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Nomadland
Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand as a widow who leaves her life in Nevada to drift around the United States in her van. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role.
The Father
2020 film directed by Florian Zeller
Mank
Mank is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for Orson Welles's 1941 film Citizen Kane. It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth. It stars Gary Oldman in the title role, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance.
Minari
Minari (; ) is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, its plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who move to rural Arkansas during the 1980s.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 film directed by Aaron Sorkin
Quo Vadis, Aida?
2020 film directed by Jasmila Žbanić
The Midnight Sky
2020 film directed by George Clooney
Bad Roads
2020 film directed by Natalya Vorozhbyt
Minamata
2020 film directed by Andrew Levitas
Pieces of a Woman
2020 film directed by Kornél Mundruczó
The Courier
2020 film directed by Dominic Cooke
Dear Comrades
2020 film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
There Is No Evil
2020 film by Mohammad Rasulof
Cuties
Cuties () is a 2020 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré in her feature directorial debut. The film's ensemble cast is led by Fathia Youssouf who portrays Amy, a Senegalese-French girl with a traditional Muslim upbringing who is caught between traditional Muslim values and Internet culture when she joins a twerking dance crew.
The Life Ahead
2020 film directed by Edoardo Ponti
The Way Back
2020 film directed by Gavin O'Connor
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 film directed by Eliza Hittman
The Eight Hundred
2019 film directed by Guan Hu
The Nest
2020 film directed by Sean Durkin
The Boys in the Band
2020 film directed by Joe Mantello
Come Away
2020 film directed by Brenda Chapman
Penguin Bloom
2020 film directed by Glendyn Ivin
The Secret Garden
2020 film by Marc Munden
The Banker
2020 film directed by George Nolfi
My Salinger Year
2020 film directed by Philippe Falardeau
The Best Years
2020 Italian film directed by Gabriele Muccino
The Man Who Sold His Skin
2020 film by Kaouther Ben Hania
Lost Girls
2020 film directed by Liz Garbus
Bruised
2020 film directed by Halle Berry
Two Distant Strangers
2020 short film directed by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe
Thappad
Thappad () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and co-written by Anubhav Sinha, starring Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati. The film released theatrically on 28 February 2020. This film received positive reviews from both critics and audience.
Horse Girl
2020 film by Jeff Baena
The Human Voice
2020 short film by Pedro Almodóvar
Nowhere Special
2020 film by Uberto Pasolini
Herself
2020 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Undine
2020 film directed by Christian Petzold
Concrete Cowboy
2020 film directed by Ricky Staub
Relic
2020 film directed by Natalie Erika James
Schoolgirls
2020 film by Pilar Palomero
One Second
2019 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou
The Woman Who Ran
2020 film directed by Hong Sang-soo
Soorarai Pottru
2020 Tamil film directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad
Night of the Kings
2020 film by Philippe Lacôte
Falling
2020 film directed by Viggo Mortensen
Black Beauty
2020 film directed by Ashley Avis
Gagarine
Gagarine, also known as Gagarin, is a 2020 French drama film directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, in their feature directorial debut. It centres around Cité Gagarine, a housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine, on the south of Paris, where the film was shot right before its demolition.
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
2020 film directed by Lili Horvát
Bad Tales
2020 film directed by Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo
Summerland
2020 film directed by Jessica Swale
Asia
2020 film directed by Ruthy Pribar
The Roads Not Taken
2020 film by Sally Potter
Forgotten We'll Be
2020 film directed by Fernando Trueba
True Mothers
2020 film directed by Naomi Kawase
Aloe Vera
Ghanaian film
Days
2020 film by Tsai Ming-liang
Dance of the 41
2020 film directed by David Pablos
Adú
Adú is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Salvador Calvo, written by Alejandro Hernández and starring Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar and Álvaro Cervantes. The film premiered in Spain on 31 January 2020.
Waiting for Anya
2020 film directed by Ben Cookson
Apples
2020 film directed by Christos Nikou
A Siege Diary
Russian 2020 film directed by Andrey Zaytsev