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DECEMBER 01, 2020

The Best Movies of 2020

Even in this strangest of years, there are scores of films worth celebrating—ones whose power can’t be diminished by the size of the screen on which you watch them. That’s the takeaway of Richard Lawson’s annual 10 best films list, which lauds everything from quiet indies to a surprisingly successful horror comedy. Want to keep up with him? One silver lining of the pandemic is that it’ll be easier than ever to stream these picks from the comfort of your home. 

Elsewhere in HWD, Joe Hagan profiles the great Stephen Colbert, Vanity Fair’s latest cover star; Diane Keaton chatswith Christopher Rosen about Francis Ford Coppola’s recut Godfather Part III; Yohana Desta previews the Jodie Foster–starring Guantánamo drama The Mauritanian; and Lawson finds little to love at Ryan Murphy’s The Prom.

Best of the Best

Vanity Fair’s chief critic, Richard Lawson, lists his favorite releases in a very strange year for film.

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Stephen at Home

The late-night host is ready for a little less excitement: “If Joe Biden is a pair of khaki pants inside a manila envelope, that would be great.”

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Another Look

Diane Keaton, who played Kay Corleone in the legendary film series, opens up about director Francis Ford Coppola’s brand-new cut of his perhaps unfairly maligned finale.

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Back to Guantánamo

Director Kevin Macdonald previews The Mauritanian, starring Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Tahar Rahim as Mohamedou Ould Salahi.

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Hard Pass

Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman are merely wasted in Netflix’s The Prom—but James Corden’s performance is insulting.

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