# The best films of 2020 according to the Sight & Sound poll

The top 15 of Sight & Sound's (BFI) critics' poll of the best films of 2020, led by Steve McQueen's Small Axe: Lovers Rock.

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- Jan 12, 2021 · Simona Bianco
- https://even.best/en/l/1645/the-best-films-of-2020-according-to-the-sight-sound-poll

## Top 15

1. **Small Axe: Lovers Rock** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 1. Directed by Steve McQueen.
2. **Time** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. Directed by Garrett Bradley.
3. **First Cow** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 3. Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
4. **I'm Thinking of Ending Things** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 4. Directed by Charlie Kaufman.
5. **Saint Maud** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 5. Directed by Rose Glass.
6. **Dick Johnson Is Dead** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. Directed by Kirsten Johnson.
7. **Never Rarely Sometimes Always** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7. Directed by Eliza Hittman.
8. **Nomadland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8. Directed by Chloé Zhao.
9. **Rocks** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 9. Directed by Sarah Gavron.
10. **Days** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. Directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
11. **Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 11. Directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross.
12. **Da 5 Bloods** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 12. Directed by Spike Lee.
13. **Small Axe: Mangrove** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13. Directed by Steve McQueen.
14. **The Assistant** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. Directed by Kitty Green.
15. **Shirley** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15. Directed by Josephine Decker.

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