boys in the Band
  4. Mank
  5. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  6. Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
  7. The Forty-Year-Old Version

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JAKE BURBAGE

  1. Minari
  2. Sound of Metal
  3. Wolfwalkers
  4. First Cow
  5. World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime
  6. Shithouse
  7. Nomadland
  8. Bad Education
  9. A Sun
  10. Palm Springs

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Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

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JOSHUA ARISPE

  1. Minari
  2. The Father
  3. Nomadland
  4. First Cow
  5. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
  6. Mank
  7. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  8. Sound of Metal
  9. I’m No Longer Here
  10. One Night in Miami…

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KEI RYAN

  1. Babyteeth
  2. Wendy
  3. Birds of Prey
  4. Proxima

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MICHAEL CARVELLI

  1. First Cow
  2. Lovers Rock
  3. Nomadland
  4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  5. Minari
  6. Mank
  7. Palm Springs
  8. Boys State
  9. Sound of Metal
  10. Dick Johnson is Dead

Wolfwalkers (AppleTV+)

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SERENA SEGHEDONI

  1. Wolfwalkers
  2. Sound of Metal
  3. The Assistant
  4. Eurovison Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  5. The Town of the Headcounts
  6. Bad Education
  7. The Trial of the Chicago 7
  8. On The Rocks
  9. Saint Frances
  10. Palm Springs

ZOE ROSE BRYANT

  1. Promising Young Woman
  2. Nomadland
  3. The Assistant
  4. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  5. Shithouse
  6. The Father
  7. Boys State
  8. Happiest Season
  9. Mank
  10. The Trial of the Chicago 7
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