The 20 Best Movies of 2020 So Far
Which films have impressed critics the most during the first half of the year? Above, we rank the best-reviewed movies released in theaters* or on digital/VOD/streaming outlets between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Films are ranked by Metascore and must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible.
* Commonly found in urban locations during the Before Times, a theater was an enclosed public space where strangers came together to watch films projected on a screen.
Meek's Cutoff director Kelly Reichardt returns to the Oregon frontier with this loose adaptation of regular collaborator Jonathan Raymond's novel The Half-Life. Set in 1820, this modest, affecting drama follows a cook (John Magaro) and a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) who start a successful business thanks to the clandestine milking of a prized cow. Reichardt’s first film since 2016’s Certain Women is another critical darling for the impressively consistent indie filmmaker. A March theatrical rollout was prematurely halted by the coronavirus pandemic, but the film is heading to digital outlets on July 10.
“First Cow is a masterwork of indie cinema—a tale that’s both charming and unsparing, suffused with equal measures of wonder and dread.” —David Sims, The Atlantic
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