2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. A global pandemic has caused many to lose family members, navigate unemployment, and thrusted the issue of mental health into the spotlight. It has also led to a much-needed racial reckoning, one that will likely take years to fully unpack. However, through all of this, there has been no shortage of films to consume. Here are my favourite films of 2020:

David Byrne's American Utopia

20. David Byrne’s American Utopia (Review)

Hamilton
19. Hamilton

wolfwalkers
18. Wolfwalkers

The Assistant
17. The Assistant (Review)

Mangrove
16. Mangrove

His House
15. His House

Soul
14. Soul (Review)

Crip Camp
13. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

The Forty-Year-Old Version
12. The Forty-Year-Old Version (Discussed on Changing Reels)

Boy State
11. Boys State

Birds of Prey
10. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Discussed on Changing Reels)

The Kid Detective
9. The Kid Detective (Review)

THE INVISIBLE MAN
8. The Invisible Man (Review)

Rocks
7. Rocks (Review)

Nomadland
6. Nomadland

Sound of Metal Riz Ahmed
5. Sound of Metal (Review)

Lovers Rock
4. Lovers Rock (Review)

Da 5 Bloods
3. Da 5 Bloods (Review)

Promising_Young_Woman
2. Promising Young Woman

Time Documentary 2020
1. Time (Review)

Honourable Mention: No Ordinary Man, All In: The Fight for Democracy, The Painter and the Thief, Akilla’s Escape, Dark City Beneath the Beat, Mayor, Coded Bias, Tigertail, Blood Quantum, The Marriage Project, White Riot, Morgana, Underplayed, Uncorked, Mogul Mowgli, Extra Ordinary,

Published by Courtney Small

The founder of Cinema Axis, Courtney is a Rotten Tomatoes approved critic who can frequently be heard discussing film as co-host of Frameline on Radio Regent. Courtney has contributed to several publications including Leonard Maltin, That Shelf, POV Magazine, In the Seats, Black Girl Nerds, and Comix Asylum. He has appeared on ET Canada and Hollywood Suite's Cinema A to Z. Courtney celebrates diversity in cinema as host of the Changing Reels podcast and is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, and the African American Film Critics Association.

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  1. There are still so many movies here I need to catch up on. It’s been a great year for movies I think, despite…everything!
    LOVE that Promising Young Woman made it so high, I think that might be my #1.

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