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A Nice Girl Like You
A Nice Girl Like You is a 2020 American romantic sex comedy directed by Chris and Nick Riedell, starring Lucy Hale as violinist Lucy Neal, adapted from Ayn Carrillo-Gailey's memoir Pornology; released July 2020, 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, 75% audience score.
All My Life (2020 film)
All My Life (2020) is an American romantic drama directed by Marc Meyers, starring Jessica Rothe and Harry Shum Jr. as Jennifer Carter and Solomon Chau, a real engaged couple whose wedding was moved up after his terminal liver cancer diagnosis.
All the Bright Places (film)
All the Bright Places is a 2020 Netflix teen romance drama directed by Brett Haley, adapted from Jennifer Niven's 2015 YA novel, starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith as grieving Indiana teens; screenplay by Niven and Liz Hannah, mixed reviews.
An American Pickle
An American Pickle (2020) is a comedy-fantasy film, HBO Max's first original feature, directed by Brandon Trost and adapted by Simon Rich from his New Yorker novella Sell Out, starring Seth Rogen in a dual role as a 1919 immigrant preserved in pickle brine and his great-grandson.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), Jason Woliner's Amazon mockumentary sequel starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev and Maria Bakalova as daughter Tutar, targets Trump-era America, earned Oscar nominations, and sparked Kazakh and Evans-family controversies.
Chemical Hearts
Chemical Hearts, also adapted from Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland, is a 2020 Amazon Studios teen romance directed by Richard Tanne, starring Austin Abrams and Lili Reinhart as Henry Page and Grace Town, released on Prime Video August 21, 2020.
Coffee or Tea? (我和我的家乡? No — 《一点就到家》)
Coffee or Tea? (一点就到家) is a 2020 Chinese comedy-drama directed by Derek Hui, produced by Peter Chan, starring Liu Haoran, Peng Yuchang, and Yin Fang as young e-commerce and coffee entrepreneurs in a Yunnan village; released 4 October 2020, 97 minutes, 312 million yuan box office.
Desperados (film)
Desperados is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy directed by LP, written by Ellen Rapoport, starring Nasim Pedrad, Anna Camp, and Lamorne Morris; a woman rushes to Mexico to delete a drunken email, scoring 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Downhill (2020 film)
Downhill is a 2020 American comedy-drama directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, and adapted from the Swedish film Force Majeure (2014).
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a 2020 Netflix musical comedy directed by David Dobkin, starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as Icelandic duo Fire Saga, with the Oscar-nominated song "Husavik" and a planned Broadway musical adaptation.
Falling for Figaro
Falling for Figaro is a 2021 romantic comedy directed by Ben Lewin, starring Danielle Macdonald, Joanna Lumley, and Hugh Skinner, about a fund manager training as an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands; released October 1, 2021 by IFC Films.
Feel the Beat (film)
Feel the Beat (フィール・ザ・ビート) is a 2020 Netflix family comedy-drama directed by Elissa Down, starring Sofia Carson as Broadway failure April Dibrina, who coaches misfit young Wisconsin dancers; released June 19, 2020, rated G, 107 minutes.
French Exit (2020 film)
French Exit (2020 film), also known simply as French Exit, is a comedy-drama directed by Azazel Jacobs, adapted by Patrick deWitt from his 2018 novel, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a broke socialite who moves to Paris with her son and a cat voiced by Tracy Letts.
Guest House (2020 film)
Guest House is a 2020 American comedy directed by Sam Macaroni, starring Pauly Shore, Mike Castle, and Aimee Teegarden, about a squatter party animal in a couple's guest house; released digitally by Lionsgate September 4, 2020, 84 minutes, rated R; distinct from the South Korean film Welcome to the Guesthouse.
Happiest Season
Happiest Season is a 2020 holiday romantic comedy directed by Clea DuVall, starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple whose Christmas visit is upended when Harper's conservative parents do not know she is gay; released on Hulu after a planned theatrical run.
Holidate
Holidate is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy directed by John Whitesell, written by Tiffany Paulsen, starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey as platonic holiday dates who fall in love; 45% on Rotten Tomatoes.
I Still Believe (film)
I Still Believe is a 2020 American faith-based romantic drama directed by Jon and Andrew Erwin, starring KJ Apa and Britt Robertson as Jeremy Camp and Melissa Henning.
Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020) is truTV's first theatrical film, directed by Chris Henchy, starring the Tenderloins (Murray, Quinn, Gatto, Vulcano) in a Paula Abdul road-trip prank comedy; 36% Tomatometer, $10.2M US gross.
Irresistible (2020 film)
Irresistible (2020) is Jon Stewart's political comedy starring Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, and Chris Cooper, about rival consultants battling over a Wisconsin mayoral race; released June 26, 2020 by Focus Features on VOD, it earned mixed reviews (Metascore 47) and $338,912 worldwide.
Let Them All Talk
Let Them All Talk (2020) is a Steven Soderbergh HBO Max comedy-drama, written by Deborah Eisenberg, starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Lucas Hedges, and Gemma Chan, largely improvised aboard the Queen Mary 2.
Life in a Year
Life in a Year (2020) is an American romantic drama directed by Mitja Okorn, starring Jaden Smith and Cara Delevingne; Daryn gives his terminally ill girlfriend a lifetime of experiences in her final year, released on Prime Video November 27, 2020.
Like a Boss (film)
Like a Boss (film) is an American comedy directed by Miguel Arteta. It stars Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne, who run a cosmetics company facing a buyout offer.
Looks That Kill (film)
Looks That Kill (2020) is an American dark romantic comedy, directorial feature debut of Kellen Moore, starring Brandon Flynn as Max, a teen whose face kills anyone who sees it, and Julia Goldani Telles as Alex, released by Gravitas Ventures.
Love Guaranteed
Love Guaranteed (Love, Guaranteed) is a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy directed by Mark Steven Johnson, starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Damon Wayans Jr. as a lawyer and client suing a dating app that promises love within 1,000 dates.
Love Wedding Repeat
Love Wedding Repeat (2020) is a British-Italian Netflix romantic comedy directed by Dean Craig, a remake of the French film Plan de Table, starring Sam Claflin and Olivia Munn; alternate versions of a Rome wedding unfold after children rearrange the seating plan.
Magic Camp (film)
Magic Camp is a 2020 Disney+ family comedy directed by Mark Waters, starring Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, and Jeffrey Tambor, about a struggling magician counseling kids at the Institute of Magic; distinct from the 2012 Tannen's documentary.
Mainstream (film)
Mainstream is Gia Coppola's 2020 satirical drama, premiered at Venice Orizzonti and released in the US May 7, 2021, starring Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke in a cautionary tale about YouTube fame; it scored 42% on Rotten Tomatoes and 36 on Metacritic.
Misbehaviour (film)
Misbehaviour is a 2020 British comedy-drama, also known as Miss Révolution, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, dramatizing the 1970 Miss World protest at the Royal Albert Hall and Jennifer Hosten's historic win, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
My Missing Valentine
My Missing Valentine (消失的情人节) is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic fantasy comedy by Chen Yu-hsun starring Patty Lee and Liu Kuan-ting, about a fast postal clerk who loses Valentine's Day and the slow bus driver who gains it; it won five Golden Horse Awards from 11 nominations.
My People, My Homeland (我和我的家乡)
My People, My Homeland (我和我的家乡) is a 2020 Chinese five-segment anthology comedy about rural change, directed by Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Chen Sicheng, Yan Fei & Peng Damo, and Deng Chao & Yu Baimei under chief director Ning Hao and chief producer Zhang Yimou; it topped the 2020 National Day box office at 2.829 billion yuan and won a Golden Rooster Jury Special Award.