Reified Films of 2020

Our Top 5 Films (In No Particular Order)

THE FAther

judas and the black messiah

nomadland

promising young woman

sound of metal

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best cinematography

black-and-white

gunda

color

lovers rock

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The Only Film Award Categories That Matter

Category — Winner / Runner-Up

Best Retro Film — Sylvie’s Love / The Vast of Night

Best Private Shameful Viewing — Eurovision / Mulan

We Are Farmers, Bum Ba Dum Bum Bum Bum Bum — Steven Yeun in Minari / Gunda

Fall From Grace — Armie Hammer / Wonder Woman 1984

Tiger King — Tzi Ma in Tigertail / Kristen Wiig in Wonder Woman 1984

Style over Substance — Gretel & Hansel / Malcolm & Marie

This is a Hate Crime — James Corden in The Prom / Sia’s Music

Most Surprising Twist — Sound of Metal ending in Paris / Mads Mikkelsen’s dance break in Another Round

Most Medium — The Trial of the Chicago 7 / Over the Moon

Queercatching! — Ewan McGregor and Chris Messina in Birds of Prey / Viola Davis and Taylour Paige in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Animal Performance — Gunda in Gunda / First Cow in First Cow

Will They, Won’t They — Cookie and First Cow / Cookie and King Lu

Uncanny Valley — The Witches / The Call of the Wild

But Why? — Artemis Fowl / Tenet

Favorite Girl Boss — Margo Martindale in Blow the Man Down / Rosamund Pike in I Care a Lot

MVP — Streamers / Remy the Ratatouille

Just Leaves — Anthony Hopkins in The Father / Dune

Movies We’re Currently Lying about Seeing — The United States vs. Billie Holliday / Never Rarely Sometimes Always