It’s time for my Top Ten list.
To get on my year-end list, a movie has to be one that thrills me while I’m watching it and one that I’m still thinking about a couple of days later. I usually end up with a Top Ten and another 5-15 mentions. Here’s last year’s list. This year, I’m still waiting to see Uncut Gems and Little Women.
It was difficult for me to rank the top three films, very different from each other as they are. Here goes:
- Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood: masterpiece.
- Parasite: social inequity – what’s really at stake.
- Marriage Story: the comedy helps us watch the tragedy.
- The Irishman: gangsters – an epic reflection.
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco: the most stark reality, only dream-like.
- Ash Is Purest White: a survivor’s journey.
- Jojo Rabbit: a joyous and hilarious movie about the inculcation of hatred.
- Long Day’s Journey into Night: obsession and a vivid darkness.
- They Shall Not Grow Old: a generation finally understood.
- 63 Up: a generation faces mortality.
The rest of the best are Amazing Grace, Knives Out, Booksmart and Midnight Family.
Three of my top eight are from Asia; two of my top four are from Netflix. You can read more about these films, including how to stream most of them at Best Movies of 2020.
