The 50 best films of 2020 released in cinemas and platforms | Film and Television

2020 has been a year full of premieres. Despite the pandemic of coronavirus, from the consequent capacity limitation and the avalanche of postponements and cancellations, we have been able to enjoy some masterpieces on the big screen. Although the huge premieres are concentrated during the months of January, February, November and December for obvious reasons, thanks to platforms like Netflix O Disney we have enjoyed more titles than, a priori, would correspond to us in a black year like this.

In the selection of the 50 best films of the year we have included all those titles that have passed through theaters or that are already accessible on platforms, even if they are 2019 productions such as, for example, The lighthouse O 1917, which hit the billboard in January. Of course: we have not included brilliant titles released in film festivals –See Pressure O Nomadland– which, at the moment, have not reached the cinemas of Spain.

The movies are not ordered from best to worst, but by release date. As LOS40 has such a diverse audience in tastes, it would be difficult to be objective with the quality of the titles. What we have done is to differentiate the premieres in cinemas from the exclusive premieres of platforms, although some of these titles, such as Mank O The Chicago 7 trial, have been previewed a week before in theaters. For example, Soul and Mank would go in this second block while Tenet it would be found, logically, in the first.

In addition, when it has corresponded we have added a link with the movie reviews and a link to interviews with their directors or actors and actresses.

Best theatrical releases

1. Richard Jewell (2019), Clint Eastwood
2. The Officer and the Spy (2019), Roman Polanski
3. The lighthouse (2019), Robert Eggers (review)
4. 1917 (2019), Sam Mendes
5. Jojo Rabbit (2019), Taika Waititi
6. Dark Waters (2019), Todd Haines
7. Hidden Life (2019), Terrence Malick
8. The double plus fifteen (2019), Mikel Rueda (interviews)
9. Monkeys (2019), Alexander Landes
   
10. The invisible man (2020), Leigh Whannel (criticism and interviews)
11. The Gentlemen (2019), Guy Ritchie
12. Specials (2019), Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
13. Onward (2020), Dan Scanlon (interviews)
14. Invisibles (2020), Grace Querejeta (interviews)
15. The Perfect Candidate (2019), Haifaa Al-Mansour (interviews)
16. And most importantly, Matthias (2019); Xavier Dolan-Tadros
17. Personal Assistant (2020), Nisha Ganatra (review)
18. White gold (2019), Grímur Hákonarson (criticism and interviews)
19. The Wish List (2020), Álvaro D. Lorenzo (criticism and interviews)
20. Color Out of Space (2019), Richard Stanley (review)
21. Rosa’s wedding (2020), Icíar Bollaín
22. Tenet (2020), Christopher Nolan
23. Girls (2020), Pilar Palomero (interviews)
24. A normal world (2020), Achero Mañas (criticism and interviews)
25. Song to Song (2017), Terrence Malick
26. Greenland. The Last Refuge (2020), Ric Roman Waugh (review)
27. Never, almost never, sometimes, always (2020), Eliza Hittman
28. Falling (2020), Viggo Mortensen
29. A window to the sea (2020), Miguel Angel Jimenez (criticism and interviews)
30. Summer of ’85 (2020), Francois Ozon
31. Thou shalt not kill (2020), David Victori (criticism and interviews)
32. The body of Christ (2019); Jan Komasa
33. Emma (2020), Autumn de Wilde
34. Sentimental (2020), Cesc Gay (criticism and interviews)
35. One for all (2020), David Ilundain (interviews)
36. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Patty Jenkins (review)
37. The Croods: A New Adventure (2020), Joel Crawford (critical and interviews)
38. Up to Heaven (2020), Daniel Calparsoro (criticism and interviews)
39. Saint Maud (2019), Rose Glass (review)
40. The Father (2020), Florian Zeller (review)

Best new releases on streaming platforms

1. The Chicago 7 Trial (2020), Aaron Sorkin (Netflix) (Criticism)
2. Mank (2020), David Fincher (Netflix) (Viewing Guide)
3. Soul (2020), Pete Docter and Kemp Powers (Disney+) (Criticism)
4. Regrettable Stories (2020), Javier Fesser (Amazon) (Interviews)
5. Tyler Rake (2020), Sam Hargrave (Netflix)
6. Home (2020), Alex Pastor and David Pastor (Netflix)
7. The Dilemma of Networks (2020), Jeff Orlowski (Netflix) (Reflections)
8. Borat, film film sequel (2020), Jason Woliner (Amazon)
9. Days (2020), Tsai Ming-liang (Netflix)
10. The devil at all hours (2020), Antonio Campos (Netflix)

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