These are our best moviesTV/Books/Music of 2020. We each could have listed more but needed to cutoff somewhere. Bill I. ranked all of his picks. Bill C. just did relative rankings since he felt the year was so disjointed. Bill C. also spent too much time listening to old music or to new music while distracted while juggling so didn’t put together a list in that category. Please give us your feedback. We’d love to know what you liked in this very strange year.
| Bill I | Bill C |
|---|---|
| Best Movies | |
| 1 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 2 The Gentlemen 3 The Invisible Man 4 The Old Guard 5 The Photograph 6 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 7 Da 5 Bloods 8 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 9 The Wrong Missy 10 Just Mercy | - Soul - Ma Rainey’s Back Bottom - Just Mercy - Da 5 Bloods - 1917 - Beanpole - Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Death of a Telemarketer - Time for Love - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Any movie mocked by Master Pancake Theater (they are free on Twitch most Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings) - Bombshell - The Way Back - The Get Together - The Eagles Nest - The Old Guard - The Badger - The 40 Year Old Version - Birds of Prey:And the Fantabulous Emanicipation of one Harley Quinn - The Gentlemen |
| Best Documentaries | |
| 1 The Last Dance 2 The Bee Gees - How Can you Mend a Broken Heart 2 Western Stars (Springsteen) 3 Tiger King | General - The Way I See it - Time - American Factory - 76 Days - A Thousand Cuts - Boys State - Dick Johnson is Dead - Class Action Park - Re-Inventing the Wheel - Queens of Pain - The Book Keepers MUSIC RELATED - Hamilton - David Byrne’s American Utopia (also watch Stop Making Sense!) - The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (also watch The Last Waltz!) - Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You - Miss Americana - Western Stars |
| TV | |
| TV - Limited Series 1 season 1 I May Destroy You 2 The Queen's Gambit 3 The Undoing 5 Unorthodox 6 Big Sky TV - Regular Series Drama (multiple seasons) 1 Fargo 2 Homeland 3 Yellowstone 4 The Crown 5 Euphoria 6 Ozark 7 Pose TV - Series Comedy 1 Insecure 2 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 3 The Good Fight 4 She's Gotta Have It 5 Pose 6 The Last OG 7 Blackish 8 Grownish 9 The Boys | - Watchmen - Homeland - Normal People - Killing Eve - Brockmire - Fleabag - Letterkenny - The Umbrella Academy - The Mandalorian - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel TV Docs - Tiger King - The Last Dance |
| Books | |
| 1 The Chain, by Adrian McKlinty 2 Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan 3 Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke 4 An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones 5 The Eight Girl, by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung 5 The Death and Life of Bobby Z, by Don Winslow 6 Raw Dog, by Phil Knight 7 Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughhey 8 Fantasyland - How America Went Haywire, by Kurt Anderson 9 Evil Geniuses - The Unmaking of America, by Kurt Anderson 9 Around the Way Girl, by Taraji P. Henson 10 A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir, by Colin Jost 11 The Splendid and the Vile, by Erik Larson 12 Tools and Weapons, by Brad Smith 13 Is This Anything, by Jerry Seinfeld | - The Great Influenza - John Barry - The institute - Stephen King - The Nickel Boys - Colton Whitehead - Nomadland - Jessica Bruner - Evicted - Matthew Desmond - Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham - The Complete Juggler - Dave Finnigan - The Library Book - Susan Orlean - Lethal White - Robert Galbraith - The Fifth Risk - Michael Lewis |
| Music | |
| 1 Doja Cat: Say So; Like That; and Juicy 2 Dua Lipa: Levitating; Break My Heart; Don't Start Now; Physical 3 Bakar: Hell N Back 4 Coldplay: Orphans; Arabesque; and Champions of the World by Coldplay 5 Tame Impala: Lost in Yesterday; and Breathe Deeper 6 White Reaper: Might be Right 7 Megan Thee Stallion: Savage; Hit my Phone; WAP 8 Alaina Castillo: Papacito 9 Lizzo: Juice 10 Bruce Springsteen: Ghosts; Letter to You 11 Taylor Swift and Bon Iver: Exile 12 The Killers: My Own Soul's Warning 13 Claire Rosinkranz: Backyard Boy 14 Dana Williams: Answers; Umbrella 15 SZA, The Neptunes, Ty Dollar $ign: Hit Different 16 Ella Mai: Not Another Love Song 17 Jhene Aiko, Summer 2020; P*$$y Fairy (OTW); B.S. |
What about “MY BRILLIANT FRIEND” ? 2 season series subtitles?
AND “MY OCTUPUS TEACHER” for documentary?
Loved “ SOUL”
Loved how “THE INVISABLE MAN” had a completely new
Updated concept so I agree with great movie.
Book by FREDRIK BACKMAN called “ANXIOUS PEOPLE” was interesting……love his writing …also wrote “ A MAN CALLED OVE”
All in all , B & B , LIKE YOUR PICKS….THANKS FOR SHARING!!