Best film from 2019/2020 that you've seen?

ShineOn7

Looking for a very strong Film to stream tonight

Drama preferred, but open to other genres

No Arthouse type stuff please. It's Saturday night and I don't want to work the grey matter too much

46 Long

The Irishman, 1917, El Camino, Peanut Butter Falcon, Cold War.

mikhail

It's a bit late for your needs, OP, but I guess Knives Out would be my pick if we're excluding the likes of Parasite on arthouse grounds. It's a very fun whodunnit set in a mansion full of the squabbling children and grandchildren of a billionaire whose death is being investigated by Daniel Craig as a sort of southern gentleman Miss Marple. It was very popular, so this isn't an eccentric recommendation.

Gooey Looey

Joker

MfMan

Three Billboards...

MosherRock426

Joker, three billboards, uncut gems, at eternitys gate

JP Liz V1

The Devil All The Time

crushproof

Quick trio which I can think of that I really enjoyed over the past year - Knives out, Ford v Ferrari, The Banker

Oh, and Booksmart for the 2020's Superbad / American pie style of comedy

Relikk

You'd be doing yourself a disservice as a film fan if you didn't watch something like Parasite, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire or The Lighthouse. All wonderful films.

Marriage Story, Uncut Gems and The Irishman are the only "conventional" movies I can think of from the top of my head that I'd recommend from last year.

otnomart

Good: Tolkien; Ad Astra; Sorry We Missed You; Martin Eden; Ford vs Ferrari; Marriage Story; Bombshell; The Traitor.
Best: 1917.

Did you smash it

Marriage Story. Certainly not my usual genre either.

Everything else was at best, good.

Did you smash it

Richard Jewell was the best of the good. Ford vs ferrari was an enjoyable popcorn movie, although the tendency in the racing to portray gear changes on straights as “turbo boosts” seemed to be something Americans who don’t “drive stick” might find believable.

Us was overrated and I only got through 45 mins of it.

Just Mercy showed Michael B Jordan hasn’t really got the acting chops for that kind of role.

flasher0030

Did you smash it wrote: »

Marriage Story. Certainly not my usual genre either.

Everything else was at best, good.

Good film. But don't watch it with the Mrs if in an unsteady relationship.

It cut waaayyyy to close to the bone for me.

Homelander

So hard to chose from just a few. Off the top of my head I'd say Parasite, The Painted Bird, Possessor Uncut, Relic, Midsommar, The Lighthouse, Palm Springs, The Platform, Danger Close, The Devil all the time.

Hate making lists because I know I'm forgetting some tremendous movies. There are loads of "good" movies I can think of, but all the above are ones I thought were genuinely excellent.

Helen Highwater

Michael Winterbottom's Greed was a great piece of satire, Steve Coogan on excellent form.

Unfortunately it got a very limited release just before lockdown, probably because the first face you saw on screen was Caroline Flack in a tiny cameo as herself and it was released the week she died.

That aside, it was an interesting and savage look at the self-made super rich.

ShineOn7

Helen Highwater wrote: »

Michael Winterbottom's Greed was a great piece of satire, Steve Coogan on excellent form.

Unusual very first post to make on Boards

Wrongway1985

Did you smash it wrote: »

Us was overrated and I only got through 45 mins of it

Well you've no business rating it tbf.

Parasite (very accessible imo - you certainly don't have to be a "world cinema" bore to appreciate it),

Palm Springs

Dark Waters

Official Secrets

Once upon a time in Hollywood

Midsommar

The Devil All the time

Uncut Gems

budgemook

Some good movie ideas on here I meant to watch but missed.

Into the Spider verse
Sorry to bother you (although maybe a bit arty farty for the OP requirements!)

adding these to the list

ShagNastii

I watch Jojo Rabbit on Sky Cinema last month.

Was really bowled over by it. Would be a regular cinema goer and dismissed it entirely thinking it was one of those Wes Anderson-like overly "kooky" comedies.

The jokes were off the wall but all the laughs landed solid as a rock. But what hit the hardest is the drama of the whole piece. It certainly is a movie that stays with you. The last quarter of the film is a true masterclass in storytelling.

Helen Highwater

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Unusual very first post to make on Boards

Why so?

(Actually, not my very first post, posted a couple on one of the other film threads, not sure why they aren't showing.)

SixtaWalthers

I can suggest you Summerland, Coded Bias and Greenland.

silverharp

Ford v Ferrari / Le Mans '66 is one of the few I can remember seeing