Best of 2020
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1. The Hater (2020)
TV-MA | 135 min | Drama, Thriller
A young man searches for purpose in a net of hatred and violence that he tries to control.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Maciej Musialowski, Vanessa Aleksander, Danuta Stenka, Jacek Koman
Votes: 17,620
2. The Father (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Director: Florian Zeller | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Votes: 193,286
3. The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
104 min | Drama
His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania | Stars: Yahya Mahayni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw, Darina Al Joundi
Votes: 7,107
4. The Pit (2020)
107 min | Drama
After a neighbor's daughter throws some contemptuous remarks about his dead father, ten years old boy teaches the girl a cruel lesson thereby condemning himself in the eyes of the surrounding folk.
Director: Dace Puce | Stars: Damir Onackis, Dace Eversa, Agata Buzek, Egons Dombrovskis
Votes: 622
5. Only Human (2020)
91 min | Drama
ONLY HUMAN - Homo - stages 6 profiles in 6 sequences cleverly interwoven. A dramatic story featuring desperate characters in their quest for survival and love, or redemption.
Director: Igor Ivanov Izi | Stars: Natasha Petrovic, Igor Angelov, Oliver Mitkovski, May-Linda Kosumovic
Votes: 122
6. The People Upstairs (I) (2020)
82 min | Comedy
Two couples explore the complexities of modern day relationships.
Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Javier Cámara, Griselda Siciliani, Belén Cuesta, Alberto San Juan
Votes: 3,213
7. There Is No Evil (2020)
151 min | Drama
The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Zhila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof, Mahtab Servati, Ehsan Mirhosseini
Votes: 6,161
8. Tereza37 (2020)
100 min | Drama
After several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.
Director: Danilo Serbedzija | Stars: Lana Baric, Leon Lucev, Ivana Roscic, Marija Skaricic
Votes: 326
9. Ballad of a White Cow (2020)
105 min | Drama
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Stars: Maryam Moghadam, Alireza Sani Far, Pourya Rahimi Sam, Avin Poor Raoufi
Votes: 2,544
10. After Love (2020)
89 min | Drama
Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Director: Aleem Khan | Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss, Nasser Memarzia
Votes: 4,296
11. Riders of Justice (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 63,616
12. Nowhere Special (2020)
96 min | Drama
When John, a thirty-five-year-old window cleaner, is given only a few months to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for his three-year-old son, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Director: Uberto Pasolini | Stars: James Norton, Daniel Lamont, Carol Moore, Valene Kane
Votes: 6,535
13. Focus, Grandma (2020)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
April 1992. Members of a large family strewn around the former Yugoslavia gather around the death bed of their elderly matriarch. She is not well, but the forecast of a family doctor that ... See full summary »
Director: Pjer Zalica | Stars: Mira Banjac, Jasna Zalica, Alma Prica, Admir Glamocak
Votes: 446
14. The Social Dilemma (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama
Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.
Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson, Joe Toscano
Votes: 89,468
15. Breasts (2020)
92 min | Drama
Twenty year high-school reunion bring together four friends. One of them is gravely ill. The rest want to help her. But to do that, they firstly have to find out who they really are.
Director: Marija Perovic | Stars: Marija Skaricic, Vojin Cetkovic, Dubravka Drakic, Nada Sargin
Votes: 105
16. Adu (2020)
TV-MA | 119 min | Drama
Three people, three stories, one thing in common: Africa.
Director: Salvador Calvo | Stars: Luis Tosar, Álvaro Cervantes, Anna Castillo, Moustapha Oumarou
Votes: 5,451
17. Rebecca (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 46,579
18. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
101 min | Drama, History, War
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic
Votes: 38,208
19. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Director: Eliza Hittman | Stars: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Eliazar Jimenez
Votes: 31,160
20. Caught in the Net (2020)
100 min | Documentary, Crime
Two documentarians exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention.
Directors: Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák | Stars: Sabina Dlouhá, Anezka Pithartová, Tereza Tezká
Votes: 1,741
21. Limbo (VI) (2020)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
Director: Ben Sharrock | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kenneth Collard, Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai
Votes: 5,287
22. Serious Men (2020)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Tormented with his 'under-privileged' societal status, a father capitalizes on his son's newfound fame as a boy-genius. Little does he realize that the secret he harbors will destroy the very thing he loves the most.
Directors: Sudhir Mishra, Sachin Krishn | Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nassar, Aakshath Das, Indira Tiwari
Votes: 8,210
23. Father (2020)
120 min | Drama
A Serbian man fights to regain custody of his children.
Director: Srdan Golubovic | Stars: Goran Bogdan, Boris Isakovic, Nada Sargin, Milica Janevski
Votes: 3,042
24. Bad Tales (2020)
98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it's the children who bring about the collapse.
Directors: Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo | Stars: Elio Germano, Tommaso Di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Barbara Chichiarelli
Votes: 7,063
25. Working Girls (2020)
91 min | Drama
Every day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.
Directors: Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Stars: Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky, Annabelle Lengronne, Nicolas Cazalé
Votes: 966
26. On the Rocks (2020)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, Jessica Henwick
Votes: 36,458
27. The Mole Agent (2020)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta
Votes: 9,503
28. The Roads Not Taken (2020)
R | 85 min | Drama
A day in the life of Leo and his daughter, Molly, as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Branka Katic, Salma Hayek
Votes: 2,898
29. Sweat (2020)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Director: Magnus von Horn | Stars: Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,809
30. DAU. Natasha (2020)
138 min | Drama
Natasha works in the canteen of a secret Soviet research institute. She drinks a lot, likes to talk about love and embarks on an affair. State security intervenes. A tale of violence that is as radical as it is provocative.
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel | Stars: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov
Votes: 1,564
31. Mare (I) (2020)
84 min | Drama
Routinely, but with dedication, Mare runs her small family's modest household, although a new washing machine is not the only thing that is missing. When a chance encounter rekindles her libido, she does not hold back for long.
Director: Andrea Staka | Stars: Marija Skaricic, Goran Navojec, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Mirjana Karanovic
Votes: 406
32. Persian Lessons (2020)
127 min | Drama, War
A young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.
Director: Vadim Perelman | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter
Votes: 12,172
33. Zora (2020)
126 min | Drama, Mystery
In a dystopian future, Matja and his family face an unresolved tragedy. Despite losing his faith and struggling to find his true self, the dawn breaks over the valley, revealing that the ... See full summary »
Director: Dalibor Matanic | Stars: Kresimir Mikic, Tihana Lazovic, Lara Vladovic, Maks Kleoncic
Votes: 278
34. Epicentro (2020)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
An immersive portrait of Cuba, its people, and the role of cinema in political myth-making from Academy Award® nominee Hubert Sauper "Darwin's Nightmare".
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Oona Chaplin, Fena LeChuck, Juan Padrón, Hubert Sauper
Votes: 293
35. Palm Springs (2020)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Stuck in a time loop, two wedding guests develop a budding romance while living the same day over and over again.
Director: Max Barbakow | Stars: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 182,773
36. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 195,060
37. The Life Ahead (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.
Director: Edoardo Ponti | Stars: Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Iosif Diego Pirvu
Votes: 15,551
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