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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. This was also the first year since 2007 that no film grossed $1 billion.
Highest-grossing films[edit] See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2020The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
Highest-grossing films of 2020[3] Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Wonder Woman 1984 Warner Bros. / DC Films $169,601,036[4] 2 Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Toho / Aniplex $507,421,344 3 My People, My Homeland China Lion $433,241,288[5] 4 Bad Boys for Life Sony $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 We 2 Universe Films $226,400,000After 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 to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had 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 in gross.[11] It was later overtaken by Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 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] and the first 2D-animated feature to become the highest grossing movie of the year since Disney's The Lion King in 1994. 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 he 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 in 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 hing 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, he become the highest-grossing animated films of the year. This has been partly attributed 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 2007 not to he a film gross $1 billion during its theatrical run, the first year since 2005 not to he a film gross over $900 million, and the first year since 2000 not to he 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] April 28, 2020 - AMC Theaters announces they will not carry films from Universal Pictures following the premium video on demand release of DreamWorks Animation's Trolls World Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, after NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell commented in The Wall Street Journal that the studio wanted to release films via premium video-on-demand simultaneously with theatrical releases.[32] July 28, 2020 - AMC and Universal resolves their dispute, with AMC agreeing to a shorter theatrical window of 17 days before Universal could release their films via premium VOD, as well as revenue sharing on the premium VOD window.[33] 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.[34] 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 18 31st Producers Guild of America Awards Producers Guild of America Hollywood, California, U.S. January 19 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 20 55th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Stockholm, Sweden[35] January 25 34th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain Málaga, Spain 47th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S. 72nd Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 1 10th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, Belgium 72nd Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West Beverly Hills, California and New York City, New York 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] May 8 65th Did di Donatello Accademia del Cinema Italiano Rome, Italy[c] 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 he 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 AwardsFebruary 28, 2021 26th Critics' Choice AwardsMarch 7, 2021 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild AwardsMarch 21-April 10, 2021 74th BAFTA AwardsApril 11, 2021 93rd Academy AwardsApril 25, 2021 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Picture Nomadland Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Nomadland Best Director Chloé ZhaoNomadland Best Actor Chadwick BosemanMa Rainey's Black Bottom Sacha Baron CohenBorat Subsequent Moviefilm Chadwick BosemanMa Rainey's Black Bottom Anthony HopkinsThe Father Best Actress Andra DayThe United States vs. Billie Holiday Rosamund PikeI Care a Lot Carey MulliganPromising Young Woman Viola DisMa Rainey's Black Bottom Frances McDormandNomadland Best Supporting Actor Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah Best Supporting Actress Jodie FosterThe Mauritanian Maria BakalovaBorat Subsequent Moviefilm Youn Yuh-jungMinari Best Screenplay, Adapted Aaron SorkinThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Chloé ZhaoNomadland Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern & Nina PedradBorat Subsequent Moviefilm Christopher Hampton & Florian ZellerThe Father Best Screenplay, Original Emerald FennellPromising Young Woman Best Animated Film[d] 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[e] — Dick Johnson Is Dead My Octopus TeacherPalme d'Or (73rd Cannes Film Festival): Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Golden Lion (77th Venice International Film Festival):
Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao, United StatesGolden Bear (70th Berlin International Film Festival):
There Is No Evil (شیطان وجود ندارد), directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran 2020 films[edit] By country/region[edit] List of American films of 2020 List of Australian films of 2020 List of Bangladeshi films of 2020 List of British films of 2020 List of Canadian films of 2020 List of Chinese films of 2020 List of Hong Kong films of 2020 List of Filipino films of 2020 List of Indian films of 2020 List of Assamese films of 2020 List of Bhojpuri films of 2020 List of Gujarati films of 2020 List of Hindi films of 2020 List of Indian Bengali films of 2020 List of Kannada films of 2020 List of Malayalam films of 2020 List of Marathi films of 2020 List of Punjabi films of 2020 List of Tamil films of 2020 List of Telugu films of 2020 List of Tulu films of 2020 List of Japanese films of 2020 List of Pakistani films of 2020 List of Portuguese films of 2020 List of Russian films of 2020 List of South Korean films of 2020 List of Spanish films of 2020 By genre/medium[edit] 2020 in science fiction film List of animated feature films of 2020 Deaths[edit] Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 4 Tom Long 51 Australia Actor The DishThe Book of Revelation 8 Edd Byrnes 86 US Actor GreaseThe Secret Invasion 8 Buck Henry 89 US Actor, Screenwriter, Director The GraduateThe Man Who Fell to Earth 9 Ivan Passer 86 Czech Republic Director, Screenwriter Born to WinCutter's Way 10 Neda Arnerić 66 Serbia Actress Shaft in AfricaThe Sensual Man 12 Tony Garnett 83 UK Producer KesEarth Girls Are Easy 14 Jack Kehoe 85 US Actor The StingThe Untouchables 17 Derek Fowlds 82 UK Actor Frankenstein Created WomanHotel Paradiso 20 Joe Shishido 86 Japan Actor Branded to KillGate of Flesh 21 Terry Jones 77 UK Actor, Director, Screenwriter Monty Python's Life of BrianLabyrinth 22 John Karlen 86 US Actor House of Dark ShadowsRacing with the Moon 23 Robert Harper 68 US Actor Once Upon a Time in AmericaThe Insider 25 Monique van Vooren 92 Belgium Actress Flesh for FrankensteinTarzan and the She-Devil 26 Kobe Bryant 41 US Actor Daddy's Home 28 Marj Dusay 83 US Actress BreezyMacArthur 28 Harriet Frank Jr. 96 US Screenwriter Norma RaeHud 28 Nicholas Parsons 96 UK Actor The Long ArmEyewitness 28 Dyanne Thorne 83 US Actress Ilsa, She Wolf of the SSPoint of Terror 30 Jörn Donner 86 Finland Director, Screenwriter, Actor To LoveA Sunday in September 31 Andree Melly 87 UK Actress The Brides of DraculaThe Big Day February 1 Luciano Ricceri 79 Italy Production Designer A Special DayCaptain Fracassa's Journey 3 Gene Reynolds 96 US Actor The Country GirlBoys Town 4 José Luis Cuerda 72 Spain Director, Screenwriter El bosque animadoThe Blind Sunflowers 4 Gianni Minervini 91 Italy Producer MediterraneoBerlinguer, I Love You 5 Kevin Conway 77 US Actor F.I.S.T.Gettysburg 5 Kirk Douglas 103 US Actor, Producer, Director SpartacusThe Bad and the Beautiful 6 Raphaël Coleman 25 UK Actor Nanny McPheeThe Fourth Kind 7 Orson Bean 91 US Actor Anatomy of a MurderBeing John Malkovich 7 Ann E. Todd 88 US Actress IntermezzoHow Green Was My Valley 8 Robert Conrad 84 US Actor Wrong Is RightJingle All the Way 8 Volker Spengler 80 Germany Actor The Third GenerationIn a Year of 13 Moons 8 Grazia Volpi 78 Italy Producer Caesar Must DieFiorile 9 Paula Kelly 77 US Actress, Singer The Andromeda StrainSweet Charity 10 Marge Redmond 95 US Actress, Singer The Trouble with AngelsFamily Plot 11 Joseph Vilsmaier 81 Germany Director StalingradComedian Harmonists 14 Lynn Cohen 86 US Actress Sex and the CityMunich 14 Esther Scott 66 US Actress SpeciesTransformers 14 John Shrapnel 77 UK Actor Nicholas and AlexandraGladiator 16 Zoe Caldwell 86 Australia Actress Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe Purple Rose of Cairo 16 Frances Cuka 83 UK Actress ScroogeOliver Twist 16 Jason Dis 35 US Actor Recess: School's OutRush Hour 16 Kellye Nakahara 72 US Actress ClueShe's Hing a Baby 17 Ja'Net DuBois 87 US Actress, Singer I'm Gonna Git You SuckaCharlie's Angels: Full Throttle 18 Flio Bucci 72 Italy Actor SuspiriaIl Divo 18 Tapas Paul 61 India Actor Dadar KirtiGuru Dakshina 19 José Mojica Marins 83 Brazil Director, Actor At Midnight I'll Take Your SoulCoffin Joe 20 Claudette Nevins 82 US Actress Sleeping with the EnemyTuff Turf 21 Boris Leskin 97 Russia Actor The Falcon and the SnowmanThe Package 24 Diana Serra Cary 101 US Actress Prisoners of the StormThe Darling of New York 24 Ben Cooper 86 US Actor The Rose TattooJohnny Guitar 27 R. D. Call 70 US Actor Last Man StandingMurder by Numbers 27 Burkhard Driest 80 Germany Actor QuerelleCross of Iron 27 Eugene Dynarski 86 US Actor EarthquakeClose Encounters of the Third Kind 29 Dieter Laser 78 Germany Actor The Human CentipedeThe Ogre March 3 Božidar Alić 65 Croatia Actor Operation StadiumThe Third Key 6 Did Paul 62 US Actor The BarbariansD.C. Cab 8 Max von Sydow 90 Sweden Actor The ExorcistThe Seventh Seal 12 Gary B. Kibbe 79 US Cinematographer Escape from L.A.They Live 12 Tonie Marshall 68 France Actress, Director, Screenwriter Venus Beauty InstituteThe Missionaries 15 Suzy Delair 102 France Actress, Singer Quai des OrfèvresRocco and His Brothers 16 Stuart Whitman 92 US Actor The ComancherosThe Longest Day 17 Lyle Waggoner 84 US Actor Love Me DeadlyCatalina Caper 20 Johnny Harris 87 UK Composer Man in the WildernessFragment of Fear 20 Kenny Rogers 81 US Actor, Singer Six PackLongshot 23 Lucia Bosè 89 Italy Actress Story of a Love AffairChronicle of a Death Foretold 23 Did Collings 79 UK Actor ScroogeThe Thirty Nine Steps 23 Alfio Contini 92 Italy Cinematographer Zabriskie PointThe Night Porter 24 Stuart Gordon 72 US Director, Screenwriter Re-AnimatorFortress 24 Terrence McNally 81 US Screenwriter Frankie and JohnnyThe Ritz 24 Gerard Schurmann 96 UK Composer The Bedford IncidentThe Lost Continent 26 Mark Blum 69 US Actor Crocodile DundeeDesperately Seeking Susan 28 Barbara Rütting 92 Germany Actress Operation CrossbowNeues vom Hexer 29 Krzysztof Penderecki 86 Poland Composer The Saragossa ManuscriptThe Codes 31 Julie Bennett 88 US Voice Actress Gay Purr-eeHey There, It's Yogi Bear! 31 Andrew Jack 76 UK Dialect Coach Star Wars: The Force AwakensThe Lord of the Rings April 1 Adam Schlesinger 52 US Composer, Songwriter That Thing You Do!Music and Lyrics 3 Hilary Dwyer 74 UK Actress Witchfinder GeneralWuthering Heights 3 Hans Meyer 94 South Africa Actor Red SonjaMauvais Sang 4 Jay Benedict 68 US Actor Victor/VictoriaThe Dark Knight Rises 4 Carlo Leva 90 Italy Production Designer The Cat o' Nine TailsThe Witness 5 Shirley Douglas 86 Canada Actress LolitaDead Ringers 5 George Ogilvie 89 Australia Director, Actor Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeThe Water Diviner 5 Honor Blackman 94 UK Actress GoldfingerJason and the Argonauts 6 Colleen Callaghan 89 US Makeup Artist A Beautiful MindThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button 6 James Drury 85 US Actor PollyannaRide the High Country 7 Allen Garfield 80 US Actor The ConversationNashville 9 Malcolm Dixon 66 UK Actor Time BanditsReturn of the Jedi 10 Armando Francioli 100 Italy Actor Everybody in JailLa Horse 10 Nobuhiko Obayashi 82 Japan Director, Screenwriter HouseHanagatami 10 Francis Reusser 77 Switzerland Director The Big NightWar in the Highlands 12 Danny Goldman 80 US Actor Young FrankensteinM*A*S*H 15 Allen Diau 77 US Cinematographer E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialThe Color Purple 15 Brian Dennehy 81 US Actor First BloodRomeo + Juliet 17 Filipe Duarte 46 Portugal Actor The Invisible LifeThe Death of Louis XIV 17 Sergio Fantoni 89 Italy Actor SensoEsther and the King 19 Philippe Nahon 81 France Actor I Stand AloneHigh Tension 22 Shirley Knight 83 US Actress Sweet Bird of YouthJuggernaut 23 Bruce Allpress 89 New Zealand Actor Nate and HayesThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 26 Peter H. Hunt 81 US Director 1776Give 'em Hell, Harry! 27 Cis Corman 93 US Casting Director, Producer The Deer HunterRaging Bull 29 Irrfan Khan 53 India Actor Slumdog MillionaireLife of Pi 29 John Lafia 63 US Director, Screenwriter Child's PlayChild's Play 2 29 Matty Simmons 91 US Producer Animal HouseNational Lampoon's Vacation 30 Rishi Kapoor 67 India Actor Kapoor & SonsBobby 30 Sam Lloyd 56 US Actor Galaxy QuestFlubber May 2 Jan-Olof Strandberg 93 Sweden Actor FaithlessFlight of the Eagle 3 John Ericson 93 Germany Actor Bad Day at Black Rock7 Faces of Dr. Lao 4 James Marcus 77 UK Actor A Clockwork OrangeMcVicar 6 Leslie Pope 65 US Set Decorator SeabiscuitDjango Unchained 7 Daniel Cauchy 90 France Actor Bob le flambeurWhen You Read This Letter 7 Peque Gallaga 76 Filipino Director, Screenwriter Shake, Rattle & RollScorpio Nights 9 Geno Silva 72 US Actor ScarfaceAmistad 9 Little Richard 87 US Singer, Actor Down and Out in Beverly HillsWhy Do Fools Fall in Love 11 Jerry Stiller 92 US Actor ZoolanderHairspray 12 Michel Piccoli 94 France Actor La Grande BouffeContempt 15 Ezio Bosso 48 Italy Composer The Invisible BoyI'm Not Scared 15 Lynn Shelton 54 US Director, Screenwriter HumpdayLaggies 15 Fred Willard 86 US Actor Best in ShowSilver Streak 16 Monique Mercure 89 Canada Actress The Red ViolinNaked Lunch 16 Pilar Pellicer 82 Mexico Actress Day of the Evil GunLa Choca 16 Jon Whiteley 75 UK Actor The KidnappersMoonfleet 19 Pembroke J. Herring 90 US Film Editor Tora! Tora! Tora!Out of Africa 22 Denise Cronenberg 81 Canada Costume Designer Dead RingersNaked Lunch 24 Jean-Loup Dabadie 81 France Screenwriter Such a Gorgeous Kid Like MeParisian Life 26 Richard Herd 87 US Actor All the President's MenGet Out 26 Irm Hermann 77 Germany Actress The Bitter Tears of Petra von KantEffi Briest 26 Anthony James 77 US Actor UnforgivenHigh Plains Drifter 27 Larry Kramer 84 US Screenwriter Women in LoveLost Horizon 27 Peggy Pope 91 US Actress 9 to 5The Last Starfighter 28 Lennie Niehaus 90 US Composer UnforgivenBird 31 Dan van Husen 75 Germany Actor Nosferatu the VampyreSalon Kitty June 2 Mary Pat Gleason 70 US Actress Intolerable CrueltyThe Crucible 2 Héctor Suárez 81 Mexico Actor Las fuerzas vivasEl buscabullas 3 Bruce Jay Friedman 90 US Screenwriter SplashStir Crazy 4 Mikhail Kokshenov 83 Russia Actor Sportloto-82 6 Malcolm Terris 79 US Actor The First Great Train RobberyChaplin 7 Alan Metter 77 US Director Girls Just Want to He FunBack to School 8 Marion Hänsel 71 Belgium Director, Screenwriter, Actress Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaLe Lit 11 Rosa María Sardá 78 Spain Actress Alegre ma non troppoMy Mother Likes Women 11 Mel Winkler 78 US Actor Devil in a Blue DressDoc Hollywood 14 Mohammad-Ali Kesharz 90 Iran Actor Through the Olive TreesCarans 14 Eva Kristínová 91 Slovakia Actress Death Is Called EngelchenPenelope 14 Sushant Singh Rajput 34 India Actor M.S. Dhoni: The Untold StoryChhichhore 16 Patrick Poivey 72 FR French voice actor The TerminatorTop GunDie Hard 17 Lewis John Carlino 88 US Director, Screenwriter The Great SantiniI Never Promised You a Rose Garden 19 Ian Holm 88 UK Actor The Lord of the RingsAlien 20 Philip Latham 91 UK Actor Dracula: Prince of DarknessForce 10 from Narone 21 Jürgen Holtz 87 Germany Actor Good Bye, Lenin!Rosa Luxemburg 22 Steve Bing 55 US Screenwriter, Producer Kangaroo JackMissing in Action 22 Joel Schumacher 80 US Director, Costume Designer The Lost BoysFalling Down 26 Kelly Asbury 60 US Director Shrek 2Gnomeo & Juliet 26 Stuart Cornfeld 67 US Producer The FlyTropic Thunder 26 Taryn Power 66 US Actress House of Pleasure for WomenSinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 27 Linda Cristal 89 Argentina Actress The Perfect FurloughMr. Majestyk 28 Louis Mahoney 81 Gambia Actor Cry FreedomOmen III: The Final Conflict 29 Johnny Mandel 94 US Composer, Songwriter M*A*S*HThe Sandpiper 29 Carl Reiner 98 US Actor, Director, Screenwriter The JerkOh, God! 30 Dan Hicks 68 US Actor DarkmanEvil Dead II July 2 Tilo Prückner 79 Germany Actor The Magic MountainThe NeverEnding Story 2 Kevin Rafferty 72 US Documentarian, Cinematographer The Atomic CafeRoger & Me 2 Ronald L. Schwary 76 US Producer Ordinary PeopleA Soldier's Story 2 Yoon Sam-yook 83 South Korea Screenwriter, Director I Will SurviveSuddenly at Midnight 3 Earl Cameron 102 Bermuda Actor ThunderballThe Interpreter 3 Saroj Khan 71 India Choreographer DevdasJab We Met 5 Bettina Gilois 58 US Screenwriter McFarland, USAGlory Road 6 Ennio Morricone 91 Italy Composer The Good, the Bad and the UglyThe Mission 8 Naya Rivera 33 US Actress At the Devil's DoorMad Families 12 Kelly Preston 57 US Actress Jerry MaguireTwins 14 Galyn Görg 55 US Actress RoboCop 2America 3000 14 Maurice Roëves 83 UK Actor The Last of the MohicansUlysses 16 Jonathan Oppenheim 67 US Film Editor Paris Is BurningThe Oath 16 Phyllis Somerville 76 US Actress Bringing Out the DeadLittle Children 17 Zizi Jeanmaire 96 France Dancer, Actress Hans Christian AndersenAnything Goes 18 Haruma Miura 30 Japan Actor Attack on TitanKoizora 18 Moonyeenn Lee 76 South Africa Casting Director Hotel RwandaEye in the Sky 19 Sonia Darrin 96 US Actress The Big SleepBury Me Dead 21 Annie Ross 89 UK Actress, Singer Blue SkySuperman III 23 Sérgio Ricardo 88 Brazil Director, Composer Black God, White DevilThe Night of the Scarecrow 23 Jacqueline Scott 89 US Actress MacabreCharley Varrick 25 John Saxon 83 US Actor A Nightmare on Elm StreetEnter the Dragon 26 Olivia de Hilland 104 UK Actress Gone with the WindThe Heiress 28 Rai Kondala Rao 88 India Actor Preminchi ChooduPelli Pustakam 30 Djemel Barek 56 FR Algerian-Ftench actor Candice Renoir 31 Alan Parker 76 UK Director, Screenwriter Midnight ExpressMississippi Burning August 1 Wilford Brimley 85 US Actor CocoonThe Thing 1 Tom Pollock 77 US Producer, Executive Old SchoolUp in the Air 1 Reni Santoni 81 US Actor Dirty HarryCobra 3 Billy Goldenberg 84 US Composer The Last of SheilaReuben, Reuben 9 Anna Maria Bottini 104 Italy Actress The LeopardThe Law 9 Kurt Luedtke 80 US Screenwriter Absence of MaliceOut of Africa 9 Franca Valeri 100 Italy Actress The Shortest DayGli onorevoli 10 Tetsuya Watari 78 Japan Actor Tokyo DrifterBrother 11 Trini Lopez 83 US Singer, Actor The Dirty DozenMarriage on the Rocks 14 Linda Manz 58 US Actress Days of HeenGummo 16 Nikolai Gubenko 78 Russia Actor, Director They Fought for Their CountryI Am Twenty 18 Ben Cross 72 UK Actor Chariots of FireStar Trek 22 Allan Rich 94 US Actor Quiz ShowSerpico 23 Benny Chan 58 Hong Kong Director, Screenwriter New Police StoryRob-B-Hood 23 Lori Nelson 87 US Actress PardnersRevenge of the Creature 27 Did S. Cass Sr. 78 US Stuntman TronHeen's Gate 28 Chadwick Boseman 43 US Actor Black Panther42 September 1 Boris Klyuyev 76 Russia Actor D'Artagnan and Three MusketeersSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 3 Birol Ünel 59 Turkey Actor Soul KitchenHead-On 4 Annie Cordy 92 Belgium Actress, Singer Rider on the RainThe Breach 5 Jiří Menzel 82 Czech Republic Director, Screenwriter Closely Watched TrainsMy Sweet Little Village 6 Kevin Dobson 77 US Actor MidwayAll Night Long 8 Ronald Harwood 85 UK Screenwriter The PianistThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly 10 Diana Rigg 82 UK Actress On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceThe Hospital 12 Barbara Jefford 90 UK Actress The Ninth GateUlysses 14 Sei Ashina 36 Japan Actress SilkKamui Gaiden 14 Al Kasha 83 US Songwriter The Poseidon AdventurePete's Dragon 20 Michael Chapman 84 US Cinematographer Raging BullTaxi Driver 20 Alan Tomkins 81 UK Art Director The Empire Strikes BackDie Another Day 21 Ron Cobb 83 US Production Designer Conan the BarbarianThe Last Starfighter 21 Michael Lonsdale 89 France Actor MoonrakerThe Name of the Rose 22 Michael Gwisdek 78 Germany Actor, Director The Baader Meinhof ComplexA Coffee in Berlin 23 Juliette Gréco 93 France Actress, Singer OrpheusThe Sun Also Rises 25 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 74 India Singer, Actor Pitra BandhamKadhal Desam 25 Goran Paskaljević 73 Serbia Director, Screenwriter The OptimistsCabaret Balkan 27 Yūko Takeuchi 40 Japan Actress RingCreepy 28 Gene Corman 93 US Producer The Big Red OneTobruk 28 Frédéric Devreese 91 Belgium Composer One Night... A TrainBenvenuta 29 Helen Reddy 78 Australia Singer, Actress Pete's DragonAirport 1975 29 Mac Dis 78 US Singer, Songwriter, Actor North Dallas FortyThe Sting II 30 Frank Windsor 92 UK Actor Sunday Bloody SundayRevolution October 1 Murray Schisgal 93 US Screenwriter The Tiger Makes OutTootsie 2 Edward S. Feldman 91 US Producer WitnessThe Truman Show 3 Thomas Jefferson Byrd 70 US Actor BamboozledClockers 3 Armelia McQueen 68 US Actress GhostBulworth 4 Clark Middleton 63 US Actor Sin CityKill Bill: Volume 2 5 Margaret Nolan 76 UK Actress GoldfingerBikini Paradise 6 Tommy Rall 90 US Actor, Dancer Kiss Me KateSeven Brides for Seven Brothers 6 Wladimir Yordanoff 66 France Actor Vincent & TheoAn Officer and a Spy 8 Camillo Bazzoni 85 Italy Cinematographer, Director Suicide CommandosA Long Ride from Hell 10 Kent L. Wakeford 92 US Cinematographer Mean StreetsAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 12 Conchata Ferrell 77 US Actress Edward ScissorhandsTrue Romance 13 Marisa de Leza 87 Spain Actress Lovers of ToledoAlexander the Great 14 Rhonda Fleming 97 US Actress Out of the PastGunfight at the O.K. Corral 15 Bhanu Athaiya 91 India Costume Designer GandhiLagaan 16 Anthony Chisholm 77 US Actor Premium RushChi-Raq 17 Doreen Montalvo 56 US Actress In the Heights, West Side Story 17 Ryszard Ronczewski 90 Poland Actor WestAnd Along Come Tourists 19 Gianni Dei 79 Italy Actor Patrick Still LivesA Girl... and a Million 19 Wojciech Pszoniak 78 Poland Actor DantonKorczak 21 Marge Champion 101 US Actress, Dancer Give a Girl a BreakShow Boat 23 Yehuda Barkan 75 Israel Actor, Director, Screenwriter The ContractCharlie Ve'hetzi 31 Sean Connery 90 UK Actor James BondThe Untouchables 31 Charles Gordon 73 US Producer Die HardField of Dreams November 1 Carol Arthur 85 US Actress The Sunshine BoysBlazing Saddles 2 Gigi Proietti 80 Italy Actor Febbre da calloA Wedding 2 Elsa Ren 91 US Actress Back to the FutureThe Amityville Horror 2 John Sessions 67 UK Actor Henry VGangs of New York 5 Geoffrey Palmer 93 UK Actor Mrs BrownThe Madness of King George 6 Fernando Solanas 84 Argentina Director, Screenwriter Tangos, the Exile of GardelSur 7 John Fraser 89 UK Actor El CidRepulsion 10 Sven Wollter 86 Sweden Actor The SacrificeThe 13th Warrior 12 Gernot Roll 81 Germany Cinematographer Nowhere in AfricaThe Last Escape 13 Philip Voss 84 UK Actor OctopussyFour Weddings and a Funeral 15 Soumitra Chatterjee 85 India Actor The World of ApuAbhijan 18 Michel Robin 90 France Actor AmélieThe Death of Mario Ricci 21 Robert Garland 83 US Screenwriter No Way OutThe Electric Horseman 21 Malcolm Marmorstein 92 US Screenwriter Pete's DragonReturn from Witch Mountain 24 Montserrat Carulla 90 Spain Actress The OrphanageFurrows 26 Daria Nicolodi 70 Italy Actress, Screenwriter Deep RedSuspiria 28 Did Prowse 85 UK Actor Star WarsA Clockwork Orange December 1 Hugh Keays-Byrne 73 UK Actor Mad MaxMad Max: Fury Road 2 Warren Berlinger 83 US Actor The Cannonball RunThe Long Goodbye 2 Franco Giraldi 89 Italy Director, Screenwriter Seven Guns for the MacGregorsSugar Colt 2 Pamela Tiffin 78 US Actress One, Two, ThreeHarper 4 Did Lander 73 US Actor Used CarsWho Framed Roger Rabbit 4 François Leterrier 91 France Director, Actor A Man EscapedGoodbye Emmanuelle 7 Natalie Desselle-Reid 53 US Actress B.A.P.S.Madea's Big Happy Family 10 Tom Lister Jr. 62 US Actor FridayThe Fifth Element 10 Barbara Windsor 83 UK Actress Chitty Chitty Bang BangAlice in Wonderland 11 Kim Ki-duk 59 South Korea Director, Screenwriter 3-IronPietà 12 Ann Reinking 71 US Actress, Dancer All That JazzAnnie 15 Caroline Cellier 75 France Actress This Man Must DieYear of the Jellyfish 15 George Gibbs 83 UK Special Effects Artist BrazilIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 17 Jeremy Bulloch 75 UK Actor The Empire Strikes BackReturn of the Jedi 18 Peter Lamont 91 UK Production Designer TitanicJames Bond 19 Did Giler 77 US Producer, Screenwriter AlienFun with Dick and Jane 19 Rosalind Knight 87 UK Actress Tom JonesAbout a Boy 19 Eileen Pollock 73 Ireland Actress Far and AwayAngela's Ashes 20 Lee Wallace 90 US Actor BatmanPrivate Benjamin 22 Claude Brasseur 84 France Actor Bande à partLa Boum 28 Paul Heller 93 US Producer Enter the DragonMy Left Foot 29 Claude Bolling 90 France Composer BorsalinoCalifornia Suite 29 Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones 65 US Actor, Dancer Breakin'Lambada 30 Dawn Wells 82 US Actress The Town That Dreaded SundownWinterhawk 31 Robert Hossein 93 France Actor, Director The ConspiratorsRififi 31 Joan Micklin Silver 85 US Director Crossing DelanceyLoverboy Film debuts[edit] Alyla Browne – Children of the Corn Daniel Durant – Silent Voices Alan Kim – Minari Jayme Lawson – Farewell Amor Alexandra Slade – Friend of the World Milena Smit – Cross the Line Chris Soriano – Dynasty Boys Grace VanderWaal – Stargirl Begoña Vargas – 32 Malasana Street Notes[edit] ^ The ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, winners announced online. ^ a b The ceremony was held and broadcast live online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^ The ceremony was held live at RAI Studios and broadcast by Rai 1 while the candidates were connected via video due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^ From 2020 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Super Awards. ^ From 2016 onward, the category was shifted from the Critics' Choice Awards to the ancillary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. 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