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50 Best Films of 2020

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2020 was a very good year for cinema in a way that a normal year is not. It's a need on my part to say this because the emergence of such rich, compelling cinema in what is essentially the year of a virus outbreak, is nothing short of fascinating. I was thinking, when the first wave peaked, that I'll restrict my list of the best films of year for just twenty-something films. However, I ended up immensely liking nearly ninety films. A big plus was the discovery of miniature independent cinema, and the nearly surreal evasion of big-budget studio features from across the world. Even as I make this list, I regret ditching out some of them just because they couldn't make the top fifty.  Although there are a lot of films which must be embraced and watched in a larger scope, films that range from Pushpendra Singh's Laila Aur Saatt Geet to Christopher Nolan's Tenet to Lawrence Michael Levine's Black Bear. However, these are the top five films that really need to be ack...