Best Movies of 2020s by Director
2483
128
2021
Ridley Scott
Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter, Ben Affleck, Alex Lawther
Action / Drama / History / Period Film / Epic
USA / UK
English
2736
187
2021
Ridley Scott
Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Jack Huston
Crime / Drama
Canada / USA
English
2725
183
2023
Emma Seligman
Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber
Comedy
USA
English
2762
190
2022
Shaunak Sen
Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
Documentary
UK / India / USA
Hindi
2736
187
2025
Michael Shanks
Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman, Mia Morrissey, Karl Richmond, Jack Kenny
Horror / Romance
Australia / USA
English
2736
187
2023
Thea Sharrock
Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Jason Watkins, Alisha Weir
Comedy / Crime / Drama / History / Mystery
UK / France
English
2695
169
2022
Domee Shi
Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
USA
English
2706
177
2022
Anthony Shim
Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon
Drama
Canada
English
2709
178
2021
Cate Shortland
Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, Ray Winstone
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2709
178
2020
Michael Showalter
Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Nicholas X. Parsons
Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
USA
English
2736
187
2021
Michael Showalter
Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Mark Wystrach
Biography / Drama / History / Religion
Canada / USA
English
2736
187
2024
Michael Showalter
Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English
2736
187
2023
M. Night Shyamalan
Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Action
USA / Japan / China
English
2516
134
2022
Carla Simón
Jordi Pujol Dolcet, Anna Otin, Xènia Roset, Albert Bosch, Ainet Jounou, Josep Abad
Adventure / Drama
Spain / Italy
Catalan
2706
177
2023
Tarsem Singh
Pavia Sidhu, Yugam Sood, Gourav Sharma, Sukhwinder Chahal, Sunita Dhir
Drama / Romance / Thriller
India / Canada / USA
Punjabi
1190
31
2022
Jerzy Skolimowski
Sandra Drzymalska, Isabelle Huppert, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Drama
Poland / Italy
Polish
2645
155
2021
Steven Soderbergh
Don Cheadle, Craig muMs Grant, Brendan Fraser, Benicio Del Toro, Julia Fox
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
USA
English
2666
159
2025
Steven Soderbergh
Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgård, Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2709
178
2020
Steven Soderbergh
Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Dianne Wiest, Christopher Fitzgerald, Candice Bergen
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2736
187
2024
Steven Soderbergh
Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, Julia Fox
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2702
174
2023
Stefano Sollima
Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini
Drama / Crime
Italy
Italian
955
18
2023
Celine Song
Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Drama / Romance
USA / South Korea
English
1352
38
2020
Aaron Sorkin
Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch
Drama / History / Thriller / Crime
USA / UK / India
English
2576
150
2021
Aaron Sorkin
Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
1383
39
2021
Paolo Sorrentino
Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri
Drama
Italy
Italian
2702
174
2025
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Orlando Cinque, Massimo Venturiello
Drama
Italy
Italian
2716
180
2023
Lina Soualem
Hiam Abbass, Um Ali, Nemat Abbass, Said Abbas, Omaya Younes
Documentary / Biography
France / Belgium / Palestine / Qatar
French
2725
183
2023
Stephen Soucy
Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Hugh Grant, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson
Documentary
USA
English
2706
177
2021
Maria Speth
Dieter Bachmann, Aynur Bal, Önder Cavdar
Documentary
Germany
German
925
17
2022
Steven Spielberg
Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Jeannie Berlin
Drama
USA
English
1095
24
2021
Steven Spielberg
Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno
Crime / Drama / Musical / Romance
USA
English
2709
178
2023
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick, Clancy Brown
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2702
174
2024
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Pietro Castellitto, Tesa Litvan, Lidija Kordic, Barbara Ronchi, Denise Capezza
Drama
Italy
Italian
2709
178
2020
Jon Stewart
Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton, Will Sasso, C.J. Wilson
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2775
191
2022
Goran Stolevski
Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marinca, Sara Klimoska, Carloto Cotta
Drama / Horror
UK / Serbia / Australia
Macedonian
2725
183
2023
Nicholas Stoller, Francesca Delbanco
Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Luke Macfarlane, Carla Gallo, Sophie Leonard
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2562
146
2022
Christopher Storer, Duccio Fabbri, Janicza Bravo
Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2725
183
2021
Herb Stratford
Gustav Stickley
Documentary
USA
English
2725
183
2023
Gene Stupnitsky
Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2647
156
2024
Sandhya Suri
Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi, Kushal Dubey, Nawal Shukla
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK / Germany / India / France
Hindi
2736
187
2025
James Sweeney
Dylan O'Brien, Lauren Graham, Arkira Chantaratananond, Kody Harvard, James Sweeney
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2702
174
2020
Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert
Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / Comedy
Poland / Germany
Polish
2702
174
2020
Chaitanya Tamhane
Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat, Kiran Yadnyopavit
Drama / Music
India
Marathi
2736
187
2021
Alan Taylor
Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2736
187
2020
Julie Taymor
Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Lulu Wilson, Gloria Steinem
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2736
187
2021
Liesl Tommy
Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald
Biography / Drama / Music
Canada / USA
English
2381
114
2023
Anh Hung Tran
Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Emmanuel Salinger
Drama / History / Romance
France / Belgium
French
1312
36
2021
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Mia McGovern Zaini, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Norway / France / Sweden / Denmark
Norwegian
2475
124
2025
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Comedy / Drama
Norway / Germany / Denmark / France / Sweden
Norwegian
668
4
2023
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
2702
174
2023
Fien Troch
Greet Verstraete, Robbie Cleiren, Caroline Stas, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier
Drama
Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Dutch
2702
174
2024
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Harry Melling, Frank Dillane, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosy McEwen, Arinzé Kene
Drama / History
UK / Germany / USA / France / Greece
English
2725
183
2023
Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Jane Curtin, Teddy Cañez, Narea Kang
Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2683
163
2022
Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Surakshya Panta
Drama
Italy / Belgium / France
Italian
2736
187
2022
various
Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga
Drama / History
USA
English
2702
174
2021
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Roman Lutskyi, Nika Myslyts'ka, Nadiya Levchenko, Andriy Rymaruk, Ihor Shulha
Drama
Ukraine
Ukrainian
2706
177
2025
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Misha Lubarsky, Hryhoriy Naumov, Marianna Novikova, Vladlen Odudenko
Documentary / Comedy / Drama / War
Ukraine / Lithuania
Ukrainian
2647
156
2021
Paul Verhoeven
Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Religion / Period Film
France / Belgium / Netherlands
French
2730
185
2021
Rhayne Vermette
Isabelle d'Eschambault, Jack Theis, Valerie Marion, Dolorès Gosselin
Drama / Experimental
Canada
French
2709
178
2025
Eva Victor
Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack, Lucas Hedges
Comedy / Drama
USA / Spain / France
English
2702
174
2021
Lorenzo Vigas
Elián Gonzalez, Hernán Mendoza, Hatzín Navarrete
Drama
Mexico / USA
Spanish
979
21
2021
Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA / Canada
English
1713
61
2024
Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Epic
USA / Canada
English
1308
34
2020
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
2737
188
2021
Eskil Vogt
Rakel Lenora Flottum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Norway / Sweden / Denmark / Finland / France / UK
Norwegian
2702
174
2020
Julia von Heinz
Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Andreas Lust
Crime / Drama / Romance
Germany / France
German
2076
81
2024
Magnus von Horn
Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Ava Knox Martin, Joachim Fjelstrup
Drama / History / Horror
Denmark / Poland / Sweden
Danish
2709
178
2021
Lana Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff
Action / Sci-Fi
USA / UK / Australia
English
2522
136
2021
Laura Wandel
Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden
Drama
Belgium
French
2709
178
2022
Matthew Warchus
Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Musical
UK / USA
English
2125
87
2021
Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Comic
USA
English
2736
187
2024
Jon Watts
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan
Crime / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Comedy
UK / USA
English
2683
163
2021
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Drama
Colombia / Thailand / France / Germany / Mexico / Qatar / UK / China / Switzerland
English
2314
107
2022
Charlotte Wells
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Ayse Parlak
Drama
UK / USA / Turkey / Philippines / Netherlands
English
2429
117
2023
Wim Wenders
Kôji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Arisa Nakano, Aoi Yamada, Yumi Asô
Drama
Japan / Germany
Japanese
2709
178
2020
Leigh Whannell
Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Australia / USA / Canada / UK
English
2725
183
2022
Carey Williams
RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
2736
187
2024
Charles Williams
Cosmo Jarvis, Guy Pearce, Toby Wallace, Tammy Macintosh, Sean Millis
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Australia
English
2725
183
2022
Stephen Williams
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronke Adekoluejo, Marton Csokas
Biography / Drama / History / Music / Epic
USA
English
2709
178
2024
Dougal Wilson
Ben Whishaw, Imelda Staunton, Oliver Maltman, Joel Fry, Robbie Gee, Sanjeev Bhaskar
Adventure / Comedy / Family / Mystery / Animation / Action
UK / France / Japan / USA
English
2736
187
2021
Adam Wingard
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / Australia / Canada / India
English
2094
86
2020
George C. Wolfe
Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts
Drama / Music
USA
English
2736
187
2023
George C. Wolfe
Colman Domingo, Aml Ameen, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2528
137
2020
Jason Woliner
Sacha Baron Cohen, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hanks, Dani Popescu, Manuel Vieru
Comedy
UK / USA
English
2709
178
2023
Sam Wrench
Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti, Amos Heller
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2359
112
2021
Joe Wright
Haley Bennett, Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Drama / Musical / Romance
UK / USA / Canada / Italy
English
2725
183
2021
Robin Wright
Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens, Warren Christie
Adventure / Drama
USA / Canada
English
2709
178
2020
Alice Wu
Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz, Collin Chou
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2410
116
2023
Takashi Yamazaki
Minami Hamabe, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Munetaka Aoki
Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi
Japan
Japanese
2702
174
2024
Siew Hua Yeo
Chien-Ho Wu, Kang-sheng Lee, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Xenia Tan, Pete Teo
Thriller / Mystery
Singapore / Taiwan / France / USA
Mandarin
2709
178
2022
Jeremiah Zagar
Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangomez, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith
Comedy / Drama / Sports
USA
English
2736
187
2025
Jeremiah Zagar, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, Thuso Mbedu
Crime / Drama
USA
English
1681
60
2020
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
1106
26
2020
Florian Zeller
Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots
Drama
UK / France
English
2702
174
2022
Florian Zeller
Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins
Drama
UK / France
English
2702
174
2022
Roschdy Zem
Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Maïwenn, Rachid Bouchareb, Abel Jafrei
Drama
France
French
467
1
2020
Chloé Zhao
Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May, Angela Reyes
Drama / Adventure
USA / Germany
English
2698
171
2025
Chloé Zhao
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
UK
English
1638
57
2024
Gints Zilbalodis
Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Action
Latvia / Belgium / France
French (No Dialogue)
2702
174
2022
Rebecca Zlotowski
Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves
Drama / Comedy
France
French
