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2020 in film is a history of events, which includes the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2020, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths.

Evaluation of the year[edit]

The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and several films were still in theaters where guidelines were in place.[1] As a result, film grosses will increase if they are re-released in the future.

Highest-grossing films[edit]

The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2020[3]
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Toho / Aniplex $507,127,293[4]
2 The Eight Hundred CMC Pictures $461,421,559
3 My People, My Homeland China Lion $433,241,288[5]
4 Bad Boys for Life Sony Pictures $426,505,244
5 Tenet Warner Bros. $365,304,105
6 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount $319,715,683
7 Dolittle Universal $251,410,631
8 Jiang Ziya Beijing Enlight $243,883,429
9 A Little Red Flower HG Entertainment $238,600,000[6][7]
10 Shock Wave 2 Universe Films $226,400,000

After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone increased to over $1.008 billion, becoming the 47th film overall and the second billion-dollar film in the Wizarding World franchise, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, at $1.342 billion.

2020 box office records[edit]

  • China overtook North America as the world's largest box office market for the first time in 2020. China generated $2.7 billion in theatrical revenue compared to North America's $2.3 billion, the lowest for the North American box office in at least 40 years.[8] This has been largely attributed by due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and having a greater negative impact in North America than in Asia.[9]
  • Because of the relatively smaller impact of the pandemic on Asian film markets, the majority (6) of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year are East Asian (Chinese and Japanese) productions for the first time in history, as the rankings were previously dominated by North American productions.[10]

Film records[edit]

  • At the end of 2020, The Eight Hundred became the first Chinese and first non-Hollywood film to top the global box office with more than $450 million gross.[11] It was later overtaken by Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021.
  • Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, a Japanese anime film based on the manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, broke a number of box office records.
    • It became the first ever non-Hollywood film production to become the highest-grossing film of the year.[12]
    • It set the all-time box office records for the highest-grossing Japanese film, the highest-grossing anime film, and the highest-grossing R-rated animated film.[13]
    • In Japan, Mugen Train set the first-day opening record with ¥1.2 billion ($11.3 million),[14] before breaking the opening weekend record with ¥4.6 billion ($43.8 million) over three days.[15] It went on to have the highest-grossing second weekend, and in ten days became the fastest film to cross ¥10 billion ($96.7 million), surpassing Spirited Away (2001) which had previously crossed the ¥10 billion milestone in 19 days and held the record for 19 years.[16] Mugen Train also became the fastest film to cross ¥20 billion in Japan, again faster than Spirited Away.[17] It also set the record for the highest-grossing IMAX release in Japan, surpassing the previous record holder Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).[18] In 59 days, Mugen Train set another record as the fastest film to cross the ¥30 billion milestone,[19] faster than Spirited Away which took 253 days to reach the same milestone.[20] In 66 days, the film set another record as the first film to top the Japanese box office charts for ten straight weekends (since the charts began publication in 2004).[21] In 73 days, Mugen Train grossed ¥32.48 billion to become the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, surpassing Spirited Away which held the record for 19 years.[22]
    • In Taiwan, Mugen Train grossed NT$360 million (US$12.6 million) in 17 days, setting the record for the highest-grossing animated film of all time in Taiwan, surpassing the previous record holders Frozen 2 (2019) and Your Name (2016).[23][24] In 20 days, Mugen Train became the first animated film to cross NT$400 million in Taiwan,[25] before later crossing the NT$500 million milestone.[26]
    • The film was also the first R-rated film since Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall.
    • The film was also the first animated film since The Jungle Book in 1967 to be the highest-grossing film of the year overall and not the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the time.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog broke Pokémon: Detective Pikachu's record for the highest opening weekend for a film based on a video game, with $70 million domestic gross in the United States and Canada.[27] It went on to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game in the United States and Canada, surpassing Detective Pikachu, although it did not beat it in the worldwide box office.[28] Sonic the Hedgehog is also the highest-grossing superhero film of 2020, ending the Marvel Cinematic Universe's decade-long run of having the highest-grossing superhero film of the year (from 2010 to 2019).[29][30]
  • For the first time in box office history, two non-American animated film productions (Asian films), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train from Japan and Jiang Ziya from China, have become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has been partly attributed by due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31] It is also the first time since 1987 that a non-American animated film (Japanese anime), Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, became the highest-grossing animated film of the year, and the first time an anime has made it to the top 10 highest-grossing films of the year worldwide.
  • 2020 was the first year since 2008 not to have a film gross $1 billion in its initial release, the first year since 2005 not to have a film gross over $900 million, and the first year since 2000 not to have a film gross over $600 million, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2020 was the first year since 1995 in which no film was among the 20 highest-grossing films of all time at the time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events[edit]

Award ceremonies[edit]

2020 film awards ceremonies
Date Event Host Location
January 5 77th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.[32]
January 11 25th Forqué Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain
January 12 25th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
January 16 7th Feroz Awards Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España Alcobendas, Spain
January 19 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
January 20 55th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden[33]
January 25 34th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Málaga, Spain
January 25 47th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 1 10th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium
February 2 73rd British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England
February 8 35th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
February 9 92nd Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California, U.S.
February 28 45th César Awards Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma Paris, France
March 6 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize Nippon Academy-Sho Association Tokyo, Japan
March 16 40th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation Los Angeles, California, U.S.[a]
March 27 66th Filmfare Awards The Times Group Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
May 6 39th Hong Kong Film Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Association Ltd. Hong Kong[b]
June 3 56th Grand Bell Awards Korea Motion Picture Promotion Association Seoul, South Korea
June 29 7th Platino Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Panama City, Panama
September 28 62nd Ariel Awards Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas Mexico[b]
November 21 57th Golden Horse Awards Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan

Festivals[edit]

List of some of the film festivals for 2020 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

2020 film festivals
Date Event Host Location
January 23–February 2 2020 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah, United States
February 20–March 1 70th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany
Cancelled 2020 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France
September 2–12 77th Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
September 10–21 2020 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Awards[edit]

Category/Organization 78th Golden Globe Awards
February 28, 2021
26th Critics' Choice Awards
March 7, 2021
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
March 21-April 10, 2021
74th BAFTA Awards
April 11, 2021
93rd Academy Awards
April 25, 2021
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Picture Nomadland Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Nomadland
Best Director Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Best Actor Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Chadwick Boseman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins
The Father
Best Actress Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Rosamund Pike
I Care a Lot
Carey Mulligan
Promising Young Woman
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Frances McDormand
Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor Daniel Kaluuya
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Supporting Actress Jodie Foster
The Mauritanian
Maria Bakalova
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Youn Yuh-jung
Minari
Best Screenplay, Adapted Aaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
The Father
Best Screenplay, Original Emerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman
Best Animated Film[c] Soul
Best Original Score Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
Best Original Song "Io sì (Seen)"
The Life Ahead
"Speak Now"
One Night in Miami...
"Fight for You"
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best Foreign Language Film Minari

Another Round

Best Documentary[d] Dick Johnson Is Dead My Octopus Teacher

2020 films[edit]

By country/region[edit]

By genre/medium[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 4 Tom Long 51 Australia Actor
8 Edd Byrnes 86 US Actor
8 Buck Henry 89 US Actor, Screenwriter, Director
9 Ivan Passer 86 Czech Republic Director, Screenwriter
10 Neda Arnerić 66 Serbia Actress
12 Tony Garnett 83 UK Producer
14 Jack Kehoe 85 US Actor
17 Derek Fowlds 82 UK Actor
20 Joe Shishido 86 Japan Actor
21 Terry Jones 77 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter
22 John Karlen 86 US Actor
23 Robert Harper 68 US Actor
25 Monique van Vooren 92 Belgium Actress
26 Kobe Bryant 41 US Actor
28 Marj Dusay 83 US Actress
28 Harriet Frank Jr. 96 US Screenwriter
28 Nicholas Parsons 96 UK Actor
28 Dyanne Thorne 83 US Actress
30 Jörn Donner 86 Finland Director, Screenwriter, Actor
31 Andree Melly 87 UK Actress
February 1 Luciano Ricceri 79 Italy Production Designer
3 Gene Reynolds 96 US Actor
4 José Luis Cuerda 72 Spain Director, Screenwriter
4 Gianni Minervini 91 Italy Producer
5 Kevin Conway 77 US Actor
5 Kirk Douglas 103 US Actor, Producer, Director
6 Raphaël Coleman 25 UK Actor
7 Orson Bean 91 US Actor
7 Ann E. Todd 88 US Actress
8 Robert Conrad 84 US Actor
8 Volker Spengler 80 Germany Actor
8 Grazia Volpi 78 Italy Producer
9 Paula Kelly 77 US Actress, Singer
10 Marge Redmond 95 US Actress, Singer
11 Joseph Vilsmaier 81 Germany Director
14 Lynn Cohen 86 US Actress
14 Esther Scott 66 US Actress
14 John Shrapnel 77 UK Actor
16 Zoe Caldwell 86 Australia Actress
16 Frances Cuka 83 UK Actress
16 Jason Davis 35 US Actor
16 Kellye Nakahara 72 US Actress
17 Ja'Net DuBois 87 US Actress, Singer
18 Flavio Bucci 72 Italy Actor
18 Tapas Paul 61 India Actor
19 José Mojica Marins 83 Brazil Director, Actor
20 Claudette Nevins 82 US Actress
21 Boris Leskin 97 Russia Actor
24 Diana Serra Cary 101 US Actress
24 Ben Cooper 86 US Actor
27 R. D. Call 70 US Actor
27 Burkhard Driest 80 Germany Actor
27 Eugene Dynarski 86 US Actor
29 Dieter Laser 78 Germany Actor
March 3 Božidar Alić 65 Croatia Actor
6 David Paul 62 US Actor
8 Max von Sydow 90 Sweden Actor
12 Gary B. Kibbe 79 US Cinematographer
12 Tonie Marshall 68 France Actress, Director, Screenwriter
15 Suzy Delair 102 France Actress, Singer
16 Stuart Whitman 92 US Actor
17 Lyle Waggoner 84 US Actor
20 Johnny Harris 87 UK Composer
20 Kenny Rogers 81 US Actor, Singer
23 Lucia Bosè 89 Italy Actress
23 David Collings 79 UK Actor
23 Alfio Contini 92 Italy Cinematographer
24 Stuart Gordon 72 US Director, Screenwriter
24 Terrence McNally 81 US Screenwriter
24 Gerard Schurmann 96 UK Composer
26 Mark Blum 69 US Actor
28 Barbara Rütting 92 Germany Actress
29 Krzysztof Penderecki 86 Poland Composer
31 Julie Bennett 88 US Voice Actress
31 Andrew Jack 76 UK Dialect Coach
April 1 Adam Schlesinger 52 US Composer, Songwriter
3 Hilary Dwyer 74 UK Actress
3 Hans Meyer 94 South Africa Actor
4 Jay Benedict 68 US Actor
4 Carlo Leva 90 Italy Production Designer
5 Shirley Douglas 86 Canada Actress
5 George Ogilvie 89 Australia Director, Actor
5 Honor Blackman 94 UK Actress
6 Colleen Callaghan 89 US Makeup Artist
6 James Drury 85 US Actor
7 Allen Garfield 80 US Actor
9 Malcolm Dixon 66 UK Actor
10 Armando Francioli 100 Italy Actor
10 Nobuhiko Obayashi 82 Japan Director, Screenwriter
10 Francis Reusser 77 Switzerland Director
12 Danny Goldman 80 US Actor
15 Allen Daviau 77 US Cinematographer
15 Brian Dennehy 81 US Actor
17 Filipe Duarte 46 Portugal Actor
17 Sergio Fantoni 89 Italy Actor
19 Philippe Nahon 81 France Actor
22 Shirley Knight 83 US Actress
23 Bruce Allpress 89 New Zealand Actor
26 Peter H. Hunt 81 US Director
27 Cis Corman 93 US Casting Director, Producer
29 Irrfan Khan 53 India Actor
29 John Lafia 63 US Director, Screenwriter
29 Matty Simmons 91 US Producer
30 Rishi Kapoor 67 India Actor
30 Sam Lloyd 56 US Actor
May 2 Jan-Olof Strandberg 93 Sweden Actor
3 John Ericson 93 Germany Actor
6 Leslie Pope 65 US Set Decorator
7 Daniel Cauchy 90 France Actor
7 Peque Gallaga 76 Filipino Director, Screenwriter
9 Geno Silva 72 US Actor
9 Little Richard 87 US Singer, Actor
11 Jerry Stiller 92 US Actor
12 Michel Piccoli 94 France Actor
15 Ezio Bosso 48 Italy Composer
15 Lynn Shelton 54 US Director, Screenwriter
15 Fred Willard 86 US Actor
16 Monique Mercure 89 Canada Actress
16 Pilar Pellicer 82 Mexico Actress
16 Jon Whiteley 75 UK Actor
19 Pembroke J. Herring 90 US Film Editor
22 Denise Cronenberg 81 Canada Costume Designer
24 Jean-Loup Dabadie 81 France Screenwriter
26 Richard Herd 87 US Actor
26 Irm Hermann 77 Germany Actress
26 Anthony James 77 US Actor
27 Larry Kramer 84 US Screenwriter
27 Peggy Pope 91 US Actress
28 Lennie Niehaus 90 US Composer
31 Dan van Husen 75 Germany Actor
June 2 Mary Pat Gleason 70 US Actress
2 Héctor Suárez 81 Mexico Actor
3 Bruce Jay Friedman 90 US Screenwriter
6 Malcolm Terris 79 US Actor
7 Alan Metter 77 US Director
8 Marion Hänsel 71 Belgium Director, Screenwriter, Actress
11 Rosa María Sardá 78 Spain Actress
11 Mel Winkler 78 US Actor
14 Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz 90 Iran Actor
14 Eva Kristínová 91 Slovakia Actress
14 Sushant Singh Rajput 34 India Actor
16 Patrick Poivey 72 FR French voice actor
17 Lewis John Carlino 88 US Director, Screenwriter
19 Ian Holm 88 UK Actor
20 Philip Latham 91 UK Actor
21 Jürgen Holtz 87 Germany Actor
22 Steve Bing 55 US Screenwriter, Producer
22 Joel Schumacher 80 US Director, Costume Designer
26 Kelly Asbury 60 US Director
26 Stuart Cornfeld 67 US Producer
26 Taryn Power 66 US Actress
27 Linda Cristal 89 Argentina Actress
28 Louis Mahoney 81 Gambia Actor
29 Johnny Mandel 94 US Composer, Songwriter
29 Carl Reiner 98 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter
30 Dan Hicks 68 US Actor
July 2 Tilo Prückner 79 Germany Actor
2 Kevin Rafferty 72 US Documentarian, Cinematographer
2 Ronald L. Schwary 76 US Producer
2 Yoon Sam-yook 83 South Korea Screenwriter, Director
3 Earl Cameron 102 Bermuda Actor
3 Saroj Khan 71 India Choreographer
5 Bettina Gilois 58 US Screenwriter
6 Ennio Morricone 91 Italy Composer
8 Naya Rivera 33 US Actress
12 Kelly Preston 57 US Actress
14 Galyn Görg 55 US Actress
14 Maurice Roëves 83 UK Actor
16 Jonathan Oppenheim 67 US Film Editor
16 Phyllis Somerville 76 US Actress
17 Zizi Jeanmaire 96 France Dancer, Actress
18 Haruma Miura 30 Japan Actor
18 Moonyeenn Lee 76 South Africa Casting Director
19 Sonia Darrin 96 US Actress
21 Annie Ross 89 UK Actress, Singer
23 Sérgio Ricardo 88 Brazil Director, Composer
23 Jacqueline Scott 89 US Actress
25 John Saxon 83 US Actor
26 Olivia de Havilland 104 UK Actress
28 Raavi Kondala Rao 88 India Actor
30 Djemel Barek 56 FR Algerian-Ftench actor
31 Alan Parker 76 UK Director, Screenwriter
August 1 Wilford Brimley 85 US Actor
1 Tom Pollock 77 US Producer, Executive
1 Reni Santoni 81 US Actor
3 Billy Goldenberg 84 US Composer
9 Anna Maria Bottini 104 Italy Actress
9 Kurt Luedtke 80 US Screenwriter
9 Franca Valeri 100 Italy Actress
10 Tetsuya Watari 78 Japan Actor
11 Trini Lopez 83 US Singer, Actor
14 Linda Manz 58 US Actress
16 Nikolai Gubenko 78 Russia Actor, Director
18 Ben Cross 72 UK Actor
22 Allan Rich 94 US Actor
23 Benny Chan 58 Hong Kong Director, Screenwriter
23 Lori Nelson 87 US Actress
27 David S. Cass Sr. 78 US Stuntman
28 Chadwick Boseman 43 US Actor
September 3 Birol Ünel 59 Turkey Actor
4 Annie Cordy 92 Belgium Actress, Singer
5 Jiří Menzel 82 Czech Republic Director, Screenwriter
6 Kevin Dobson 77 US Actor
8 Ronald Harwood 85 UK Screenwriter
10 Diana Rigg 82 UK Actress
12 Barbara Jefford 90 UK Actress
14 Sei Ashina 36 Japan Actress
14 Al Kasha 83 US Songwriter
20 Michael Chapman 84 US Cinematographer
20 Alan Tomkins 81 UK Art Director
21 Ron Cobb 83 US Production Designer
21 Michael Lonsdale 89 France Actor
22 Michael Gwisdek 78 Germany Actor, Director
23 Juliette Gréco 93 France Actress, Singer
25 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 74 India Singer, Actor
25 Goran Paskaljević 73 Serbia Director, Screenwriter
27 Yūko Takeuchi 40 Japan Actress
28 Gene Corman 93 US Producer
28 Frédéric Devreese 91 Belgium Composer
29 Helen Reddy 78 Australia Singer, Actress
29 Mac Davis 78 US Singer, Songwriter, Actor
30 Frank Windsor 92 UK Actor
October 1 Murray Schisgal 93 US Screenwriter
2 Edward S. Feldman 91 US Producer
3 Thomas Jefferson Byrd 70 US Actor
3 Armelia McQueen 68 US Actress
4 Clark Middleton 63 US Actor
5 Margaret Nolan 76 UK Actress
6 Tommy Rall 90 US Actor, Dancer
6 Wladimir Yordanoff 66 France Actor
8 Camillo Bazzoni 85 Italy Cinematographer, Director
10 Kent L. Wakeford 92 US Cinematographer
12 Conchata Ferrell 77 US Actress
13 Marisa de Leza 87 Spain Actress
14 Rhonda Fleming 97 US Actress
15 Bhanu Athaiya 91 India Costume Designer
16 Anthony Chisholm 77 US Actor
17 Ryszard Ronczewski 90 Poland Actor
19 Gianni Dei 79 Italy Actor
19 Wojciech Pszoniak 78 Poland Actor
21 Marge Champion 101 US Actress, Dancer
23 Yehuda Barkan 75 Israel Actor, Director, Screenwriter
31 Sean Connery 90 UK Actor
31 Charles Gordon 73 US Producer
November 1 Carol Arthur 85 US Actress
2 Gigi Proietti 80 Italy Actor
2 Elsa Raven 91 US Actress
2 John Sessions 67 UK Actor
5 Geoffrey Palmer 93 UK Actor
6 Fernando Solanas 84 Argentina Director, Screenwriter
7 John Fraser 89 UK Actor
10 Sven Wollter 86 Sweden Actor
12 Gernot Roll 81 Germany Cinematographer
13 Philip Voss 84 UK Actor
15 Soumitra Chatterjee 85 India Actor
18 Michel Robin 90 France Actor
21 Robert Garland 83 US Screenwriter
21 Malcolm Marmorstein 92 US Screenwriter
24 Montserrat Carulla 90 Spain Actress
26 Daria Nicolodi 70 Italy Actress, Screenwriter
28 David Prowse 85 UK Actor
December 1 Hugh Keays-Byrne 73 UK Actor
2 Warren Berlinger 83 US Actor
2 Franco Giraldi 89 Italy Director, Screenwriter
2 Pamela Tiffin 78 US Actress
4 David Lander 73 US Actor
4 François Leterrier 91 France Director, Actor
7 Natalie Desselle-Reid 53 US Actress
10 Tom Lister Jr. 62 US Actor
10 Barbara Windsor 83 UK Actress
11 Kim Ki-duk 59 South Korea Director, Screenwriter
12 Ann Reinking 71 US Actress, Dancer
15 Caroline Cellier 75 France Actress
15 George Gibbs 83 UK Special Effects Artist
17 Jeremy Bulloch 75 UK Actor
18 Peter Lamont 91 UK Production Designer
19 David Giler 77 US Producer, Screenwriter
19 Rosalind Knight 87 UK Actress
19 Eileen Pollock 73 Ireland Actress
20 Lee Wallace 90 US Actor
22 Claude Brasseur 84 France Actor
28 Paul Heller 93 US Producer
29 Claude Bolling 90 France Composer
29 Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones 65 US Actor, Dancer
30 Dawn Wells 82 US Actress
31 Robert Hossein 93 France Actor, Director
31 Joan Micklin Silver 85 US Director

Film debuts[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, winners announced online.
  2. ^ a b The ceremony was held and broadcast live online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ From 2020 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Super Awards.
  4. ^ From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.

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