2020: New year, new list
by MizAnthrope | created - 01 Jan 2020 | updated - 15 Jun 2021 | PublicWhat I've watched this year.
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1. Trading Places (1983)
R | 116 min | Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Votes: 165,535 | Gross: $90.40M
2. Stealin Aint Honest (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Olive has a secret treasure map, but while she's showing it to Popeye, Bluto photographs it and gets there first.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 193
3. Me Feelins Is Hurt (1940)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Olive writes a letter to Popeye: she's through with sailors; it's cowboys for her. Popeye immediately sails off to the West, where he finds, who else, Bluto as the head of the ranch where ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Orestes Calpini | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 197
4. Onion Pacific (1940)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The race is on for the state railroad franchise. It's the Sudden Pacific (Bluto) against the Onion Pacific (Popeye). Oh, and there's also a kiss from Olive for the winner. Bluto slows down ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 196
5. Wimmin Is a Myskery (1940)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When Popeye tells Olive Oyl that he will propose to her the next morning, she has a dream that their four boys will run roughshod over their house.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 191
6. Nurse-Mates (1940)
7 min | Animation, Short, Family
The boys show up simultaneously to take Olive to the movies. She needs to visit the hairdresser first, and tells the boys to take care of Swee'Pea: bath, dress him, and nap. Of course, with... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Orestes Calpini | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 191
7. Fightin Pals (1940)
7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Popeye travels alone through Darkest Africa to find his fist-fightin' pal, Bluto.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer
Votes: 162
8. Avenue 5 (2020–2022)
TV-MA | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The troubled crew of Avenue 5, a space cruise ship filled with spoiled, rich, snotty space tourists, must try and keep everyone calm after their ship gets thrown off course into space and ends up needing three years to return to Earth.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front
Votes: 22,680
9. The Sound of Fury (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 1,897
10. Kobe Doin' Work (2009 TV Movie)
84 min | Documentary, Sport
A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day during a game against the San Antonio Spurs.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Stephen A. Smith, Tony Parker
Votes: 1,561
11. Briarpatch (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A senator's aide unravels a complex web of lies, crimes and conspiracies when she returns to her corrupt hometown -- San Bonifacio, Texas, near the Mexican border--to investigate the death of her sister, a local cop killed by a car bomb.
Stars: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty
Votes: 2,686
12. Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
With help from her dad and grandmother, Nora Lum navigates young adulthood in Flushing, New York with her cousin.
Stars: Awkwafina, Lori Tan Chinn, BD Wong, Bowen Yang
Votes: 6,637
13. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Pamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.
Director: Pamela B. Green | Stars: Jodie Foster, Alice Guy, Pamela B. Green, Catherine Hardwicke
Votes: 1,123 | Gross: $0.10M
14. Belgravia (2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
Stars: Philip Glenister, Tamsin Greig, Harriet Walter, Saskia Reeves
Votes: 8,799
15. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch
Votes: 845,637 | Gross: $142.50M
16. Matrimony's Speed Limit (1913)
Unrated | 14 min | Comedy, Short
A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Fraunie Fraunholz, Marian Swayne
Votes: 477
17. Syncopated City (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short
Hal and a theater manager see people watching a building excavation for entertainment. They suggest that city employees entertain their customers, including a singing tax collector. Hal becomes the Mayor's assistant.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Hal Le Roy, Dorothy Dare, George Watts, Philip Loeb
Votes: 85
18. Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When a grisly murder shocks Los Angeles in 1938, Detective Tiago Vega and his partner Lewis Michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the troubled history of the city.
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Daniel Zovatto, Kerry Bishé, Adriana Barraza
Votes: 10,645
19. Run (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Two ex-lovers, a married American woman and an aspiring British writer, activate a long-planned escape plan and disappear together for a week. They soon get into trouble and a cop goes after them.
Stars: Merritt Wever, Domhnall Gleeson, Rich Sommer, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 7,931
20. Downton Abbey (2019)
PG | 122 min | Drama, Romance
1927. The Crawleys prepare to host King George V and Queen Mary at Downton Abbey.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore, Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera
Votes: 63,258 | Gross: $96.85M
21. Snowpiercer (2020–2025)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright, Iddo Goldberg
Votes: 62,321
22. Maniac (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse
Votes: 1,544
23. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Biography, Drama
American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitríona Balfe
Votes: 471,899 | Gross: $117.62M
24. Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.
Director: Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby
Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $0.52M
25. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg
Votes: 22,545
26. Us (II) (2019)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Votes: 340,397 | Gross: $175.08M
27. Copy (1929)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Drama
On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.
Director: Norman Houston | Stars: Roscoe Karns, Jack Carlyle, James Donlan, Bruce Gentle
Votes: 118
28. Mary Magdalene (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim
Votes: 11,518 | Gross: $0.12M
29. Ad Astra (2019)
PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 260,153 | Gross: $50.19M
30. Yesterday (III) (2019)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell
Votes: 167,404 | Gross: $73.29M
31. Green Book (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco
Votes: 568,910 | Gross: $85.08M
32. Her Smell (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn
Votes: 8,184 | Gross: $0.26M
33. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Votes: 1,482,759 | Gross: $335.45M
34. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson
Votes: 88,570 | Gross: $61.70M
35. Anna (II) (2019)
R | 118 min | Action, Thriller
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy
Votes: 93,391 | Gross: $7.74M
36. Judy (II) (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 54,790
37. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 202,179 | Gross: $73.12M
38. The Big Doll House (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Judith Brown, Brooke Mills
Votes: 3,089 | Gross: $10.00M
39. The Dare-Devil (1923)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A bumbling, cross-eyed buffoon falls into the role of movie stunt man.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, John J. Richardson, Kewpie Morgan
Votes: 173
40. Black Oxfords (1924)
Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A misguided youth escapes jail with his pal and discovers that his mother and sister are being threatened with eviction.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Sidney Smith, Vernon Dent, Marceline Day, Anna Dodge
Votes: 124
41. Lizzies of the Field (1924)
Not Rated | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Two rival auto repair shops compete in a no-holds-barred 250-mile road race.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Billy Bevan, Sidney Smith, Jack Lloyd, Barbara Pierce
Votes: 195
42. Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A store clerk is wrongfully arrested for theft and killing the night watchman, who is very much alive. After dangling from a building, he stumbles onto the real burglar.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Ben Turpin, Harry Gribbon, Irene, John J. Richardson
Votes: 111
43. Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Lillian Knight, John J. Richardson
Votes: 213
44. Greta (2018)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman befriends a lonely widow who's harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloë Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry
Votes: 37,970 | Gross: $10.52M
45. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 956,005 | Gross: $53.37M
46. Fleabag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
Stars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford
Votes: 200,437
47. Curious Alice (1971)
11 min | Animation, Short, Family
This is an education film for public school children, about drugs, narcotics, psychedelics, alcohol, amphetamines, and barbiturates abuse in the context of the Alice In Wonderland story.
Stars: Elizabeth Jones, Sparky
Votes: 204
48. Bout-de-Zan et le crocodile (1913)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Starring the child actor Rene Poyen as the naughty Bout-de-Zan. Hand-colored & duplicated in 2010, the film was restored on digital intermediate and then written back to 35mm print.
Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: Marguerite Lavigne, René Poyen, Jeanne Saint-Bonnet
Votes: 44
49. Advocate (2019)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Jewish-Israeli lawyer Lea Tsemel who has represented political prisoners for nearly 50 years.
Directors: Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones | Stars: Lea Tsemel, Yasser Joubeh, Suheila Dweik, Ossama Amro
Votes: 377
50. 1917 (2019)
R | 119 min | Action, Drama, War
April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth
Votes: 673,524 | Gross: $159.23M
51. Barkskins (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization- late 1600s New France.
Stars: David Thewlis, Marcia Gay Harden, Aneurin Barnard, James Bloor
Votes: 2,598
52. Ski-Flying (1956)
8 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Hans Thirring, a theoretical physicist at the University of Vienna, is skiing down a mountain slope wearing cape-like attire. The cape, designed by Thirring and called the Thirring mantel, ... See full summary »
Director: Heinz Scheiderbauer | Stars: André Baruch, Hans Thirring
Votes: 54
53. Little Women (2019)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
Director: Greta Gerwig | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 244,836 | Gross: $108.10M
54. The Go-Go's (2020)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, Music
The Go-Go's are the most successful female rock band of all time. This documentary chronicles the meteoric rise of a band born of the LA punk scene that not only captured but created a zeitgeist.
Director: Alison Ellwood | Stars: The Go-Go's, Charlotte Caffey, Elissa Bello, Belinda Carlisle
Votes: 1,720
55. The Little Stranger (2018)
R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a doctor is called to visit a crumbling manor, strange things begin to occur.
Director: Lenny Abrahamson | Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Ruth Wilson, Liv Hill
Votes: 10,622 | Gross: $0.71M
56. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi
Votes: 440,515 | Gross: $33.37M
57. It Chapter Two (2019)
R | 169 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa
Votes: 301,346 | Gross: $211.59M
58. You Only Live Once (1937)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon
Votes: 7,634
59. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,192 | Gross: $47.84M
60. Ophelia (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A reimagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.
Director: Claire McCarthy | Stars: Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O'Rourke, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 13,032 | Gross: $0.05M
61. To Catch a Thief (1955)
PG | 106 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams
Votes: 79,642 | Gross: $8.75M
62. Jimi Plays Monterey (1986)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, Music
Jimi Hendrix's landmark concert in Monterey County Fairgrounds in California in which he plays signature songs like "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," and "Wild Thing."
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, John Phillips
Votes: 1,432
63. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 133,902
64. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
PG | 103 min | Documentary, Music
A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Pegi Young, Ben Keith
Votes: 3,299 | Gross: $1.83M
65. Hold Your Man (1933)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Burgess
Votes: 1,810
66. The Gentlemen (2019)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong
Votes: 397,614 | Gross: $36.47M
67. The Kids Are Alright (1979)
PG | 109 min | Documentary, Music
Interviews, TV clips and concert footage make up this comprehensive profile of The Who, Britain's premiere rock band.
Director: Jeff Stein | Stars: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle
Votes: 3,920
68. Underwater (2020)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater research and drilling facility located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Director: William Eubank | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie, T.J. Miller
Votes: 96,967 | Gross: $17.29M
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