We offer a selection of the most interesting films of 2020 that are worth watching. The list of the best with a high rating includes foreign films dedicated to racism, sexual harassment and fantastic horror. Domestic films tell viewers about the life of famous compatriots and lift the veil of secrets about the researchers of the capabilities of the human mind.
Argument (Tenet)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.9, IMDb - 7.8
- Director: Christopher Nolan
In detail
The film is set around the "Dovod" agency. It is a secret unit using time management technology. One of the agents is assigned an important task - to neutralize the arms dealer. The future of the planet depends on its implementation. To do this, the events that have occurred are unwound in the reverse order. In addition to looking for allies, the hero will have to find a way to change ideas about space and time.
Kalashnikov
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.6, IMDb - 6.5
- Director: Konstantin Buslov
In detail
The Russian film, based on real events, tells about the fate of the famous gunsmith Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov. After being seriously wounded during the Great Patriotic War, the hero after the hospital goes to the rear at the arms factory. Kalashnikov is making every effort to develop a new promising weapon. Now his surname has become a recognizable brand throughout the arms world.
The Devil All the Time
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.2, IMDb - 7.1
- Director: Antonio Campos
In detail
This picture stands out from other films that have already been released and can be watched online. In Southern Virginia, after World War II, fate brings several young people together. They have different views on life, but they have a common desire - to start a family. Then the idyll ends - death comes to these families. The main character, considering what is happening to him too cruel, begins to settle scores.
The Banker
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 7.3
- Director: George Nolfi
The foreign picture tells about the unusual history of the development of one real estate agency. Two African Americans united in the 50s of the last century. But in those years, racial prejudices reigned in society, so the companions figured out how to get around them. They hired a dummy white man, and they themselves worked in the agency as a driver and a janitor. Gradually, their company began to gain momentum. At the height of success, the threat of exposure loomed in front of friends.
Scandal (Bombshell)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.3, IMDb - 6.8
- Director: Jay Roach
In detail
The plot of the picture immerses the audience in the fashionable topic of revelations. This time, the CEO of Fox News is accused of sexual harassment. At the beginning, the former presenter Gretchen Carlson publicly announced a similar fact. And then she was joined by Megyn Kelly and Kayla Pospisil - influential employees of the TV channel. Based on a true story, a sexual harassment case received wide media coverage.
Miss Americana
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.1, IMDb - 7.4
- Director: Lana Wilson
The action of the documentary gives the audience an opportunity to plunge into the concert life of the famous American singer and composer Taylor Swift. The singer shares information about her work, expresses her political views, devotes fans to the history of her personal life. The picture is complemented by performances of the singer at large venues. Close friends and colleagues talk about relationships with her.
The Invisible Man
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.4, IMDb - 7.1
- Director: Lee Wannell
In detail
The new adaptation of the work of H.G. Wells tells the story of an eccentric inventor living in our time. His girlfriend Cecilia Cass escapes from him, unable to withstand constant overprotection and control. Later she learns about his suicide and a decent amount of funds bequeathed to her. But under the terms of the will, I can deprive a girl of her inheritance if she is recognized as mentally ill. From that moment on, mysterious phenomena begin to occur in her life.
Satellite
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 6.3
- Director: Egor Abramenko
In detail
The selection of the most interesting films of 2020 that are worth watching will continue with a fantastic picture about space exploration during the USSR. She is included in the list of the best with a good rating for the topic of contact with alien intelligence. According to the plot, a spacecraft returns from the flight. On board - the deceased astronaut and his surviving partner. To figure out what kind of life it is, they are placed on a secret military base.
One breath
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.9, IMDb - 6.0
- Director: Elena Khazanova
In detail
The main character is unhappy with life. Marina Gordeeva has an unsuccessful marriage and boring work behind her shoulders. During a vacation at sea, she saves a drowning man. One of the rescue team gets to know Marina and during the conversation tells her about freediving - deep diving without diving equipment. Marina decides to try, believing that a dangerous sport will help her overcome her complexes.
Greenland
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.5
- Director: Rick Roman Waugh
In detail
Destructive comet rushes to the ground. The only safe place is the Greenland hideout. In an attempt to save himself and his family, the main character embarks on a dangerous journey. They have to make their way through the cities engulfed in panic and destruction. And it is still not clear what is more terrible - death from a cosmic body or the inadequacy of people who show their worst qualities at the moment of danger.
The Gentlemen
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 8.5, IMDb - 7.9
- Director: Guy Ritchie
In detail
The already released picture about the adventures of one cunning English drug dealer immediately became a cult. And it's not just the eminent director whose fans admire his films. And in the original plot, the English aristocrats and their estates became the cover for drug laboratories. An attempt to sell the business turns into trouble for the protagonist. He intends to solve them immediately.
Unhinged
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.3, IMDb - 6.2
- Director: Derrick Borte
In detail
The director invites viewers of the film to watch an online selection of a chain of random events that will turn into one big problem for the main character. In the story, Rachel is going through a difficult divorce. In addition, her brother is moving, she herself is fired. And a trip by car and a meeting with an inadequate driver turns into a living hell. He begins to stalk her to teach a single mother a terrible lesson.
Antebellum (Antebellum)
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.6, IMDb - 5.5
- Director: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz
In detail
Closing the selection of the most interesting films of 2020, which are worth watching, a picture about racism. The list of the best with a rating above 5 includes the story of the famous writer Veronica Henley. Unexpectedly for herself, a heroine from the modern world finds herself in slavery on a plantation. Together with other slaves, she picks cotton every day. For attempting to escape, the prisoners are severely punished by the ruthless white overseers.
