# The best films of 2020

The films released in Germany in 2020 that ranked highest in the year-end lists of Filmstarts, Moviepilot and Filmdienst, in a cinema year shaped by the pandemic.

- 20 votes · 12 items
- Mar 18, 2021 · filmriss_hannover
- https://even.best/en/l/637/the-best-films-of-2020

## Top 12

1. **Uncut Gems** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Josh and Benny Safdie. Adam Sandler as a gambling-addicted jeweller; the Filmdienst writers' favourite.
2. **Berlin Alexanderplatz** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Burhan Qurbani. Döblin's novel in today's Berlin with a refugee from Guinea-Bissau; first-class German cinema.
3. **Tenet** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Christopher Nolan. Time inversion and spies; number one for Filmstarts and Moviepilot, just ahead of Little Women.
4. **The Invisible Man** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Leigh Whannell. Elisabeth Moss is stalked by an invisible ex.
5. **Little Women** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan as Jo March; second place.
6. **Undine** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Christian Petzold. Paula Beer as a modern water nymph in Berlin; Silver Bear for her performance.
7. **1917** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sam Mendes. Two British soldiers in World War I, filmed as if in a single take.
8. **Beanpole** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kantemir Balagov. Two women in Leningrad after the siege.
9. **I'm Thinking of Ending Things** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Charlie Kaufman. A drive to the boyfriend's parents in a snowstorm.
10. **Jojo Rabbit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Taika Waititi. A Hitler Youth boy with Hitler as his imaginary friend; Oscar for the screenplay.
11. **Les Misérables** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ladj Ly. Police officers and teenagers in a Paris banlieue.
12. **Soul** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pete Docter. A jazz pianist between life and the afterlife; released straight to Disney+ because of the pandemic.

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