Sight & Sound 2020

1. Lovers Rock

UK
Steve McQueen

Lists: Cinema Scope (5, 2020) | New York Times (8 - Scott, 2020)

Festivals: Cannes (Official Selection, 2020) | New York (Main Slate - Opening Night, 2020)

2. Time

USA
Garrett Bradley

Festivals: New York (Main Slate, 2020) | Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2020)

3. First Cow

USA
Kelly Reichardt

Lists: New York Times (6 - Dargis / 3 - Scott, 2020)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2020) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Telluride (2019)

4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

USA
Charlie Kaufman

5. Saint Maud

UK
Rose Glass

Festivals: Rotterdam (Voices, 2020) | Toronto (Midnight Madness, 2019)

6. Dick Johnson Is Dead

USA
Kirsten Johnson

Lists: New York Times (9 - Scott, 2020)

Festivals: Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2020)

7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always

USA
Eliza Hittman

Lists: New York Times (7 - Dargis, 2020)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2020) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2020)

8. Nomadland

USA
Chloé Zhao

Festivals: New York (Main Slate - Centerpiece, 2020) | Telluride (2020) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2020) | Venice (In Competition, 2020)

9. Rocks

UK
Sarah Gavron

Festivals: Rotterdam (Perspectives, 2020) | Toronto (Platform, 2019)

10. Days

Rizi
Taiwan
Tsai Ming-liang

Lists: Cinema Scope (1, 2020)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2020) | New York (Main Slate, 2020)

11. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

USA
Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2020) | Sundance (US Documentary Competition, 2020)

12. Da 5 Bloods

USA
Spike Lee

13. Mangrove

UK
Steve McQueen

Festivals: Cannes (Official Selection, 2020) | New York (Main Slate, 2020)

14. The Assistant

USA
Kitty Green

Festivals: Berlin (Panorama, 2020) | Sundance (Spotlight, 2020) | Telluride (2019)

15. Shirley

USA
Josephine Decker

Festivals: Berlin (Encounters, 2020) | Sundance (US Dramatic Competition, 2020)

16. David Byrne's American Utopia

USA
Spike Lee

Lists: New York Times (4 - Dargis / 8 - Scott, 2020)

Festivals: New York (Spotlight, 2020) | Toronto (Gala Presentations, 2020)

17. Bacurau

Brazil
Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

Lists: New York Times (5 - Dargis / 7 - Scott, 2020)

Festivals: Cannes (Competition, 2019) | New York (Main Slate, 2019) | Rotterdam (Limelight, 2020) | Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema, 2019)

18. The Woman Who Ran

Domangchin yeoja
South Korea
Hong Sang-soo

Lists: Cinema Scope (6, 2020)

Festivals: Berlin (Competition, 2020) | New York (Main Slate, 2020)

19. Wolfwalkers

Ireland, Luxembourg, France
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

Festivals: Toronto (Special Events, 2020)

20. Kajillionaire

USA
Miranda July

Festivals: Cannes (Directors' Fortnight, 2020) | Sundance (Premieres, 2020)