Favourite Films of 2020

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My favourite films that had some kind of release in Australia in 2020:

1. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman, 2020)
Released October
2. Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)
Released November
3. The Vast of Night (Andrew Patterson, 2019)
Released May
4. For Sama (Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019)
Released February
5. Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, 2019)
Released November
6. Uncut Gems (Josh and Ben Safdie, 2019)
Released January
7. Our Mothers (Nuestras madres, Cesar Diaz, 2019)
Released April
8. Boys State (Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, 2020)
Released August
9. The Assistant (Kitty Green, 2019)
Released June
10. Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, 2020)
Released December

Honourable mentions

Twenty more films I loved this year, listed alphabetically:

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller, 2019)
Released January
A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019)
Released January
Babyteeth (Shannon Murphy, 2019
Released July
Cuties (Mignonnes, Maïmouna Doucouré, 2020)
Released September
David Byrne’s American Utopia (Spike Lee, 2020)
Released November
Dick Johnson Is Dead (Kirsten Johnson, 2020)
Released October
Emma. (Autumn de Wilde, 2020)
Released February
Feels Good Man (Arthur Jones, 2020)
Released October
Honey Boy (Alma Har’el, 2019)
Released February
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, 2020)
Released September
Little Women (Greta Gerwig, 2019)
Released January
Mank (David Fincher, 2020)
Released November
Morgana (Josie Hess and Isabel Peppard, 2019)
Released November
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao, 2020)
Released December
Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, 2020)
Released November
Relic (Natalie Erika James, 2020)
Released July
Soul (Pete Docter, 2020)
Released December
The Climb (Michael Angelo Covino, 2019)
Released October
The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers, 2019)
Released February
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Armando Iannucci, 2019)
Released July

Favourite films not yet given a full release locally

These are films that were only screened in Australia at festivals (virtual ones this year) and to the best of my knowledge don’t currently have local distribution or an upcoming release:

Black Bear (Lawrence Michael Levine, 2020)
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, 2020)
Charter (Amanda Kernell, 2020)
First Cow (Kelly Reichardt, 2019)
Just 6.5 (Metri Shesh Va Nim, Saeed Roustayi, 2019)
Lara (Jan-Ole Gerster, 2019)
Some Kind of Heaven (Lance Oppenheim, 2020)
Twilight’s Kiss (Suk Suk, Ray Yeung, 2019)
Welcome to Chechnya (David France, 2020)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Mark Cousins, 2018)

This list was compiled for the upcoming Senses of Cinema 2020 World Poll

Thomas Caldwell, 2020