2020 Films (alphabetically)

Key: Title (Director, Country) Grade - Grades represented Nathaniel's take, they do not always correlate with the reviews themselves if another contributor wrote it. If there is no grade Nathaniel hasn't yet seen it.

Released Theatrically or Virtually or US Festival Appearances
last updated 06/28/2021

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• 40 Year Old Version, The (Radha Blank, US) Murtada's Review

• Alice Junior (Gil Baroni, Brazil) Abe's Review
• #Alive (Il Cho, South Korea) B
• Ammonite (Francis Lee, UK) B YNMS
• And Then We Danced (Levan Akin, Sweden) A² Cláudio's Review, Nathaniel's Top 10
• Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark) A- Nathaniel's Top 10, Best Actor
• Assistant, The  (Kitty Green, US) B Ren's Review 

• Babyteeth (Shannon Murphy) A-  Best Ensemble, Nathaniel's Top 20
• Bad Education (Cory Finley, US) B+ Chris's Review, 2nd Opinion Tony 
• Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov, Russia) B+ Capsule, Oscar Finalist 
• Beast Beast (Danny Madden, US) B- Capsule
• Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia) B+ Jason's Review
• Bill & Ted Face the Music (Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US) Lynn's Review
• Birds of Prey (Cathy Yan, US) C- Chris's Review 

• Black Bear (Laurence Michael Levine, US) Matt's Review
• Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Bill & Turner Ross, US) Glenn's Review 
• Bombay Rose (Gitanjali Rao) C Nathaniel's Review
• Borat Subsequent Movie Film (Jason Woliner, US) B Eric's Review
• Boys in the Band (Joe Mantello, US) B Podcast, YMNS 

• Boys State (Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss, US) Glenn's Review 
• Buffaloed (Tanya Wexler) Jason's Review

• Cowboys (Anna Kerrigan, US) Abe's Review

• Circus of Books (Rachel Mason, US) B Jason's Review, 2nd Opinion Glenn 
• City Hall (Frederick Wiseman, US) Glenn's Review
• Climb, The  (Michael Angelo Covino, US) Murtada's Review
• Come to Daddy (Ant Timpson, US) Jason's Review 
• Collective (Alexander Nanau, Romania) Glenn's Review
• Cordillera of Dreams, The (Patricio Guzman, Chile) Glenn's Review 
• Crip Camp (James Lebrecht & Nicole Newnham, US) Glenn's Review
• Cuties (Maïmouna Doucouré, France) Ren's Review 

• Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, US) Lynn's Review, Best Actor
• Dating Amber (David Freyne, Ireland) Abe's Review
• Days (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan) Sean's Review
• Dear Comrades! (Andrei Konchalovsky, Russia) Venice Capsule
• Devil All the Time (Antonio Campos, US) Juan Carlos Review
• Desert One (Barbara Kopple, US) Glenn's Review
• Dick Johnson is Dead (Kirsten Johnson, US) Glenn's Review, Nathaniel's Top 20
• Disciple, The (Chaitanya Tamhane, India) Venice Capsule
• Downhill (Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, US) Abe's Review 
• Driveways (Andrew Ahn) Murtada's Review

• Ema (Pablo Larraín, Chile) B+  Nathaniel's Review, 2nd Opinion Abe 
• Emma (Autumn de Wilde, UK) B Lynn's Review, Podcast 
• Enola Holmes (Harry Bradbeer, UK) Elisa's Review
• Epicentro (Hubert Sauper, Austria/France) Glenn's Review
• Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (David Dobkin, US) C- 

• Father, The (Florian Zeller) A- Eric's Review, Nathaniel's Top 10 , Best Actor
• Farewell Amor (Ekwa Msangi, US) Murtada's Review 
• Fireball (Werner Herzog) Glenn's Review|
• First Cow (Kelly Reichardt, US) B+ Jason's Review, On the Production Design, Team Experience Top 10
• Freeland (Kate McLean & Mario Furloni, US) C+ Capsule 

• Garden Left Behind, The (Flavio Alves) B Nathaniel's Review
• Gaza Mon Amour (Arab & Tarzan Nasser, Palestine) Nick's Review
• Ghost Tropic () Team Experience Top 10
• Glorias, The (Julie Taymor, US) Ren's Review, YNMS
• Go-Gos (Alison Ellwood, US) Glenn's Review 
• Gunda (Viktor Kosakovskiy, Norway) B+ 

• Half Of It, The (Alice Wu, US) B
• Hamilton (Thomas Kail, US) B+ Eric's Review, Oscar Eligible?
• Happiest Season (Clea DuVall) C- Eurocheese's Review
• Hillbilly Elegy (Ron Howard, US) D YNMS
• Holidate (John Whitesell, US) C
• Hope Gap (William Nicholson) C Nathaniel's Review 
• Human Voice, The (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) A- Nathaniel's Review, Nathaniel's Top 20

• I Carry You With Me (Heidi Ewing, US)  A- Nathaniel's Top 10, Nick's Review
• I'm thinking of ending things (Charlie Kaufman, US) B-
• I'm Your Woman (Julia Hart, US) Abe's Review
• In My Blood It Runs (Maya Newell, Australia) Glenn's Review 
• Invisible Man, The (Leigh Whannel, UK/US/Canada) C+ Chris's Review 
• Isabella (Matias Pineiro, Argentina) Sean's Review 

• Jungleland (Max Winkler, UK/US) Abe's Review

• Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl (Amy Goldstein, US) Glenn's Review
• Kajillionaire (Miranda July, US) B Abe's Review
• Keith Haring Street Art Boy (Ben Anthony, UK) C+
• King of Staten Island, The (Judd Apatow, US) Tony's Review  
• Kingdom of Silence (Rick Rowley, US) Glenn's Review

• Last Vermeer (Dan Friedkin, US) Abe's Review 
• Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (Alexandre O. Phillippe, US) Glenn's Review
• Letter, The (Maia Lekow & Christopher King, Kenya) Glenn's Review
• Life Ahead, The (Eduardo Ponti, Italy) C+ Cláudio's Review, Podcast
• Lodge, The (Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala, UK/Canada/US) Chris's Review
• Lost Girls and Love Hotels (William Olsson, Japan/US) C-
• Lucky Grandma (Sasie Sealy) Jason's Review

• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (George C Wolfe, US) B+ YNMS, Nathaniel's Review, Best Ensemble, Best Actor
• Malmkrog (Cristi Puiu, Romania) Jason's Review 
• Mank (David Fincher, US) B On the Look of the Film, Team Experience Top 10
• Mayor (David Osit, UK/US) Glenn's Review
• Midnight Sky (George Clooney, US) C Tony's Review
• Minari (Lee Isaac Chung, US) A Nathaniel's Review, YNMS,  Nathaniel's Top 10

• Miss Juneteenth (Channing Godfrey Peoples, US) Murtada's Review 
• Monsoon (Hong Khaou, UK) C Allen's Review
• Mulan (Niki Caro, US/Canada/Hong Kong) C Ginny's Review

• Nest, The (Sean Durkin, UK/Canada) C+ Podcast
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman, US) B Team Experience Top 10
• New Order (Michel Franco, Mexico) Venice Capsule, 2nd Opinion Abe 
• News of the World (Paul Greengrass, US) A- Nathaniel's Top 20
• Night of the Kings (Philippe Lacôte, Ivory Coast) B Nathaniel's Review, Podcast
• No 7 Cherry Lane (Yonfan) B
• No Hard Feelings (Faraz Shariat, Germany) A- Nathaniel's Top 10
• Nomadland (Chloe Zhao, US) A- Murtada's Review, Podcast, Venice Capsule, TIFF Win, Nathaniel's Top 10
• Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi, Italy) Abe's Review

• Old Guard (Gina Prince-Blythewood, US) C+ Lynn's Review 
• Olympic Dreams (Jeremy Teicher, US) Tony's Review 
• On the Record (Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering, US) Glenn's Review 
• On the Rocks (Sofia Coppola, US) B-
• Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (Anabel Rodriguz Rios, Venezuela) Glenn's Review 

• One Night in Miami (Regina King, US) B+ Matt's Review, Best Ensemble
• Out Stealing Horses (Hans Petter Moland, Norway) Capsule 
• Outside Story, The (Casimir Nozkowski, US) C- Capsule
• Over the Moon (Glen Keane & John Kahrs, US) B Abe's Review, Animated Costume Design

• Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, US) A- Abe's Review, Team Experience Top 10, Nathaniel's Top 10
• Personal History of David Copperfield (Armando Iannucci, UK) B- Eurocheese's Review
• Pieces of a Woman (Kornel Mundruczo, Canada/Hungary/US) B Venice Capsule, Matt's Review
• The Place of No Words (Mark Webber) Jason's Review
• Platform, The (Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, Mexico) B 
• Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, Canada) B Tony's Review 

• Premature (Rashaad Ernesto Green, US) Murtada's Review, Interview 
• Project Power (Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman, US) C-
• Prom, The (Ryan Murphy) C Nathaniel's Review
• Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell, US) B+ Murtada's Review, YNMS, On the Ghost of Nina , Team Experience Top 10, Nathaniel's Top 10
• Proxima (Alice Winocur) B-  Nathaniel's Review

• Radioactive (Marjane Satrapi, UK/US) Juan Carlos Review
• Rainy Day in New York (Woody Allen, US) Abe's Review
• Rewind (Sasha Joseph Neulinger,  US) Glenn's Review 
• Run (Aneesh Chaganty, US) Abe's Review

• Saint Frances (Alex Thompson, US) C+ Jason's Review 
• Saint Maud () Chris's Review
• Shirley (Josephine Decker, US) B+ Chris's Review, on the Production Design
• Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman, US) B Capsule 
• Sisters with Transistors (Lisa Rovner, UK) Glenn's Review
• Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (Danny Wolf, US) D

• Small Axe: Lover's Rock (Steve McQueen, UK) Jason's Review, Team Experience Top 10
• Small Axe: Mangrove (Steve McQueen, UK) Jason's Review
• Small Axe: Red White and Blue (Steve McQueen, UK) Jason's Review
• Soul (Pete Docter, US) B+ Team Experience Top 10
• Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, US) A- Eurocheese Review, 2nd Opinion: Christopher, Team Experience Top 10, Nathaniel's Top 10, Best Actor
• Spaceship Earth (Matt Wolf, US) Glenn's Review
• Spiral (Kurtis David Harder, US) D

• Sublet (Eytan Fox, Israel) C
• Summer of '85 (François Ozon, France) Nick's Review
• Summerland (Jessica Swale, UK) Juan Carlos's Review 
• Summertime (Carlos López Estrada, US) Abe's Review 
• Supernova (Harry Macqueen, UK) C- Christopher's Review
• Suzy Q (Liam Firmager, Australia) Glenn's Review
• Swallow (Carlo Mirabella-Davis, US/France) B+ Jason's Review, Nathaniel's Top 20
• Sylvie's Love (Eugene Ashe, US) Matt's Review

• Tax Collector (David Ayer, US) Tony's Review
• Television Event (Jeff Daniels, Australia) Glenn's Review
• Tenet (Christopher Nolan, UK/US) C+ Eurocheese's Review
• Those Who Remained (Barnabas Toth, Hungary) Abe's Review 
• Thousand Cuts, A (Ramona S Diaz) Glenn's Review

• Time (Garrett Bradley, US) Interview 
• To the Stars (Martha Stephens) B- Nathaniel's Review
• Totally Under Control (Alex Gibney, etcetera) Glenn's Review
• Tragic Jungle (Yulene Olaizola, Mexico/Colombia) Jason's Review
• Traitor, The (Marco Bellochio, Italy) Capsule 
• Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin, US) C+ Tony's Review, 2nd Opinion Eric
• Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts (Nicholas Zeig-Owens, US) B Glenn's Review
• Troop Zero (Bert & Bertie, US) Abe's Review 
• True History of the Kelly Gang (Justin Kurzel, Australia) B+ Chris's Review, Nathaniel's Top 20

• Uncle Frank (Alan Ball, US) B Christopher's Review
• Undine (Christian Petzold, Germany) Abe's Review

• Vast of Night, The (Andrew Patterson, US) Chris's Review
• Vigil, The (Keith Thomas, US) Chris's Review
• Vivos (Ai WeiWei, Germany) Ren's Review

• Way I See It, The (Dawn Porter, US) Glenn's Review 
• Way Back, The (Gavin O'Connor, US/Canada) B- 
• Welcome to Chechnya (David France, US) Glenn's Review
• Wendy (Benh Zeitlin, US) Abe's Review 
• Whistlers, The (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania) Claudio's Review 
• White White Day, A (Hlynur Palmason, Iceland) B+ Nathaniel's Review 
• Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Ireland) A- Nathaniel's Top 10
• Wolves, The (Samuel Kishi, Mexico/US) B+ Capsule 
• Women in Blue (Deirdre Fishel, US) Glenn's Review 
• Wonder Woman 1984 (Patty Jenkins, US) C Lynn's Review

• You Don't Nomi (Jeffrey McHale, US) B Nathaniel's Review

Non US Festivals Only

• All the Pretty Horses (Michalis Konstantatos, Greece) C- Capsule
• Cocoon (Leonnie Krippendorff, Germany) A-/B+ Capsule
• Cops and Robbers Story, A (Ilinca Calugareanu, UK) Glenn's Review
• Father (Srdan Golubović) A- Nathaniel's Review 
• Kala Azar (Janis Rafa, Greece) D+ Capsule
• Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux, France/Belgium) Venice Capsule
• Marygoround (Daria Woszek, Poland) B Capsule
• Padrenostra (Claudio Noce, Italy) Venice Capsule
• Since I Been Down (Gilda Sheppard) Glenn's Review
• Sun Children (Majid Majidi, Iran) Venice Capsule
• Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan) Venice Capsule