Writers Room: The Best Movie Moments of 2020 (Part 2)

On the January 7, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film managing editor Jacob Hall is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to count down the best movie moments of 2020 (part two!).

 

Opening Banter: Get ready for round two.

If you’d like to avoid all discussion of Nomadland, skip from 41:05-43:40.

If you’d like to avoid all discussion of One Night in Miami, skip from 46:00-49:57.

If you'd like to avoid all discussion of Promising Young Woman, skip from 57:09-01:04:35.

Here is our unranked list of moments:

• The Restaurant Scene in The Invisible Man
• Rudy Giuliani Puts His Hand Down His Pants in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Nyles Gets One More Sentence in Palm Springs
• Fern Gluing Her Broken Plates Back Together in Nomadland
• Joe After the Show/A New Perspective in Soul
• The Opening Murder in Possessor
• “Silly Games” in Lovers Rock
• The Freeport Heist(s) in Tenet
• Capone Murders People with a Golden Tommy Gun in Capone
• Satisfied from Hamilton
• The Hair Tie Toss in Birds of Prey
• The Town Fights Back in Bacurau
• The First Kiss in Sylvie’s Love
• Diana Takes Flight in Wonder Woman 1984
• Robert’s Speech and then Steven’s Speech in Boys State
• A Surprising Death in Critical Thinking
• Delroy Lindo’s Monologue in Da 5 Bloods 
• The Karaoke Scene in Tesla
• The Ending of Another Round
• “The Elves Went Too Far!” in Eurovision Song Contest
• Selling Oily Cakes in First Cow
• The Heart-to-Heart and Almost Kiss in Freaky
• The Farm Fire in Minari
• The Doctor Scene in Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Caroline’s Death in Host
• The Ending of Hunter Hunter
• The Dinner in I’m Thinking of Ending Things
• Levee’s Backstory in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Malcolm X Chastises Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami
• The First Painting Reveal in The Painter and the Thief
• Hearing Ryan’s Voice in Promising Young Woman
• The Rooftop Escape in Run
• Shirley and Rose Stand on the Cliff in Shirley
• Billy’s Phone Call in The Vast of Night
• The Healing Scene in Wolfwalkers
• Walking Through the Hearst Castle Grounds in Mank
• The Fireside Encounter/Lost at Sea in His House
• Flying a Kite in The Personal History of David Copperfield
• The Final Concert in Bill and Ted Face the Music
• Ruben is Asked to Leave the House in Sound of Metal
• Rose Loses Her Virginity in Extra Ordinary
• Lost in the Crawlspace in Relic
• A Drafty Proposal (aka Bill Nighy vs. a Draft) in Emma.
• The Final Scene in Sound of Metal
• Elizabeth Debicki is Tall in Tenet 
• The Giant Monster Appears in Underwater
• The Courtroom “Observe and Report” Moment in Mangrove
• Carrie Coon Dances in The Nest
• Nicolas Cage Screams About the Alpacas in Color Out of Space
• “See you down the road” in Nomadland

Check back on /Film.com next week for the complete, ranked version of this list.

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