2020 Top 50

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1. The Turning (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

35 Metascore

A young governess is hired to look after an orphaned girl, but the return of the girl's problematic brother uncovers secrets from their past. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw."

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Barbara Marten

Votes: 16,155

2. The Assistant (III) (2019)

R | 87 min | Drama

79 Metascore

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Owen Holland, Jon Orsini, Rory Kulz

Votes: 26,189

3. The Lodge (2019)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

64 Metascore

A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.

Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage

Votes: 57,885

4. Tiger King (2020–2021)

TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A rivalry between big cat eccentrics takes a dark turn when Joe Exotic, a controversial animal park boss, is caught in a murder-for-hire plot.

Stars: Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, John Reinke, Jeff Lowe

Votes: 86,984

5. Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Horror

64 Metascore

A retrospective look at A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and the life of its lead actor, Mark Patton.

Directors: Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen | Stars: Cecil Baldwin, Mark Patton, Robert Englund, Jack Sholder

Votes: 2,023

6. Planet of the Humans (2019)

100 min | Documentary

56 Metascore

Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.

Director: Jeff Gibbs | Stars: Jeff Gibbs, David Joos, Kristin Zimmerman, J. Peter Lark

Votes: 3,334

7. The Last Dance (2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Led by Michael Jordan, the 1990s Chicago Bulls establish themselves as one of the most notable dynasties in sports history.

Stars: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, David Aldridge

Votes: 152,265

8. Last and First Men (2020)

70 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

80 Metascore

Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

Director: Jóhann Jóhannsson | Star: Tilda Swinton

Votes: 4,462

9. Becky (II) (2020)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

54 Metascore

A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Robert Maillet

Votes: 24,678

10. First Cow (2019)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Western

90 Metascore

A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Ryan Findley

Votes: 21,975

11. Relic (2020)

R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

77 Metascore

A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.

Director: Natalie Erika James | Stars: Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Steve Rodgers

Votes: 30,243

12. Showbiz Kids (2020)

TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary

A documentary about the highs and lows of children in show business, featuring interviews and examinations of the lives and careers of the most famous former child actors in the world.

Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Cameron Boyce, Todd Bridges, Baby Peggy, Rohith Kalavacharla

Votes: 2,018

13. Amulet (2020)

R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery

62 Metascore

An ex-soldier, living homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion that something sinister is going on.

Director: Romola Garai | Stars: Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunton, Anah Ruddin

Votes: 4,647

14. She Dies Tomorrow (2020)

R | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

81 Metascore

A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.

Director: Amy Seimetz | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton

Votes: 7,173

15. After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020)

TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary

A look at the ongoing threat caused by the phenomenon of "fake news" in the U.S., focusing on the real-life consequences that disinformation, conspiracy theories and false news stories have on the average citizen.

Director: Andrew Rossi | Stars: Jack Burkman, Elizabeth Williamson, Molly McKew, Troy Michalik

Votes: 1,873

16. I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2020–2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

Gripping examination of the unsolved crimes of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s.

Stars: Patton Oswalt, Paul Haynes, Amy Ryan, Lauren Orlando

Votes: 8,853

17. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

R | 134 min | Drama, Thriller

78 Metascore

Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.

Director: Charlie Kaufman | Stars: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis

Votes: 100,090

18. Feels Good Man (2020)

92 min | Documentary, Comedy

79 Metascore

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.

Director: Arthur Jones | Stars: Matt Furie, Aiyana Udesen, Chris Sullivan, Johnny Ryan

Votes: 5,554

19. The Social Dilemma (2020)

PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama

78 Metascore

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: 89,477

20. Agents of Chaos (2020)

TV-MA | 239 min | Documentary, History

Was there Russian interference in the 2016 election? This two-part documentary directed by Emmy(R) and Academy Award(R) Winner Alex Gibney is a product of years of reporting on that ... See full summary »

Stars: Alex Gibney, John Podesta, Margarita Simonyan, Andrew McCabe

Votes: 1,448

21. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

67 Metascore

Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East

Votes: 24,274

22. Totally Under Control (2020)

TV-14 | 123 min | Documentary

80 Metascore

An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.

Directors: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger | Stars: Alex Azar, Charlie Baker, Scott Becker, Taison Bell

Votes: 3,369

23. The Vow (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

A look at the experiences of the members of the NXIVM, an organization and sex cult that made headlines for being charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and conspiracy.

Stars: Sarah Edmondson, Mark Vicente, Bonnie Piesse, Anthony Ames

Votes: 6,652

24. The Queen's Gambit (2020)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama

Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski

Votes: 553,821

25. The El Duce Tapes (2019)

Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Between appearing in supporting roles in General Hospital and local TV commercials, Ryan Sexton spent the early 90s documenting the life and art of El Duce, lead singer of the notorious ... See full summary »

Directors: Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, Ryan Sexton | Stars: Steve Broy, Eric Carlson, El Duce, Gwar

Votes: 299

26. Kajillionaire (2020)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

78 Metascore

A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning.

Director: Miranda July | Stars: Richard Jenkins, Debra Winger, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Belcher

Votes: 22,106

27. J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius (2019)

85 min | Documentary

The Church of the SubGenius has been called "the most aggressively preposterous theology the world has ever known!" But what is the Church? Filmmaker Sandy K. Boone explores the underground... See full summary »

Director: Sandy K. Boone | Stars: Vicki Amorose, Susan Barrows, Trevor Blake, Gerald Casale

Votes: 187

28. Let Him Go (2020)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.

Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Kayli Carter, Ryan Bruce

Votes: 34,954

29. Tenet (2020)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

69 Metascore

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak

Votes: 592,941 | Gross: $58.46M

30. My Psychedelic Love Story (2020 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History

69 Metascore

An examination of the high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Was Leary's "perfect love" a CIA plant or was she simply a rich, beautiful young woman out for the adventure of a lifetime?

Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Timothy Leary, Joanna Harcourt-Smith

Votes: 506

31. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller

76 Metascore

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 193,409

32. Mank (2020)

R | 131 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

79 Metascore

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey

Votes: 82,763

33. Marketing the Messiah (2020)

Unrated | 103 min | Documentary

This documentary shows how Christianity grew from a small Jewish Sect into the Catholic Church, with an emphasis on how Jesus's apostles rejected Paul's version of Jesus, but Paul's version eventually became the orthodox Catholic view.

Director: Cameron Reilly | Stars: Michael Bird, Richard Carrier, Geoffrey Dunn, David Fitzgerald

Votes: 558

34. I'm Your Woman (2020)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

In this 1970s set crime drama, a woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

Director: Julia Hart | Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinzé Kene, Jameson Charles

Votes: 9,948

35. Boys State (2020)

PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary

84 Metascore

A thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up.

Directors: Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss | Stars: Ben Feinstein, Steven Garza, Robert MacDougall, René Otero

Votes: 5,729

36. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)

105 min | Documentary

Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | Stars: Anjali Appadurai, Chris Barrett, Heidi Boghosian, Wendy Brown

Votes: 647

37. The Empty Man (2020)

R | 137 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

Director: David Prior | Stars: James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Sasha Frolova, Samantha Logan

Votes: 38,657

38. In Search of Darkness (2019)

Not Rated | 264 min | Documentary, Horror

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

Director: David A. Weiner | Stars: Tom Atkins, Doug Bradley, John Bloom, Diana Prince

Votes: 3,761

39. Psycho Ape! (2020)

64 min | Comedy, Horror

A killer gorilla escapes from the Detroit Zoo and goes on a murdering spree.

Director: Addison Binek | Stars: Kansas Bowling, Bill Weeden, Stephen Albers, Dylan Mars Greenberg

Votes: 291

40. Hunter Hunter (2020)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

61 Metascore

Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers, but their tranquility is threatened when they think they are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf, and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.

Director: Shawn Linden | Stars: Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa, Nick Stahl

Votes: 13,128

41. Heaven's Gate (2020)

TV-MA | 52 min | Documentary, Crime

A comprehensive analysis of the UFO cult. The disappearance of 20 people, and the largest suicide on U.S. soil. Forever changing the face of modern era religion.

Stars: Janja Lalich, Benjamin Zeller, Robert Balch, Kelly Cooke

Votes: 3,031

42. The Comey Rule (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Drama

Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this limited series of the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.

Stars: Jeff Daniels, Holly Hunter, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 10,056

43. Wolfwalkers (2020)

PG | 103 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

87 Metascore

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.

Directors: Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart | Stars: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney

Votes: 38,681

44. The Ripper (2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime

Investigators and witnesses recall how a modern-day Jack the Ripper terrorized the north of England during the late 1970s.

Stars: Alan Whitehouse, Keith Hellawell, Andrew Laptew, Christa Ackroyd

Votes: 10,854

45. Murder on Middle Beach (2020)

TV-MA | 66 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

A young man is determined to solve an unspeakable crime and absolve the people he loves, while looking for answers within his fractured family and community.

Stars: Madison Hamburg, Mark E. Safarik

Votes: 4,556

46. Swallow (I) (2019)

R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

65 Metascore

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis | Stars: Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel

Votes: 28,307

47. Promising Young Woman (2020)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

72 Metascore

Nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.

Director: Emerald Fennell | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown

Votes: 211,782

48. Saint Maud (2019)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

83 Metascore

A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.

Director: Rose Glass | Stars: Morfydd Clark, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jennifer Ehle, Marcus Hutton

Votes: 47,053

49. The Witch of Kings Cross (2020)

75 min | Documentary

Artist Rosaleen Norton faced allegations of satanic rituals, obscene art and sex orgies in 1950s Sydney, but did the scandals mask her genius?

Director: Sonia Bible | Stars: Kate Elizabeth Laxton, Robert Buratti, Peter Cotton, Barbara Creed

Votes: 404



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