Best movies of 2020 (Top 10)

Alright alright we know 2020 is not actually one of those years that allows us movies that we can actually point out as a groundbreaker or blockbuster and all that. In fact it was almost like no movie was released in this year so full of pandemic. The first quarter, first half and half+quarter of this year will get you thinking about a lot of things but probably not movies. So we understand why we didn't see all the actions we always have or expect in the theaters as far as movies is concerned this year. 2020 has done us a very strong thing and it seems like we have no option but to accept it just like that. I pray 2021 is better, cause I can't imagine us going through all the shits we went through in 2020 (lol that's gonna be like a disaster).

All this while we've been all about 2021. Talking about the best movies to expect, best actions movies, top 10 movies, top 10 animated movies to expect, top 10 this, top 20 that and all of 2021 and we've never for once considered 2020. We did all that and forget about 2020 ( like, has 2020 really done that bad that I have to write more articles about 2021 movies and I have not even for once talked about the movies of 2020? Lol😂). Ok so I just thought about it and I feel like 2020 deserves a great one too.

But honestly we can't say 2020 is all that bad. At least we have one or two good movies that was released this year. Even though the Cinemas are not allowed to show it and folks can't go out there to hold the view, we still have some few interesting movies we enjoyed at the comfort of our home this 2020. Well maybe the expectation/demand is more than the supply and all, but we still have something. We always have something and that's all thanks to the movie industry that seized the best medium they could to make sure people have something to watch and put a smile on their face even when things are not calling for a smile.

Now relax and check out the top 10 movies of 2020. The list rather consists of Love and Drama than Action. Don't expect much so as not to be disappointed. Few of the movies are actually 2019 but close to 2020.

10) SHIRLEY

Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film, directed by Josephine Decker, from a screenplay by Sarah Gubbins, based upon the novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell, which formed a "largely fictional story" around novelist Shirley Jackson's real life during the time period she was writing Hangsaman. On May 16, 2018, it was announced that Josephine Decker was set to direct an adaptation of Susan Scarf Merrell's novel Shirley, based on a screenplay by Sarah Gubbins. Producers were set to include Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Elisabeth Moss, Sue Naegle, and Gubbins. Production companies involved with the film were slated to consist of Los Angeles Media Fund and Killer Films. Martin Scorsese serves as an executive producer.

Alongside the initial production announcement, it was confirmed that Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg had been cast as Shirley Jackson and Stanley Hyman, respectively. On September 6, 2018, it was announced that Odessa Young and Logan Lerman had joined the cast of the film. Principal photography for the film began in late July 2018 in Jefferson Heights, New York. Scenes were also filmed at Vassar College, which stood in for Bennington College.

9) DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD

Dick Johnson Is Dead is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who suffers from dementia, portraying different ways—some of them violent "accidents"—in which he could ultimately die. In each scenario, the elderly Johnson plays along with his daughter's black humor and imaginative fantasies. The film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. It was released on Netflix on October 2, 2020.

8) SHE DIES TOMORROW

She Dies Tomorrow is a 2020 American psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by Amy Seimetz. It stars Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton, Chris Messina, Tunde Adebimpe, Jennifer Kim, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michelle Rodriguez, Josh Lucas and Adam Wingard. Seimetz financed the film by using her salary from Pet Sematary. She came up with the idea for the script after noticing how people reacted to her sharing her stories of anxiety attacks.

The film was originally set to have its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2020. However, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neon acquired distribution rights to the film in March 2020. She Dies Tomorrow was released in drive-in theaters on July 31, 2020, followed by video on demand on August 7, 2020.

7) TENET

Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with Emma Thomas. A co-production between the United Kingdom and United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The plot follows a secret agent (Washington) as he manipulates the flow of time to prevent World War III.

Nolan took more than five years to write the screenplay after deliberating about Tenet's central ideas for over a decade. Pre-production began in late 2018, casting in March 2019, and principal photography lasted three months in Denmark, Estonia, India, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and United States, from May to November. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot on 70 mm and IMAX. Scenes of time manipulation were filmed both backwards and forwards. Upwards of one hundred vessels and thousands of extras were used.

Delayed three times because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenet was released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020, and United States on September 3, 2020, in IMAX, 35 mm, and 70 mm. It was the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theaters after the pandemic shutdown, and has grossed $361 million worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2020. However, it failed to break even due to its costly production and marketing budget, losing distributor Warner Bros. Pictures as much as $100 million. Tenet received generally positive reviews from critics, especially for its visuals and production.

6) BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is an American Documentary that comes from the stable of the Filmmaking brothers, Bill Ross and Donald Ross. The film explores the nightlife of bartenders who holds the view of what goes around on the night of Las Vegas at the comfort of their bar getting drunk, cracking jokes, laughing out loud to mention a few. The film almost served as a direct portrait for a Film Festival where it was described as a portrait of the closing night at a long-running dive bar in Las Vegas.

Well the night get more interesting as the group of bands can't help but help turn the liqour traveling down the throats the night crawlers into magic with their bands. Really a nice work form the Ross's brothers. The film was released in July, 2020.

5) Da 5 BLOODS

Da 5 Bloods is a 2020 American war drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Spike Lee. It stars Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Johnny Trí Nguyễn, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Jean Reno, and Chadwick Boseman. The film's plot follows a group of four aging Vietnam War veterans who return to the country in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader, as well as the treasure they buried while serving there.

Originally written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo in 2013, the script was re-worked by Lee and Kevin Willmott following the pair's successful collaboration in BlacKkKlansman (2018). The cast joined in February 2019 and filming began a month later, lasting through June and taking place in Southeast Asia. With a production budget of $35–45 million, it is among Lee's most expensive films.

The film was released by Netflix on June 12, 2020. It received acclaim from critics, who praised the direction, themes, and Lindo's performance.

4) NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Eliza Hittman. It stars Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold and Sharon Van Etten. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020. It was also selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. In April 2019, it was announced Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold and Sharon Van Etten had joined the cast of the film, with Eliza Hittman directing from a screenplay she wrote. Adele Romanski and Sara Murphy will produce the film under their Pastel Productions banner, while Rose Garnett, Tim Headington, Elika Portnoy and Alex Orlovsky will executive produce the film under their BBC Films and Tango Entertainment banners respectively. Focus Features will distribute.

Principal photography began in February 2019. The film was released in the United States on March 13, 2020, by Focus Features. It received positive reviews from critics.

3) TIME

Time is a 2020 American documentary film produced and directed by Garrett Bradley. It follows Sibil Fox Richardson, fighting for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60-year prison sentence. Bradley met Rich in 2016 while working on her short film Alone, a New York Times Op-Doc. She intended to make a short documentary about Rich, but when shooting wrapped, Rich gave Bradley a bag of mini-DV tapes containing some 100 hours of home videos she had recorded over the previous 18 years. At that point, Bradley transisioned the short into a feature.

Time was shot on a Sony FS7 camera and finished in black and white. It was selected for the 2019 Sundance Documentary Edit & Story Lab. The score features original compositions by Jamieson Shaw and Edwin Montgomery, as well as music by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou that was recorded in the 1960s. The film was produced by Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, and Bradley. Laurene Powell Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Nicole Stott, Rahdi Taylor, and Kathleen Lingo are executive producers, Jonathan Silberberg and Shannon Dill are co-executive producers, and Dan Janvey is co-producer.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, where it won the U.S. Documentary Directing Award. It was released theatrically on October 9, 2020, and digitally on Prime Video on October 16, 2020 by Amazon Studios.

2) BACURAU

Bacurau (Portuguese for 'nightjar') is a 2019/20 Weird Western film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. It stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira and Karine Teles. The film, a co-production between Brazil and France, revolves around Bacurau, a fictional small town in the Brazilian sertão, which is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch at the age of 94. Bacurau was filmed in the village of Barra in the municipality of Parelhas and in the rural area of the municipality of Acari, at the Sertão do Seridó region, in Rio Grande do Norte.

1) FIRST COW

First Cow is a 2019/20 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, from a screenplay by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond based on Raymond's novel The Half Life. It stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer and Lily Gladstone. It also features René Auberjonois in one of his final film roles. In October 2018, it was announced that Kelly Reichardt would direct the film, from a screenplay she wrote alongside Jonathan Raymond. Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, Scott Rudin and Eli Bush would produce the film under their FilmScience and Scott Rudin Productions banners, respectively, while A24 would distribute. In November 2018, René Auberjonois was cast in the film.[9] In March 2019, it was announced that John Magaro had joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began in November 2018, taking place in Oregon like several of Reichardt's previous films. The film was shot in a 4:3 ratio, instead of letterbox. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was also selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. It was theatrically released in the United States on March 6, 2020 by A24 and subsequently released on VOD platforms on July 10, 2020, to acclaim from critics. It won Best Film at the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

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