Chlotrudis Awards members were invited to share their Top movie lists of 2020 on the website. See what various members chose as their top films of the year. See how many of their favorites made the final ballot. See if your tastes coincide with any particular Chlotrudis member. If you’re a member, send in your Top 10 of the year and we’ll include it here.

 

And Then We Danced
“And Then We Danced“

Julie Blumenthal’s Top 22 of 2020

  1. And Then We Danced
  2. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  3. Mouthpiece
  4. Collective
  5. Kajillionaire
  6. The Nest
  7. The Painter and the Thief
  8. The Planters
  9. Black Bear
  10. Ham on Rye
  11. Song Without a Name
  12. Sound of Metal
  13. Babyteeth
  14. Cat in the Wall
  15. Light from Light
  16. The Forty-Year-Old Version
  17. The Vast of Night
  18. Crip Camp
  19. Time
  20. Cuties
  21. Gutterbug
  22. I’m No Longer Here

 

Light from Light
“Light from Light“

Michael Colford’s Top Movies of 2020

  1. And Then We Danced
  2. Light from Light
  3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  5. Sound of Metal
  6. Sorry We Missed You
  7. First Cow
  8. Cat in the Wall
  9. Song Without a Name
  10. Kajillionaire
  11. The Vast of Night
  12. To the Ends of the Earth
  13. Mouthpiece
  14. House of Hummingbird
  15. Monsoon
  16. Beanpole
  17. The Truth
  18. The Nest
  19. Ham on Rye
  20. She Dies Tomorrow

Also Recommended: Bull, Black Bear, Ghost Tropic,I’m No Longer Here, The Planters, Fishbowl, Guest of Honour, Red White and Blue, Farewell Amor, The Twentieth Century, Miss Juneteenth, Saint Frances, I Was, I Am, I Will Be,  Coded Bias, Lovers Rock, Shithouse

Festival and Beyond Favorites: Anne at 13,000 Ft., Fish and Men, Identifying Features, Never Gonna Snow Again, The Trouble with Being Born, Two of Us, Undine

 

Never Rarely Sometimes Always
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always“

Bob Gladstein’s Top 20 of 2020

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  2. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  3. Sound of Metal
  4. The Vast of Night
  5. Kajillionaire
  6. House of Hummingbird
  7. Lucky Grandma
  8. I’m No Longer Here
  9. bacurau
  10. Cat in the Wall
  11. Time
  12. The Fifty-Year-Old Version
  13. We Are Little Zombies
  14. Another Round
  15. The Twentieth Century
  16. Deerskin
  17. First Cow
  18. Gutterbug
  19. Ham on Rye
  20. The Planters

 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire“

Chris Kriofske’s Top 20 of 2020

  1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  2. Sound of Metal
  3. First Cow
  4. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  5. Bacurau
  6. And Then We Danced
  7. Ham on Rye
  8. House of Hummingbird
  9. Boys State
  10. Collective
  11. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  12. Wolfwalkers
  13. Kajillionaire
  14. Straight Up
  15. Another Round
  16. Black Bear
  17. Lovers Rock
  18. MR. SOUL!
  19. Dick Johnson is Dead
  20. Beanpole
Best Film Not Eligible for Chlotrudis: David Byrne’s American Utopia
Best Festival Films/Potential 2021 titles: Nomadland, Shiva Baby, Limbo, No Ordinary Man, Spring Blossom

 

Luxor
“Luxor“

Sara Rubin’s Top Movies of 2020 (in alpha order)

  1. After Sunset (Yuhi No Ato)
  2. Asia
  3. The Audition
  4. The Best Years
  5. Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint
  6. City Hall
  7. Father
  8. Freies Land
  9. The Goddess of Fortune
  10. Her Socialist Smile
  11. Here We Are
  12. Lara
  13. Little Women
  14. Luxor
  15. MLK/FBI
  16. Persian Lessons
  17. Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
  18. A Rainy Day in New York
  19. The Red Orchestra
  20. Speer Goes to Hollywood
  21. Sublet
  22. Undine
  23. Winter Journey
  24. The Woman Who Ran

Many of Sara’s favorites have yet to be released in the U.S., no watch for them in the coming year!

 

Hvítur, hvítur dagur
“A White, White Day“

Martin Sander’s Top 20 of 2020 (in alpha order)

  1. A White, White Day
  2. Aurora
  3. Beanpole
  4. Coded Bias
  5. Dating Amber
  6. First Cow
  7. I Was, I Am, I Will Be
  8. I’m No Longer Here
  9. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
  10. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  11. The Painted Bird
  12. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  13. Sorry We Missed You
  14. Sound of Metal
  15. The Half of It
  16. The Planters
  17. The Social Dilemma
  18. The Vast of Night
  19. Wade in the Water
  20. Words on Bathroom Walls

 

76 Days
“76 Days“

Jana Seitzer’s Top 20 of 2020 (in alpha order)

  1. 76 Days
  2. The Assistant
  3. Beastie Boys Story
  4. Black Bear
  5. The Broken Hearts Gallery
  6. Coded Bias
  7. Dating Amber
  8. The Departure
  9. Fatima
  10. Greenland
  11. Ham on Rye
  12. I Am Greta
  13. Joan of Arc
  14. Jungleland
  15. Lost Girls
  16. Pieces of a Woman
  17. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  18. The Social Dilmma
  19. Spontaneous
  20. Wolfwalkers
Dylda
“Beanpole“

Diane Young’s Top 22 of 2020 (in alpha order)

  1. 76 Days
  2. And Then We Danced
  3. Beanpole
  4. Bacurau
  5. Boys State
  6. Corpus Christi
  7. Crip Camp
  8. Cuties
  9. Fire Will Come
  10. First Cow
  11. Gutterbug
  12. Ham on Rye
  13. House of Hummingbird
  14. I’m No Longer Here
  15. Lovers Rock
  16. Lucky Grandma
  17. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  18. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  19. Proxima
  20. Sorry We Missed You
  21. Sound of Metal
  22. Wander Darkly