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I thought I'd compile a list, seeing as we're a quarter of the way through this new decade, and people will always be asking in the future - What were the best films of the 2020s? These are 10 personal favourites, and as I haven't seen everything out there it's safer just to go with personal preferences. What are your favourite films from the 2020s so far?
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Startling film which is needed more than ever when you consider the way the world works now. Hard hitting and character driven, with a great performance from Sidney Flanigan.
The Father (2020)
Searing stuff from Anthony Hopkins, and overall an inventive and memorable film about age and senility which will stay with you for a long time - one to revist, and one of the absolute best of the decade so far.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
I've seen this true story taken on numerous times by others, but for the first time here both the gravity and comedy are in perfect balance - wonderful screenplay and Sacha Baron Cohen's best performance - he gives us something here which bodes well for his acting future.
Moonage Daydream (2022)
A fitting tribute to David Bowie - but Moonage Daydream is a lot more than that, and a cinematic experience that's not to be missed. A musical and philosophical odyssey and a visual and auditory explosion which strikes at the very essence of our being.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
If this is where we're heading in the 2020s then I'm all for it! The Daniels created something that seems to take some inspiration from shows like Rick and Morty, delving into theoretical pseudoscience and crafting an adventure which is as absurd as it is funny. The title aptly describes this film's 139 minutes of chaos and inventiveness.
The Quiet Girl (2022)
Colm Bairéad's award-winning Irish language film is a medetative regression back to childhood - one where main character Cáit (Catherine Clinch) experiences benevolence for the first time in her young life - with profound consequences. Possibly the best film of the decade I've seen so far.
The Power of the Dog (2021)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons really powered this film home for our enjoyment, and the sun-bleached setting coupled with it's dynamic and unsettling story made it a bleak western that I enjoyed a whole lot.
Smile (2022)
This surprise sleeper hit was possibly the best horror film I've seen since Hereditary in 2018 - a whole lot of fun which seems to have taken equal inspiration from the best horror films of the last few decades - concocting a scary mixture from the DNA of them all. Great atmosphere in this It Follows-like film.
Red Rocket (2021)
After the tremendous The Florida Project, Sean Baker delivered a film with an anti-hero you'll be chafing at and wishing the worst on throughout - but it's riviting stuff, dwelling in the corners of society we never want to be as a porn star grooms a young girl for his own ends. Simon Rex channels that man ever so convincingly.
Speak No Evil (2022)
This might be recency bias at it's worst - but while perusing my favourite films from the 2020s my eyes kept on returning to Speak No Evil - a Danish psychological horror film which teaches you that there's a limit to politeness which should not be ignored - for the sake of everything. If you like Michael Haneke films, you might like this - but be warned, it will rip your soul out.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Startling film which is needed more than ever when you consider the way the world works now. Hard hitting and character driven, with a great performance from Sidney Flanigan.
The Father (2020)
Searing stuff from Anthony Hopkins, and overall an inventive and memorable film about age and senility which will stay with you for a long time - one to revist, and one of the absolute best of the decade so far.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
I've seen this true story taken on numerous times by others, but for the first time here both the gravity and comedy are in perfect balance - wonderful screenplay and Sacha Baron Cohen's best performance - he gives us something here which bodes well for his acting future.
Moonage Daydream (2022)
A fitting tribute to David Bowie - but Moonage Daydream is a lot more than that, and a cinematic experience that's not to be missed. A musical and philosophical odyssey and a visual and auditory explosion which strikes at the very essence of our being.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
If this is where we're heading in the 2020s then I'm all for it! The Daniels created something that seems to take some inspiration from shows like Rick and Morty, delving into theoretical pseudoscience and crafting an adventure which is as absurd as it is funny. The title aptly describes this film's 139 minutes of chaos and inventiveness.
The Quiet Girl (2022)
Colm Bairéad's award-winning Irish language film is a medetative regression back to childhood - one where main character Cáit (Catherine Clinch) experiences benevolence for the first time in her young life - with profound consequences. Possibly the best film of the decade I've seen so far.
The Power of the Dog (2021)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons really powered this film home for our enjoyment, and the sun-bleached setting coupled with it's dynamic and unsettling story made it a bleak western that I enjoyed a whole lot.
Smile (2022)
This surprise sleeper hit was possibly the best horror film I've seen since Hereditary in 2018 - a whole lot of fun which seems to have taken equal inspiration from the best horror films of the last few decades - concocting a scary mixture from the DNA of them all. Great atmosphere in this It Follows-like film.
Red Rocket (2021)
After the tremendous The Florida Project, Sean Baker delivered a film with an anti-hero you'll be chafing at and wishing the worst on throughout - but it's riviting stuff, dwelling in the corners of society we never want to be as a porn star grooms a young girl for his own ends. Simon Rex channels that man ever so convincingly.
Speak No Evil (2022)
This might be recency bias at it's worst - but while perusing my favourite films from the 2020s my eyes kept on returning to Speak No Evil - a Danish psychological horror film which teaches you that there's a limit to politeness which should not be ignored - for the sake of everything. If you like Michael Haneke films, you might like this - but be warned, it will rip your soul out.
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