"As we reach the end of the year, Stacker's been taking a look back at 2020 and rounding up some of its most memorable art and entertainment. Within this project, we wanted to know what movies audiences thought were the best of the year. So Stacker compiled IMDb data on all 2020 movies and ranked the top 100 according to user score (data was gathered December 4, 2020). To qualify, the film had to have an IMDb score, Metascore, and at least 1,000 votes. A vote exception was made for the Small Axe anthology films. Ties were broken by vote count.
We found that there were several identifiable trends in what movies audiences loved this year: plenty of documentaries, films that are based on real-life stories, and movies that highlight often-overlooked communities like LGBTQ+ folks and West Indian immigrants in London. But from "Deerskin" to "Hamilton," these movies cover a wide range of interests, themes, and categories."
