2020 Movies, a list by chezmorris

8.0

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81

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81

/1323/

4.2

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99

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98

/20/

87

/28/

3.5

age 8+

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

86

8.2

/239886/

81

/7366/

80

/3496/

4.3

/399127/

98

/299/

88

/151/

88

/51/

3.5

age 14+

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, 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.

83

7.7

/8654/

77

/435/

72

/156/

4.1

/33179/

100

/100/

90

/49/

86

/29/

3.5

age 15+

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

82

7.6

/6143/

73

/495/

71

/106/

4.0

/35723/

95

/153/

91

/37/

84

/34/

3.5

age 13+

This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage boys from across Texas coming together to build a representative government from the ground up.

81

7.4

/7591/

72

/410/

71

/137/

3.9

/37717/

99

/101/

78

/37/

89

/28/

3.5

age 13+

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

81

7.4

/209580/

75

/12806/

73

/3501/

3.8

/798727/

94

/254/

89

/619/

83

/48/

3.5

age 16+

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.

80

7.1

/24006/

70

/1201/

71

/509/

3.9

/99246/

96

/224/

65

/161/

90

/44/

4.0

age 13+

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

79

7.7

/203580/

77

/7430/

76

/3240/

3.8

/401749/

89

/344/

90

/454/

76

/49/

3.0

age 16+

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

79

7.3

/4240/

73

/155/

75

/42/

3.9

/9735/

97

/128/

77

/33/

84

/31/

3.0

age 13+

In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.

79

7.5

/4589/

75

/189/

73

/63/

3.9

/10675/

97

/112/

85

/25/

79

/33/

3.0

age 15+

When two of artist Barbora Kysilkova’s most valuable paintings are stolen from a gallery at Frogner in Oslo, the police are able to find the thief after a few days, but the paintings are nowhere to be found. Barbora goes to the trial in hopes of finding clues, but instead she ends up asking the thief if she can paint a portrait of him. This will be the start of a very unusual friendship. Over three years, the cinematic documentary follows the incredible story of the artist looking for her stolen paintings, while at the same time turning the thief into art.

79

7.1

/280004/

71

/16442/

71

/6091/

3.4

/687842/

92

/424/

88

/2514/

72

/58/

4.0

age 15+

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

78

7.1

/35635/

70

/1531/

70

/676/

3.7

/85962/

98

/348/

78

/132/

83

/51/

3.5

age 15+

In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

78

7.4

/29460/

73

/1229/

71

/560/

4.0

/105865/

99

/245/

55

/117/

92

/38/

3.5

age 13+

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

78

7.2

/20408/

71

/858/

68

/383/

3.8

/85468/

94

/153/

84

/77/

77

/30/

3.5

age 15+

A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

78

7.1

/5779/

73

/293/

66

/92/

3.8

/16021/

99

/102/

74

/41/

83

/24/

3.5

age 15+

At the start of the summer, Bridget has an abortion just as she lands a much-needed job in affluent Evanston, Illinois — nannying a six-year old.

77

6.7

/5496/

65

/297/

60

/138/

3.6

/11529/

90

/123/

80

/32/

82

/26/

4.0

age 15+

Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A stormy but enduring relationship ensues between Kyle, with limitless patience, and Mike, who only lives his life by sowing discord in that of others, across many years of laughter, heartbreak, and rage.

77

7.5

/250259/

74

/9721/

73

/3541/

3.7

/743006/

90

/429/

87

/175/

72

/48/

3.0

age 15+

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

77

7.2

/4268/

71

/186/

69

/172/

3.7

/8723/

98

/100/

77

/12/

82

/20/

3.0

Nina and Madeleine have been sharing their lives and the landing between their two apartments for decades. After more than 20 years of loving in the shadows, Madeleine promises Nina she will tell her family the truth. It takes an unexpected event to show her the importance of living your truth.

76

7.0

/5270/

71

/272/

67

/117/

3.5

/6484/

94

/140/

83

/53/

70

/23/

3.5

age 15+

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.

76

7.2

/5782/

72

/218/

69

/114/

3.9

/19344/

93

/122/

55

/19/

83

/26/

3.5

age 14+

An offbeat observation of refugees waiting to be granted asylum on a fictional remote Scottish island. It focuses on Omar, a young Syrian musician who is burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.

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74

6.8

/127036/

70

/8301/

71

/1882/

3.3

/542399/

83

/213/

83

/923/

66

/41/

3.5

age 15+

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

75

6.8

/6528/

68

/293/

67

/118/

3.8

/26727/

98

/132/

51

/43/

91

/23/

3.5

age 14+

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.

75

7.2

/80754/

72

/4515/

70

/1263/

3.4

/59411/

85

/215/

95

/539/

65

/37/

3.0

age 13+

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

75

6.9

/46747/

71

/2851/

70

/1560/

3.2

/264173/

97

/103/

81

/254/

74

/23/

3.0

age 13+

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

74

6.4

/53775/

65

/2795/

64

/1190/

3.4

/168032/

100

/127/

72

/293/

72

/19/

3.5

age 16+

After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.

74

6.9

/157419/

72

/11067/

72

/4314/

3.2

/326818/

94

/116/

89

/24/

63

/14/

3.0

age 13+

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

74

6.8

/100414/

71

/5382/

69

/1876/

3.2

/84525/

88

/270/

89

/779/

73

/45/

3.0

age 13+

A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

74

6.6

/54848/

65

/2510/

66

/842/

3.5

/225790/

92

/195/

67

/247/

83

/35/

3.5

age 16+

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

74

6.7

/70259/

69

/3548/

70

/1882/

3.7

/449278/

86

/260/

72

/621/

71

/48/

3.5

age 12+

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

74

6.5

/57112/

66

/2575/

65

/1141/

3.5

/148334/

92

/315/

53

/663/

82

/49/

4.0

age 17+

Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

74

7.8

/449805/

77

/20230/

76

/6343/

3.8

/582893/

76

/278/

84

/2664/

51

/44/

3.0

age 17+

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

73

6.9

/15927/

70

/620/

68

/345/

3.6

/32324/

89

/206/

69

/34/

73

/31/

3.0

age 14+

Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash, secrets come out, and their love for each other is tested as never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s illness.

73

6.5

/17730/

64

/1117/

63

/283/

3.6

/89070/

89

/161/

65

/97/

79

/27/

3.5

age 16+

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.

73

7.4

/183995/

75

/13591/

76

/6440/

3.3

/602602/

88

/346/

95

/2305/

61

/56/

2.0

age 7+

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

72

6.5

/26149/

66

/1162/

69

/624/

3.1

/104889/

70

/256/

85

/12/

72

/41/

3.5

age 16+

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

72

6.7

/56077/

69

/3750/

66

/1287/

3.3

/74494/

85

/215/

84

/629/

66

/40/

3.0

age 16+

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

72

6.7

/208083/

71

/14448/

71

/4649/

3.1

/227442/

80

/288/

70

/940/

70

/45/

3.5

age 16+

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

71

7.0

/59558/

70

/1976/

70

/1275/

3.5

/147642/

76

/240/

84

/254/

66

/41/

2.5

age 16+

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.

71

6.7

/38309/

69

/2552/

68

/740/

3.3

/24460/

85

/198/

76

/583/

63

/36/

3.0

age 15+

Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

71

6.6

/241557/

70

/14287/

72

/6384/

3.1

/819003/

91

/208/

71

/997/

68

/31/

3.0

age 12+

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

71

6.5

/2363/

69

/141/

64

/34/

3.5

/8966/

99

/153/

56

/44/

73

/27/

3.0

age 14+

Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.

71

6.6

/10362/

64

/335/

64

/266/

3.6

/39686/

89

/143/

67

/14/

75

/32/

3.0

Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.

71

6.4

/23594/

66

/1482/

62

/516/

3.7

/105733/

90

/213/

47

/33/

78

/35/

3.5

age 14+

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

71

6.5

/31804/

66

/1828/

66

/813/

3.4

/140579/

87

/134/

69

/152/

65

/22/

3.5

age 16+

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.

71

7.3

/672861/

72

/31356/

71

/10725/

3.4

/1575612/

70

/380/

76

/2373/

69

/50/

3.0

age 14+

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

71

6.1

/63795/

63

/4812/

61

/1608/

3.2

/148462/

86

/213/

82

/21/

70

/28/

3.5

age 16+

The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.

71

6.4

/2300/

63

/248/

61

/52/

3.2

/7463/

87

/111/

59

/27/

73

/26/

4.0

age 11+

In 1991 a group of countercultural visionaries built an enormous replica of earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. When eight “biospherians” lived sealed inside, they faced ecological calamities and cult accusations. Their epic adventure is a cautionary tale but also a testament to the power of small groups reimagining the world.

71

6.7

/110634/

70

/6129/

72

/2786/

3.1

/326965/

88

/138/

73

/362/

67

/20/