Entertainment
The Best Movies Of 2020
List Rules
Only movies released in the US after January 1st, 2020.
UPDATE: Check out the top movies of 2022!
With so many great films coming out, it's hard to decide on the best movies of 2020. This list is also more than just the critics' movie choices, you get to help decide the best movie of 2020 by voting up your favorites and you don't have to choose just one. There are some highly anticipated films coming out this year, such as Christopher Nolan's Tenet, the next installment in the Wonder Woman franchise with Wonder Woman 1984, and the sure to be hilarious Bill & Ted Face the Music. In short, there is a lot to look forward to this year when it comes to great movies.
The best films of 2020, should take everything into account, the performances, the cinematography, and everything in between. So if you find yourself asking, "what is the best film to come out of 2020 so far?" Look to the list below and vote up the 2020 movies you feel were the highest quality films of the year.
If you see that any of the top movies of 2020 are left out, feel free to add them to the list. Then vote for your favorites and be sure to check back as upcoming and new 2020 films are released.
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- Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their ...more
- Greenland is a 2020 American disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. Scientists discover that a comet will hit Earth in a few days, and will likely cause the extinction of humanity; the only hope ...more
- Promising Young Woman is a 2020 American black comedy thriller film directed by Emerald Fennell. After a mysterious traumatic event, a cunning, young woman named Cassie (Carey Mulligan) lives a ...more
- Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the ...more
- Run is a 2020 American horror film directed by Aneesh Chaganty. A homeschooled teenager (Kiera Allen) begins to suspect her mother (Sarah Paulson) is keeping a dark secret from her.
- #Alive is a 2020 South Korean zombie film directed by Cho Il-hyung. The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation.
- Palm Springs is a 2020 American romantic comedy film directed by Max Barbakow. Nyles (Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti) encounter each other by chance at a Palm Springs wedding and find that ...more
- Enola Holmes is a 2020 mystery film directed by Harry Bradbeer, based on the book series of the same name by Nancy Springer. The younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, Enola (Millie Bobby Brown), embarks ...more
- Let Him Go is a 2020 American drama film directed by Thomas Bezucha. A retired sheriff and his wife fight to rescue their grandson from a dangerous off-grid family after their son dies.
- Extraction (a.k.a. Out of the Fire) is a 2020 American action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave. A Bangladeshi businessman hires a mercenary (Chris Hemsworth) to rescue his kidnapped son.
- Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film directed by Chloé Zhao, based on the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. After losing everything ...more
- The Platform (a.k.a. El hoyo, The Hole) is a 2020 Spanish science fiction horror thriller film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. In a facility constructed around a large hole where a platform ...more
- The Outpost is a 2020 American war drama film directed by Rod Lurie and is based on the 2012 non-fiction book, The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, by Jake Tapper. The film tells the story ...more
- Greyhound is a 2020 war film directed by Aaron Schneider, based on The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester. During World War II, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by Commander Ernest Krause ...more
- Becky is a 2020 American action horror film directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. A father and daughter head out their lake house for the weekend only to be terrorized by a group of convicts.
- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a 2020 American comedy film directed by David Dobkin. Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (Rachel McAdams) are Icelandic singers ...more
- Hamilton is a 2020 American musical drama film directed by Thomas Kail, it is a recording of the Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2015 Broadway musical of the same which is based on the 2004 biography Alexander ...more
- On the Rocks is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. A father (Bill Murray) and daughter (Rashida Jones) team up to tail her suspicious husband (Marlon Wayans).
- Spontaneous is a 2020 American science fiction romantic black comedy film directed by Brian Duffield, based on the book by Aaron Starmer. Mara Carlyle (Kathrine Langford) meets the boy (Charlie ...more
- Dreamland is a 2020 American thriller drama film directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte. A young boy helps a seductive fugitive bank robber hiding in his small town during the Great Depression.
- Let Them All Talk is a 2020 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. An author goes on a trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and come to terms with her past.
- After staging his own suicide, a crazed scientist uses his power to become invisible to stalk and terrorize his ex-girlfriend. When the police refuse to believe her story, she decides to take matters ...more
- News of the World is a 2020 American western drama film directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the 2016 novel by Paulette Jiles. A widowed Civil War veteran (Tom Hanks) agrees to deliver a girl ...more
- First Cow is an 2020 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, based on the novel The Half Life by Jonathan Raymond. A cook (John Magaro) travels west to join up with fur trappers but team up ...more
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht. The documentary offers and intimate look at Camp Jened, a summer camp that for ...more
