The 50 Best Movies of 2020

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 6, 2021

Here is Metacritic's final list of the 50 best-reviewed movies of 2020, ranked by Metascore. This list only includes films receiving at least 7 reviews from professional critics.

All films released between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 in at least one U.S. theater or directly to streaming or VOD/digital services were eligible for inclusion. Titles are ranked by Metascore (a weighted average of scores from top professional critics) prior to rounding based on scores as of January 3, 2021.

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90 Hamilton

(#8) One of the first films in the pandemic era to pivot from a theatrical release to a streaming debut, the Disney+ exclusive Hamilton is a filmed stage production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking hit musical about the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The performance was taped in 2016 with the original Broadway cast led by Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., and Jonathan Groff.

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“The filmed version of the Broadway sensation makes for immersive, exhilarating, magnificent cinema, almost sure to thrill first-time viewers as well as diehard fanatics who have seen the stage production once or twice or a dozen times.” —Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

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