It was updated on the weekend. It's ranked by avg l.b. user rating, extracted from here.
Excluded shorts and TV/music. Included documentaries and festival films of 2019 that had their first national release in 2020 (i.e. First Cow, Bad Education, Saint Maud). Note: I only included confirmed 2020 releases, not generally undistributed 2019 films. The list did not include films that had some national releases in 2019 but U.S. releases delayed for 2020 (i.e. And Then We Danced, Bacurau, Corpus Christi).
There appears to be more 'making of' DVD featurettes on Letterboxd for recent films, i.e. Road to Roma, The Skywalker Legacy. I excluded those documentaries, even if they're feature-length, unless they had theatrical distribution. Any feature-length film that had…
It was updated on the weekend. It's ranked by avg l.b. user rating, extracted from here.
Excluded shorts and TV/music. Included documentaries and festival films of 2019 that had their first national release in 2020 (i.e. First Cow, Bad Education, Saint Maud). Note: I only included confirmed 2020 releases, not generally undistributed 2019 films. The list did not include films that had some national releases in 2019 but U.S. releases delayed for 2020 (i.e. And Then We Danced, Bacurau, Corpus Christi).
There appears to be more 'making of' DVD featurettes on Letterboxd for recent films, i.e. Road to Roma, The Skywalker Legacy. I excluded those documentaries, even if they're feature-length, unless they had theatrical distribution. Any feature-length film that had its primary distribution via YouTube is also disqualified unless they find eligible distribution. Anime recap films are excluded.
All concert films and documentaries about contemporary musicians will be excluded as they are prone to unintentional vote manipulation. Exceptions are granted for artists or groups who have disbanded or died, or exclusively cover an event in their career no less than 15 years ago.
There was a 500 view minimum threshold to start for any films to be eligible to enter the list since the Fall festival season. Also note: for blockbusters and highly anticipated movies that tend to get a lot of views and ratings before they come out, I waited until after their release date before I added them. If anything seemed premature, it's added because it's had at least one festival screening. Films need to have a valid IMDb page to qualify for entry. For a version of the list without documentaries, see Rahat's list.
See Letterboxd Official tag for my other 'official' year lists. They concluded shortly after their respective Oscar ceremonies so their ranking is a permanent time capsule.
I also conduct Metacritic's 'official' top 50 of 2020 under similar rules. You can find other Metacritic top 50s here. See also: Metacritic's top 250 of the 2010s.
The list concluded on May 2nd, 2021.
