Top 10 Films of 2020

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Top 3 Musicals of 2020

 1. "David Byrne's American Utopia" (Spike Lee, HBO)

2. "Hamilton" (Thomas Kail, Disney)

3. "Eurovision Song Contest The Story Of Fire Saga" (David Dobkin, Netflix)

Dear Comrades (2020) *****

Rifkin's Festival (2020) *****

"Who but a Jew would think of suing God?"

"Who but a Jew would have such a slam-dunk case?"

Felicita (2020) ****

Excellent French film full of surprising plot twists.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) ****

Greyhound (2020) ***

Tense war drama about the Battle of the Atlantic.

I Care A Lot (2020) ***

Pieces Of A Woman (2020) ***

Emma. (2020) ***

United States Vs Billie Holliday (2020) ***

Wolfwalkers (2020) ***

An Irish "Princess Mononoke".

Mank (2020) ***

Speak Love (2020) ***

Love And Monsters (2020) ***

Hamilton (2020) ***

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (2020) ***

The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (2020) ***

A film about young political activists accused of inciting a riot in Chicago in 1968, released shortly before President Donald Trump was accused of inciting a riot in Washington in January 2021.

Enola Holmes (2020) ***

Promising Young Woman (2020) ***

Surprising revenge drama with crafty plot twists.

The White Tiger (2020) ***

Pinocchio (2020) ***

Eurovision Song Contest The Story Of Fire Saga (2020) ***

The Mauritanian (2020) ***

Excellent film about an innocent man imprisoned in Guantanamo.

Collective (2020) ***

Nomadland (2020) ***

Quo Vadis Aida (2020) ***

My Octopus Teacher (2020) ***

South African nature documentary about a unique relationship between a diver and an octopus.

News Of The World (2020) ***

David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) ***

Tenet (2020) ***

Wintopia (2020) ***

Music (2020) ***

Musical numbers include:

"Oh Body" **

"1+1" ***

"Insecure" **

"Beautiful Things Can Happen" *

"Could I Love With No Fear" **

"Easy" *

"Music" *

"Mountains" *

"Together" ***

Palm Springs (2020) ***

A very entertaining variation on "Groundhog Day".

Onward (2020) ***

Another Round (2020) ***

Soul (2020) ***

Horse Girl (2020) ***

Better Days (2020) ***

Chinese drama about bullying and murder. A coproduction with Hong Kong (which submitted it for the Oscars).

The Forbidden Reel (2020) ***

Fascinating documentary about the Afghan film industry before the Soviet invasion and before the Taliban.

The Father (2020) ***

Touching and sad film about an old man losing his memory.

Dave Not Coming Back (2020) ***

The Man Standing Next (2020) ***

Excellent, very tense drama about the assassination of a South Korean dictator in 1979.

The Little Things (2020) ***

The Devil All The Time (2020) ***

Adolescentes (2020) **

Wasp Network (2020) ***

Deux (2020) *

La Verite (2020) *

La Daronne (2020) *

ADN (2020) *

A French film about identity.

Antoinette dans les Cévennes (2020) *

A jealous mistress is stalking her lover on vacation with his wife and family.

Adieu les cons (2020) ***

Ete 85 (2020) ***

Mignonnes (2020) ***

Les Choses qu'on dit les choses qu'on fait (2020) ***

DAU Natasha (2020) ***

Cocoon (2020) ***

Monday (2020) ***

The Life Ahead (2020) **

Sophia Loren's swan song.

The Mole Agent (2020) *

Chilean documentary set in an old folks home.

La Nuit des rois (2020) **

Sheherazade in an Ivory Coast prison.

Un Divan à Tunis (2020) **

Tunesian film about a female psychiatrist.

The Best Years (2020) ***

The Island Of Giant Insects (2020) ***