The 2020s decade is half over, can you believe it? Yes a lot happened globally, but even in media there's been so many movies released, my own Letterboxd list of 2020s movies is over 200 long.
https://letterboxd.com/prism_knight/list/2020s-decade/by/release-earliest/ (as always I warn cause LB can have adult content / reviews) tho I don't post those.
But thinking back, there are SOO many films I absolutely love / loved, and think are pure bliss, whether originals, adaptations or originals!
So let's count those down - I do ask if your film contains adult themes blur it (for my sake) if not a big deal. But whatever that said, lets highlight the best of cinema!
My top 20 is:
20. Thunderbolts*
19. DC League Of Superpets
18. The Wild Robot
17. Fantastic Four (2025)
16. The Wild Robot
15. HTTYD (2025) - LA Remake
14. F1
13. Wicked For Good
12. Superman (2025)
11. Puss In Boots The Last Wish
10. Black Panther Wakanda Forever
9. The Flash (these 2 interchangeable)
8. The Fall Guy
7. Predator Badlands
6. Avatar Fire & Ash
5. Jesus Revolution
4. A Great Awakening
3. Spiderman Across The Spiderverse
2. Spiderman No Way Home
1. Wonka
Why these films? Well below are brief analytical reviews that just briefly list why I love them.
Thunderbolts & Jesus Revolution were so emotional for me, obviously for very different reasons, Thunderbolts* finale with the Void was one of the most emotional Marvel finales I've seen, not cause of cameos, which there were none, but because it was real. The void is the epitemy of "shame and guilt" and when he started punching him, and got hugged by his team, I cried in the theater, Because I felt like I was Bob, and that enemy he fought was my shame and guilt. Which leads into the latter, Jesus Revolution which just, idk. Spiritually moved me. Same for A Great Awakening - highly recommend
Most of the others were just great fun, but some emotional highlights or pure cinematic and lovely bliss... well
Black Panther Wakanda Forever - may not be perfect - it feels like it had notes... but I still felt Shuri's journey and that was the strongest part of the plot, and man Phase 4 with it's characters VS enemies fights, I mean yes Marvel, fights, but this is different, these characters lose everything and have to make a choice in combat.
That said Spiderman No Way Home - my gosh... what a bliss of cinematic excellence, sure Act 1 kinda is rough... why would a sorcerer just let a kid do a brain-wash spell?
BUT- the pay-off Act 2 and 3, the consequences, the handling, my gosh, it's absolutely amazing and that final fight actually is intense.
Other major highlights are ofc Spiderverse & Puss In Boots The Last Wish and Project Hail Mary which might just be one of the best sci-fi films ever made. No questions asked??
Others are just spectacle, Predator Badlands, Avatar F&A, visually stunning, sick action, same with Fall Guy which my gosh is so funny.
So many other great gems, I'd say honorable mentions? Tron Ares, Hungergames: Ballad Of Songbirds, & Aquaman 2, loved all 3.text
https://letterboxd.com/prism_knight/list/2020s-decade/by/release-earliest/ (as always I warn cause LB can have adult content / reviews) tho I don't post those.
But thinking back, there are SOO many films I absolutely love / loved, and think are pure bliss, whether originals, adaptations or originals!
So let's count those down - I do ask if your film contains adult themes blur it (for my sake) if not a big deal. But whatever that said, lets highlight the best of cinema!
My top 20 is:
20. Thunderbolts*
19. DC League Of Superpets
18. The Wild Robot
17. Fantastic Four (2025)
16. The Wild Robot
15. HTTYD (2025) - LA Remake
14. F1
13. Wicked For Good
12. Superman (2025)
11. Puss In Boots The Last Wish
10. Black Panther Wakanda Forever
9. The Flash (these 2 interchangeable)
8. The Fall Guy
7. Predator Badlands
6. Avatar Fire & Ash
5. Jesus Revolution
4. A Great Awakening
3. Spiderman Across The Spiderverse
2. Spiderman No Way Home
1. Wonka
Why these films? Well below are brief analytical reviews that just briefly list why I love them.
Thunderbolts & Jesus Revolution were so emotional for me, obviously for very different reasons, Thunderbolts* finale with the Void was one of the most emotional Marvel finales I've seen, not cause of cameos, which there were none, but because it was real. The void is the epitemy of "shame and guilt" and when he started punching him, and got hugged by his team, I cried in the theater, Because I felt like I was Bob, and that enemy he fought was my shame and guilt. Which leads into the latter, Jesus Revolution which just, idk. Spiritually moved me. Same for A Great Awakening - highly recommend
Most of the others were just great fun, but some emotional highlights or pure cinematic and lovely bliss... well
Black Panther Wakanda Forever - may not be perfect - it feels like it had notes... but I still felt Shuri's journey and that was the strongest part of the plot, and man Phase 4 with it's characters VS enemies fights, I mean yes Marvel, fights, but this is different, these characters lose everything and have to make a choice in combat.
That said Spiderman No Way Home - my gosh... what a bliss of cinematic excellence, sure Act 1 kinda is rough... why would a sorcerer just let a kid do a brain-wash spell?
BUT- the pay-off Act 2 and 3, the consequences, the handling, my gosh, it's absolutely amazing and that final fight actually is intense.
Other major highlights are ofc Spiderverse & Puss In Boots The Last Wish and Project Hail Mary which might just be one of the best sci-fi films ever made. No questions asked??
Others are just spectacle, Predator Badlands, Avatar F&A, visually stunning, sick action, same with Fall Guy which my gosh is so funny.
So many other great gems, I'd say honorable mentions? Tron Ares, Hungergames: Ballad Of Songbirds, & Aquaman 2, loved all 3.text