The ILX Film Poll 2020: Drive-Ins and Staying In

i didn't like it? Felt hokey and unengaged.

I agree. I was excited by the concept but didn't feel it came off organically.

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8. THE VAST OF NIGHT 
Andrew Patterson, Craig W. Sanger (USA)
74 points, 5 votes

Aargh--I'm always going on about Wiseman on ILX, and this one (highest-placing film on a year-end?) I haven't seen. (Well, I started it and just got sidetracked for various reasons.)

City Hall was one of my votes.

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7. THE INVISIBLE MAN
Leigh Whannell (AU)
81 points, 4 votes

the invisible posts

city hall is great! wish i could've seen it in theaters though. Hard to appreciate a wiseman from home.

I though Invisible Man was kinda lame; tapped out when they kept twiddling their thumbs waiting to get to the part when the invisible man shows up. Oooh, there's breath behind her but no one's there! What could it mean? Could it be... THE INVISIBLE MAN?!?!?!? well fucking of course it is, check the title

I voted for both of the last two. The Vast of Night is a good comfort movie.

forks, pictured watching The Invisible Man:

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6. NOMADLAND
Chloé Zhao (USA)
97 points, 5 votes

I did not vote for this movie.

It’s fine.

(I didn’t vote for it either)

I really liked this film overall, there were many beautiful aspects, but didn't like the music

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5. BACURAU
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles  (BR)
110 points, 6 votes

Placed at #48 in 2019, with 75 points from 3 votes.

Still haven't caught up to that one despite all the extra free time.

very fun to watch but didn't think it was a great film

still thinking about Yeri Han who played Monica, Jacob's wife in Minari, who no one seemed to notice

final 4 tonight or tomorrow morning? who up?

Tonight, fuck it

I will watch

i liked bacurau, i think i voted for it in the 2019 poll. the invisible man sucked, empty man is the better man

Good few movies, except City Hall's the first Wiseman film I thought too long

bacurau is a great b-movie, elevated. harsh ending too!

Martin Eden, Beanpole, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and First Cow are films I really loved from 2020

but Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a film I will never forget

Nomadland is a 2021 movie imo

5. BACURAU
Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles (BR)
110 points, 6 votes

That is literally the only 2020 film I've seen.

Hope Lover's Rock doesn't lose a close vote at the top. I should have voted for it but didn't--I voted for a different Small Axe film, and just absent-mindedly never thought of the same filmmaker placing two films on my year-end list.

thought mangrove was pretty weak, a couple of the other small axe films made the end of my ballot.

with the exception of a couple of things i wanted to see but didnt get the chance to (city hall and bloody nose...), very out of touch with whats on this list; god knows what vast of night is

Yeah, Mangrove was the least interesting of the six for me.

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4. ANOTHER ROUND (DRUK)
Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm (DK)
119 points, 6 votes

Oh yeah, forgot that one was still in the mix.

I keep forgetting that I watched this. My 3.5/5 rating on Letterboxd indicates that I liked it, though.

why is this not no. 1 ffs

Oh yeah, forgot that one was still in the mix.

― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, December 16, 2021 12:09 PM (eighteen minutes

nyuk nyuk

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3. Small Axe: LOVERS ROCK 
Steve McQueen, Courttia Newland (UK)
122 points, 6 votes

press play on this while you compose your replies

AR release got pushed back here & will prob be on my 2021 list, I think it was the second film I saw after cinemas reopened this year (first being first cow)

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2. Da 5 BLOODS 
Spike Lee, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott (USA)
144 points, 8 votes

Nice! Didn't think this one was gonna place at this point.

Hit us with that #1

that first place?

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1. FIRST COW 
Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond (USA)
202 points, 9 votes

Where are my Mankheads at, this is fucked

the cream will rise to the top

cant bring myself to watch 1st cow

Can't argue too much with the #1.

Oh yeah, definitely need to see. No Kajillionaire is a surprise? I didn't get to see that either, but thought it was pretty hyped here.

Another Round is excellent, but definitely 2021 for me.