Movie industry was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and all the restrictions on theaters. Big producers were even forced to release their movies on online platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Amazon. However, some of them waited for the theaters to open and went for theatrical release. There are some remarkable movies like Tenet, that we’ve experienced in Theaters and hopefully we will see Wonder Woman 1984 in theaters as well.
The global film industry showed healthy predictions for the future prior to 2020, with worldwide box office sales steadily increasing for years and totaling more than 42 billion U.S. dollars in 2019. However, after numerous movie theaters closed in an attempt to avoid the epidemic, the coronavirus pandemic started to have a serious effect on the film industry in early 2020. As a result, income from the film industry in 2020 would be considerably smaller than in previous years, both internationally and in the United States.
Long-story-short, there are many outstanding movies released in online platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Today we are going to list some of the best movies of 2020 including theatrical releases and online as well. If you still haven’t watched these movies, you should.
1. Hamilton (2020)
The true life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s foremost founding fathers and the first Secretary of the Treasury. From the Richard Rodgers Theater with the original Broadway cast, caught live on Broadway.
Director: Thomas Kail
Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry
IMDb Rating: 8.6
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7
The tale of seven people on trial arising from separate charges involving the 1968 Democratic National Convention rebellion in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong
IMDb Rating: 7.9
3. Tenet
Equipped with just one word, Tenet, and battling for the survival of the whole world, the Protagonist travels on a quest that will unfold in something beyond real time, through a twilight world of foreign spying.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia
IMDb Rating: 7.7
4. Palm Springs
When carefree Nyles and hesitant maid of honor Sarah have a chance meeting at a wedding in Palm Springs, things get complicated because they can not run from the venue, themselves, or each other.
Director: Max Barbakow
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher
IMDb Rating: 7.4
5. Onward
Two elven brothers embark on a quest to bring their father back for one day.
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer
IMDb Rating: 7.4
6. The King of Staten Island
Since his firefighter dad died, Scott has been a case of stopped growth. He spends his days smoking marijuana and dreaming of becoming a tattoo artist before circumstances push him to take his first steps forward in life by coping with his grief.
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson
IMDb Rating: 7.1
7. The Devil All The Time
In a postwar backwoods city teeming with corruption and violence, dark characters assemble around a young man committed to defending those he loves.
Director: Antonio Campos
Cast: Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland, Michael Banks Repeta
IMDb Rating: 7.1
8. The Invisible Man
Cecilia assumes his death was a hoax when her abusive ex-boyfriend takes his own life and leaves her his fortune. Cecilia works to prove that she is being pursued by someone nobody can see when a series of coincidences turn deadly.
Director: Leigh Whannell
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge
IMDb Rating: 7.1
9. Greyhound
An inexperienced U.S. some months after the U.S. entrance into World War II. The commander of the Navy must lead an Allied convoy stalking a German group of submarines.
Director: Aaron Schneider
Cast: Tom Hanks, Elisabeth Shue, Stephen Graham, Matt Helm
IMDb Rating: 7.0
10. The Half of It
She doesn’t plan to become his pal or fall for his crush when smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu decides to write a love letter for a jock.
Director: Alice Wu
Cast: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz
IMDb Rating: 6.9
11. The Call of the Wild
A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Director: Chris Sanders
Cast: Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens
IMDb Rating: 6.8
12. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The 2006 sitcom follows the real-life exploits of a fictitious Kazakh TV journalist named Borat.
Director: Jason Woliner
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Popescu
IMDb Rating: 6.8
13. Extraction
A fearless black market mercenary, Tyler Rake embarks on the most lethal extraction of his career as he is enlisted to rescue the captured son of an incarcerated lord of international crime.
Director: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Bryon Lerum, Ryder Lerum, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda
IMDb Rating: 6.7
14. The Way Back
Jack Cunningham, an HS basketball player walked away from the game, jeopardizing his career. Years later, he may get one last shot at redemption when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater.
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins
IMDb Rating: 6.7
15. Let Him Go
With sorrow over the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife set out to find their only grandson.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Lesley Manville
IMDb Rating: 6.7
16. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Full with misgivings, a young woman moves to her parents’ secluded farm with her new partner. She comes to doubt everything she felt she knew about him and herself, when she returns.
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis
IMDb Rating: 6.7
17. The Old Guard
An elite squad of immortal mercenaries is unexpectedly revealed and must now struggle to keep their identities a secret only as an unlikely new member is uncovered.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari
IMDb Rating: 6.6
18. Bad Boys for Life
Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett have to face off against a pair of drug lords’ mother-and-son who wreak vengeful havoc on their town.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig
IMDb Rating: 6.6
19. Da 5 Bloods
When they return to Vietnam to discover the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them conceal, four African American vets fight the powers of man and nature.
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis
IMDb Rating: 6.5
20. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
When wanna-be singers Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world’s greatest song competition, they actually have a chance to show that any dream worth getting is a dream worth fighting for.
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Mikael Persbrandt
IMDb Rating: 6.5
21. The Hunt
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They have no idea where they are, or how they have gotten there. They don’t know that they’ve selected The Chase for a very special reason.
Director: Craig Zobel
Cast: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall
IMDb Rating: 6.5
22. Sonic the Hedgehog
A small-town police officer finds a small, blue, fast hedgehog. He must help the hedgehog to defeat an evil scientist who wants to do experiments on him.
Director: Jeff Fowler
Cast: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter
IMDb Rating: 6.5
23. Greenland
A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn
IMDb Rating: 6.3
24. Spenser Confidential
Ex-cop Spenser joins up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down suspects after two Boston police officers are assassinated.
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger
IMDb Rating: 6.2
25. Holidate
Fed up with being single on holidays, two outsiders agree to be the platonic plus-ones of each other all year long, just to capture true emotions along the way.
Director: John Whitesell
Cast: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Kristin Chenoweth, Frances Fisher
IMDb Rating: 6.1
26. Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey
Harley Quinn meets the superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya after breaking with the Joker to rescue a little girl from a dark lord of crime.
Director: Cathy Yan
Cast: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett
IMDb Rating: 6.1
27. Bill & Ted Face the Music
Once promised that during a time-traveling trip they will save the world, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves only struggling to churn out a hit song and fulfill their destiny as middle-aged fathers.
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving
IMDb Rating: 6.1
28. Project Power
A juvenile dealer and a local policeman must work with an ex-soldier to take down the gang responsible for its development when a pill that gives its users erratic superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans.
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Rodrigo Santoro
IMDb Rating: 6.0
29. Rebecca
A young newlywed arrives on the windswept English coast at the formidable family estate of her husband and finds herself fighting the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose memory lives on even after her death in the home.
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes
IMDb Rating: 6.0
30. Mulan
A fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to fight northern invaders in China, to save her disabled father from serving in the Imperial Army.
Director: Niki Caro
Cast: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong
IMDb Rating: 5.5
31. Wonder Woman 1984
After an ancient artifact that grants desires is missing, Diana must deal with a work colleague and a businessman whose greed for extreme riches sets the world down a road of destruction.
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig
IMDb Rating: 5.5
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