Best Of 2020: a Summary of World Cinema

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2020 Film Festivals

Country:	Awarded Film	Event
	Cancelled - Cancelado	Cannes Film Festival	France
	Nomadland	Venice Film Festival	Italy
	There Is No Evil	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
	Beginning	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
	Nomadland	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
	Minari	Sundance Film Festival	USA
	The Year of the Discovery	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
	A Siege Diary	Moscow International Film Festival	Russia
	Possessor	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
	Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2020 Awards

Country:	Awarded Film	Award
	Nomadland	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
	Nomadland (Drama) Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
	Another Round	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
	Nomadland	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
	Bye Bye Morons	Cesar Awards (France)	France
	Hidden Away	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
	Schoolgirls	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
	I'm Your Man	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
	Spring Uje spring (Uje)	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2020

Country:	Awarded Film	Awards
	Da 5 Bloods	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
	First Cow	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
	Small Axe	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
	Nomadland	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
	Nomadland	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
	Nomadland	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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Best Films of 2020 According to World Famous Film Critics:

David Fear, Senior Editor of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Collective
2		Small Axe: Lovers Rock
3		American Utopia
4		First Cow
5		Nighthawk
6		Time
7		Minari
8		Dick Johnson Is Dead
9		Martin Eden
10		Nomadland

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A. O. Scott, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
2		City Hall
2		Collective
3		First Cow
4		Martin Eden
5		The Forty-Year-Old Version
6		Palm Springs
7		Nighthawk
8		American Utopia
8		Small Axe: Lovers Rock
9		Dick Johnson Is Dead
10		Soul

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Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Martin Eden
2		City Hall
3		Gunda
4		American Utopia
5		Nighthawk
6		First Cow
7		Never Rarely Sometimes Always
8		Collective
9		The Forty-Year-Old Version
10		Beanpole

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Ann Hornaday, Chief Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Small Axe
2		Nomadland
3		First Cow
4		Miss Juneteenth
5		The Personal History of David Copperfield
6		Palm Springs
7		The Assistant
8		The Half Of It
9		The Trip to Greece
10		Host

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Eric Kohn, Chief Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		First Cow
2		Small Axe: Lovers Rock
3		Collective
4		Nomadland
5		Never Rarely Sometimes Always
6		Time
7		The Climb
8		The Mole Agent (El agente topo)
9		Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
10		Nighthawk

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Luis Martínez, Chief Critic of El Mundo - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Beginning
2		The Lighthouse
3		Tenet
4		Mank
5		Soul
6		Never Rarely Sometimes Always
7		I'm Thinking of Ending Things
8		Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
9		Under the Skin
10		The Vast of Night

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Javier Ocaña, Chief Critic of El País - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2		Dragged Across Concrete
3		Martin Eden
4		Wildlife
5		The Wild Goose Lake
6		Richard Jewell
7		Monos
8		Uncut Gems
9		The Peanut Butter Falcon
10		Identifying Features

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Best TV Series of 2020 by World Famous Critics

A. O. Scott, Critic of The New York Times> - Source (Sorted by alphabetical order)

Country:	Film
	Better Call Saul
	Better Things
	The Good Lord Bird
	I May Destroy You
	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
	Mrs. America
	Normal People
	P-Valley
	What We Do in the Shadows

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Alan Spinwall, TV Critic of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Better Call Saul
2		Lovecraft Country
3		Brockmire
4		I May Destroy You
5		The Good Lord Bird
6		Normal People
7		What We Do in the Shadows
8		We Are Who We Are
9		How To with John Wilson
10		PEN15

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Hank Stuever, TV Critic of Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		I May Destroy You
2		Normal People
3		Unorthodox
4		The Crown
5		The Vow
6		Mrs. America
7		Perry Mason
8		PEN15
9		This Is Us

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Ben Travers, TV Critic of Indiewire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Better Things
2		I May Destroy You
3		What We Do in the Shadows
4		Normal People
5		BoJack Horseman
6		Better Call Saul
7		Mrs. America
8		We Are Who We Are
9		P-Valley
10		The Baby-Sitters Club

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2020:

The Highest Grossing Films of 2020 Worldwide

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		The Eight Hundred	War	Beijing Diqi Yinxiang / Huayi Brothers	$472.600.000
2		My People, My Homeland	Drama	China Lion Film	$432.900.000
3		Bad Boys for Life	Action	Columbia Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer	$424.300.000
4		Tenet	Thriller	Syncopy / Warner Bros.	$353.900.000
5		Sonic the Hedgehog	Sci-Fi	Paramount Pictures / Marza Animation	305.000.000
6		Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train	Animation	Ufotable	$294.900.000
7		Dolittle	Fantasy	Universal / Perfect World	$250.100.000
8		Jiang Ziya	Fantasy	Beijing Enlight / Coloroom	$243.900.000
9		Birds of Prey	Action	DC / Clubhouse Pictures / Kroll & Co.	$201.900.000
10		The Sacrifice	War	China Film	$171.800.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2020 in the US

#	Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1		Bad Boys for Life	Action	Columbia Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer	$204.400.000
2		1917	War	Amblin Partners / Neal Street	$157.900.000
3		Sonic the Hedgehog	Sci-Fi	Paramount Pictures / Marza Animation	146.100.000
4		Jumanji: The Next Level	Adventure	Matt Tolmach / Seven Bucks	124.700.000
5		Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Sci-Fi	Lucasfilm / Bad Robot / Walt Disney	124.500.000
6		Birds of Prey	Action	DC / Clubhouse Pictures / Kroll & Co.	$85.200.000
7		Dolittle	Fantasy	Universal / Perfect World	$77.000.000
8		Little Women	Drama	Columbia / Sony Pictures / Regency	$70.500.000
9		The Invisible Man	Sci-Fi	Blumhouse / Dark Universe	$64.900.000
10		The Call of the Wild	Adventure	3 Arts Entertainment / 20th Century	$62.300.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2020 in their Country of Origin

Country:	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
	Nightlife	Comedy	Warner Bros. Germany / Seven Pictures	13.600.000€
	Father There is Only One 2	Comedy	Bowfinger / Atresmedia / Mogambo	12.900.000€
	Ducobu 3.0	Comedy	Les films Du premier/ Umedia	53.492.000€
	Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train	Animation	Ufotable	$279.100.000
	Cindy of Monterrey	Comedy	Draco Films / Videocine	$5.200.000
	1917	War	Amblin Partners / Neal Street	$57.100.000

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The Best Films of 2020 According to Filmaffinity Users

The Best Films of 2020 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
8.1		Hamilton
7.9		Wolfwalkers
7.7		Soul
7.6		The Father
7.4		Nomadland
7.2		Another Round
7.1		The Trial of the Chicago 7
7.1		Identifying Features
7.1		The Woman Who Ran
7.0		Schoolgirls
6.9		Never Rarely Sometimes Always

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The Best TV Series of 2020 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	TV Series
8.2		The Mandalorian 2
8.0		Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Final Season
8.0		Riot Police
7.8		Patria
7.7		The Queen's Gambit
7.7		Normal People
7.6		Veneno
7.6		The New Pope
7.5		Gangs of London
7.5		When the Dust Settles

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