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The ten best films of the 2020s, so far

The ten best films of the 2020s, so far

A very Eurocentric listicle

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I’m sure we can all agree that the worst film of the 2020s so far is, of course, the diabolically crap Poor Things. But what’s the best? (No spoilers.)

10. The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers)

Yeah, it’s a boy film. No, I don’t care. The sheer fucking rippling muscle on Alexander Skarsgård as he crushes yet another fur-wrapped Muscovite into the stinking mud…

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