Martin's 2020 in film

I saw JoJo Rabbit on 4 January 2020. After the film, I thought “This is great, I wouldn’t be surprised if this ends up on my list of best films of the year”. How right I was.

We saw 14 films in the cinema this year, which is quite a drop from last year’s 58. But still works out at only £3.94 per film (not including premium upgrades).

So, here are my top films of the year:

𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻: 14

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: JoJo Rabbit

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: Onward

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: Sonic The Hedgehog

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: The Invisible Man

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺: 1917

Although “Military Wives” is technically the best Musical film and “Birds of Prey” is technically the best Comic Book/Superhero film I saw this year, I didn’t like either of them enough to award them a place above. Equally for “Best Sequel” I would have had a choice of “Birds of Prey” (If that counts as a sequel) or “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” (Which I had already watched last year). That being said, nothing was bad enough to win Worst Film.

This is the first year that “Best Film Featuring The Rock” has not had an entry since the award was introduced. (The only acting credit on his IDMb this year was for the music video for “The Man” by Taylor Swift)

I don’t know if this post will happen next year, or if it will be in a different form. With releases changing and some coming to streaming, cinema is certainly changing.