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Cinema · 2020 Ranked

Best Films of 2020, Ranked by IQ Score

The COVID-disrupted year, streaming saved prestige cinema. Ranked.

2020 is the year COVID disrupted theatrical exhibition but streaming preserved prestige cinema. Nomadland (Zhao, Best Picture). Minari (Chung). Promising Young Woman (Fennell directorial debut). Soul (Docter, Pixar). The Father (Zeller, Hopkins's second Best Actor Oscar).

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