Critically acclaimed movies of 2020s

Nomadland(2020)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 95

A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.



Minari(2020)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.



The Power of the Dog(2021)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 91

Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.



Never Rarely Sometimes Always(2020)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.



The Father(2020)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.



Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 90

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.



Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 90

Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.



Never Rarely Sometimes Always(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.



In the Heights(2021)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.



The Green Knight(2021)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.



West Side Story(2021)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.



Hamilton(2020)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Captured live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast.



One Night in Miami...(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.



Licorice Pizza(2021)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.



Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.



The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 88

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.



Mank(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).



Da 5 Bloods(2020)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.



The Northman(2022)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 87

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.



Turning Red(2022)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 87

A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.




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