Oh, 2020. What more is there to say about you? COVID and Quibi and Biden and Trump; plans canceled, protests held, Animals Crossed, Boltcutters Fetched, doughs soured, interactions Zoomed. And through it all, some movies actually saw the light of day. So in our annual wrap-up to a truly unprecedented year, our staff looked back to some cinematic highlights for SAGindie’s FAVORITE FILMS OF 2020.
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Darrien’s Favorites:
Here are my favorite movies of 2020 (in no particular order).
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Sylvie’s Love
- The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Time
- Re-Inventing the Wheel
- Nine Days
- Two of Us
- Farewell Amor
- Herself
- Sound of Metal
Best Non-2020 Movie: I finally sat and watched His Girl Friday and it’s now a favorite.
Eliza’s Favorites:
2020:
- American Utopia
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
- The Climb
- Dick Johnson is Dead
- First Cow
- Ham on Rye
- Lovers Rock
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
New to Me:
Colin’s Favorites:
- The Vast of Night
- The Climb
- Bacurau
- The Fight
- First Cow
- Sound of Metal
- Nomadland
- Da 5 Bloods
- Palm Springs
- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
- Special Mention to The Invisible Man / Birds of Prey – the last movie I saw in theaters/the first movie I saw at a (COVID-era) drive-in
- Favorite Classic Movie I Finally Saw in 2020: 3 Women and Blood Simple
Shefali’s Favorites:
- Nine Days
- Zola
- Minari
- Save Yourselves!
- The Father
- Shirley
- Birds of Prey
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Emma
- Palm Springs
- Favorite Classic/Non-2020 Movie: Not a super old movie, but I finally saw the 2002 Chicago and loved it.
Michael’s Favorites:
Having watched 31 new movies so far, my favorites of 2020 are Nomadland and i’m thinking of ending things, followed by The Assistant, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Color Out of Space, First Cow, The Forty-Year-Old Version, Lovers Rock, Mank, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Shirley, Sound of Metal.
Favorite non-2020 movie I finally saw this year… Albert Brooks’s Lost in America.
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2020?
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