AMARA's Top 50 of 2020: Presentation Complete

Complete list:

1. The Father – 383 points, 23 ballots (#1 on 4 ballots)
2. Promising Young Woman – 280 points, 20 ballots (#1 on 5 ballots)
3. Nomadland – 256 points, 18 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
4. Minari – 239 points , 19 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
5. Sound of Metal – 209 points, 20 ballots
6. Wolfwalkers – 194 points, 17 ballots (#3 on 3 ballots)
7. Another Round – 177 points, 15 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
8. Tenet – 150 points, 13 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
9. Soul – 135 points, 11 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
10. Mangrove – 133 points, 11 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
11. Saint Maud – 123 points, 9 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
12. I'm Thinking of Ending Things – 113 points, 9 ballots (#3 on 3 ballots)
13. First Cow – 111 points, 9 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
14. Lovers Rock – 110 points, 8 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
15. Possessor – 108 points, 9 ballots (#2 at 2 ballots)
16. Da 5 Bloods – 101 points, 10 ballots
17. Mank – 100 points, 12 ballots
18. The Hater – 94 points, 6 ballots (#1 on 2 ballots)
19. The Trial of the Chicago 7 – 93 points, 7 ballots (#3 on 1 ballot)
20. Red Post on Escher Street – 92 points, 5 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
21. The Personal History of David Copperfield – 79 points, 6 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
22. Never Rarely Sometimes Always – 77 points, 9 ballots (#3 on 1 ballot)
23. The Vast of Night – 75 points, 6 ballots
24. The Gentlemen – 72 points, 6 ballots
25. Time – 64 points, 5 ballots (#3 on 1 ballot)
26. Bad Education – 62 points, 9 ballots
27. (tie) The Forty Year-Old Version – 61 points, 5 ballots (#3 on 2 ballots)
28. (tie) Palm Springs – 61 points, 6 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
29. (tie) Dear Comrades! - 60 points, 5 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
30. (tie) Emma. – 60 points, 6 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
31. (tie) The Nest – 50 points, 4 ballots (#3 on 1 ballot)
32. (tie) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – 50 points, 6 ballots
33. News of the World – 48 points, 6 ballots
34. (tie) Hamilton – 47 points, 3 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
35. (tie) One Night in Miami – 47 points, 7 ballots
36. (tie) Tommaso – 46 points, 3 ballots (#3 on 2 ballots)
37. (tie) Boys State – 46 points, 3 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
38. On the Rocks – 45 points, 5 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
39. (tie) The Climb – 44 points, 3 ballots (#2 on 1 ballot)
40. (tie) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets – 44 points, 3 ballots
41. The Invisible Man – 43 points, 7 ballots
42. Undine – 42 points, 5 ballots
43. Fanny Lye Deliver’d – 41 points, 4 ballots (#1 on 1 ballot)
44. Dick Johnson Is Dead – 37 points, 5 ballots
45. Let Them All Talk – 36 points, 4 ballots
46. (tie) Driveways – 34 points, 6 ballots
47. (tie) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – 34 points, 8 ballots
48. (tie) Siberia – 33 points, 2 ballots (#3 on 1 ballot)
49. (tie) Blow the Man Down – 33 points, 3 ballots
50. Babyteeth – 30 points, 2 ballots & 51. Let Him Go - 30 points, 2 ballots (tie)

A total of 30 ballots were tallied

Some trivia:

- A total of 152 films were recieved and tallied.

- The highest ranked film not to appear in any other ballot is Rifkin's Festival. It was the #1 ranked film in one ballot.

- Sound of Metal is the highest ranked film to not have a top 3 placement in any ballot. The highest it got to is #4.

- Red Post on Escher Street gathered the most amount of points in the least amount of ballots (an average of 18.4 points), while Borat 2 gathered the least amount of points in the most number of ballots (an average of 4.25 points)

- Onward made the highest amount of appearances in lists for a non-top 50 ranked film, appearing on a total of 6 ballots.

Thank you to everyone who made the time to attend the ceremony. It's getting really late here and I need to wake up early tomorrow for the appointment for the second vaccine dosage, so I'll have to wrap up the presentation here. Again, a big thank you to everyone. Have a good night!