2020 was a horrible, awful, no good year. Nobody was safe from its treacherous grasp. Even our entertainment was impacted on a significant level. Nearly every anticipated movie of the year was pushed off into 2021, at the earliest, because of the COVID pandemic. And it was a smart movie by the studios because movies were, for the most part, the furthest thing from peoples’ minds. The result is an everlasting asterisk-shaped scar next to the 2020 release calendar. Because of this, I feel that any sort of official “Best of 2020” list just would not make sense.
What I’ve decided to do instead, is break down all the movies I did get a chance to sit down and see into three categories: my favorites, my guilty pleasures, and the garbage. Because so many of the planned movies didn’t actually hit screens this year, what we are left with likely wouldn’t have landed in the spots that they ultimately found themselves in due to the new lack of competition. It’s a much broader approach than we’re used to and much less entertaining than I’d like, but at least I can communicate in some fashion my thoughts on the content that did stick around for the year and wind up in my eyeballs. Now without further ado, here is my general breakdown of the films I saw in 2020:
My Favorite Films of 2020
The Invisible Man
The Gentlemen
His House
After Midnight
Sea Fever
The Beach House
Color Out of Space
Sputnik
Palm Springs
The Platform
EuroVision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
The Lodge
Class Action Park
Get Duked
Emma
The Way Back
My Guilt Pleasures of 2020
Porno
The Hunt
Bloodshot
Run
Come to Daddy
Becky
Bad Hair
The Rental
Honest Thief
Netflix vs. the World
Tenet
Books of Blood
VFW
Guns Akimbo
Spiral
We Summon the Darkness
Spree
Host
Vivarium
The Vast of Night
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare On Elm Street
Sonic the Hedgehog
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Underwater
The House In Between
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story
The Worst of 2020
Fantasy Island
The Grudge
Onward
Mulan
Gretel & Hansel
You Should Have Left
Downhill
Random Acts of Violence
Brahms: The Boy II
The Empty Man
Blood Quantum
The Wretched
Again, 2020 was an off year. And these were the movies I had the chance to sit down and watch. What do you make of my rankings? Do you agree? Which films did you check out in 2020 and how would you rank them? Sound off in the comments below and let me and the rest of the movie loving world know your thoughts on the subject!
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