Perhaps 2020 will be the craziest year in the memory of modern history, as the film industry has retreated - like other industries - several steps back in conjunction with the outbreak of the Corona virus and the subsequent closure of cinemas, production stoppages or postponement of many upcoming films.
Fortunately, some films have found their way to the public, whether by reaching theaters before the pandemic, or by showing through various broadcast platforms, as well as new ways that filmmakers have developed to display their work, circumventing the crisis.
If you want to know the most important of these recent works, here are six films that we recommend you watch.
For fans of horror movies
A distinctive and successful audiences and artist experience that Universal Pictures made when it decided to bring the classic “The Invisible Man” back to life. Through a contemporary and different treatment, it achieved high revenues that exceeded 132 million dollars out of a budget that did not exceed 7 million, although the work was shown a few weeks before the cinemas closed due to the spread of Corona.
The film tells about a wife who suffers from life with her difficult-tempered husband, especially with his insistence on keeping her forever without letting her go even if against her desire. So she is nowhere to escape, but soon after, he is surprised by his suicide and leaving her riches.
Despite her happiness at finally obtaining her freedom, she soon feels the presence of a hidden object watching her, in which she senses her ex-husband, but no one believes her, so she tries to prove that even if the price is her life.
For fans of animation
"Onward" is another movie that was released days before the spread of the virus, although it managed to garner revenues of $ 109 million.
The work is suitable for adults and children and family views. It is a comic fantasy drama that revolves around two brothers who live with their mother in a fictional and unconventional world, and that enjoys the features of the era.
Although they are different in temperament and dreams, their desire to meet their late father and spend even one day with him unites their goal together, which makes them embark on an exceptional adventure together in which they search for the remnants of ancient magic, a journey through which they rediscover themselves and most importantly discover each other.
For drama followers
"Driveways" is an American drama film that premiered at the opening of the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020, before becoming available for ordering from the previous May.
The film stars a boy who is distinguished by his delicate feelings and sensitivity that make him suffer from social shyness and appear different from those of his age. The boy accompanies his mother on a trip, where they go to clean the house of the sister of the recently deceased mother, who has been isolated for years, in preparation for offering it for sale.
There, the boy meets a retired man who worked as a veterinarian in the Korean War, a relationship that changes the lives of all heroes through an inspiring and intense humanitarian drama centered around memories, compassion, death and other things.
If you are a fan of historical and war drama, we recommend the movie "Da 5 Bloods" by Spike Lee, and one of the original works released by "Netflix" this year.
The action revolves around four elderly black veterans who gather to travel to Vietnam in order to recover the remains of their squad leader, and most importantly to search for a cargo of gold that they buried in the woods decades ago. It is an adventure that the makers use to shed light on important issues including racism, greed, history, and brotherhood, through an epic story that was not without suspense and comedy.
The first cow
Although "First Cow" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2019, before competing for the "Golden Bear" award at the Berlin International Film Festival at the start of this year, it was only available for public viewing in July. / July 2020.
The film received multiple positive reviews, and was praised by critics as one of the best independent films of the year. The plot, despite its simplicity, carried a lot of symbolism and philosophical ideas that deserve contemplation, as well as the work distinguished by its landscapes and its picturesque picture, as is the habit of the work of its director Kelly Richardt.
It is noteworthy that the events of the work took place in the northwestern Pacific in the 19th century, and revolved around a brilliant cook who decided to travel in search of himself, but ended up working under the command of bad-tempered fur hunters. Before he accidentally meets a wandering king who claims to be a fugitive Chinese immigrant, the relationship between the two becomes stronger and events unfold.
For documentary enthusiasts
Athlete A is another Netflix movie released this year, an American documentary that deserves to be watched as a truthful and shocking document that will be immortalized in history.
The film reviews the story of the American doctor, "Larry Nassar," who was in charge of the American women's gymnastics team for nearly 20 years, during which he was able to exploit his profession as a therapist for the team to harass many members of gymnastics teams of all ages, so that the number of his victims exceeded 260 people.
Because one of the athletes was informed of his assault on her, then she was dropped from the Olympic team as punishment for her "insulting the reputation of the team" investigative journalist Karisa Koyatkovsky decides to open this thorny file and reveal its mysteries. Verbal and physical too.