It’s the last day of the year, and I’ve put off doing this list for long enough. Instead of doing a top ten films of the year, I’ve decided to do a bumper addition. 2020 brought few joys with it but quality books (as demonstrated here) and films were not in short supply. So, in no particular order, here’s my 20 films of the year. (Two disclaimers: These are of the films I’ve seen, there’s a few I just haven’t been able to fit in yet so there are a few blindspots. I’ve gone for UK release date – either in cinema or VOD where applicable.)
Film | Running Time | Available to watch | Current price | My review? |
The Personal History Of David Copperfield | 119 mins | Amazon Prime | incl. in subscription | Film Stories |
A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood | 109 mins | Sky/NOWtv | incl. in subscription | Feature in FS #11 |
Parasite | 132 mins | Amazon Prime | incl. in subscription | |
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire | 122 mins | Amazon | MUBI add-on (free 7 day trial, then £9.99 a month) | |
Emma. | 124 mins | Sky/NOWtv | incl. in subscription | Film Stories |
Ema | 107 mins | ALL4 | Free | |
The Assistant | 87 mins | Sky/NOWtv | incl. in subscription | |
Clemency | 112 mins | Sky/NOWtv | incl. in subscription | |
Saint Frances | 101 mins | Curzon | Rent for £1.99 | |
Perfect 10 | 83 mins | BBC iplayer | Free | |
Babyteeth | 118 mins | Netflix | incl. in subscription | |
Les Miserables | 104 mins | Netflix | incl. in subscription | |
The Broken Hearts Gallery | 109 mins | Amazon | Pre-order for Jan 4th, £9.99 to buy | |
Rocks | 93 mins | Netflix | incl. in subscription | Movies on Weekends |
THE FORTY YEAR OLD VERSION | 123 mins | Netflix | incl. in subscription | |
Lovers Rock | 70 mins | BBC iplayer | Free | |
County Lines | 90 mins | BFI player | Rent for £10 | Feature in #21 of FS |
Boys State | 109 mins | Apple Tv+ | incl. in subscription | |
Wolfwalkers | 103 mins | Apple Tv+ | incl. in subscription | |
The Invisible Man | 123 mins | Sky/NOWtv | incl. in subscription |