Writers Room: The Best Movie Moments of 2020 (Part 1)

On the January 5, 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 one).

Opening Banter: Jacob explains the rules

 

If you’d like to avoid all discussion of Nomadland, skip from 26:23-29:49 and 02:21:07-:02:21:10.

If you’d like to avoid all discussion of Minari, skip from 02:12:52-02:14:21 and 02:21:54-02:21:56.

 

By the end of the episode, here are the moments we have locked in:

 

LOCKED IN

 

1. The Restaurant Scene in The Invisible Man
2. Rudy Giuliani Puts His Hand Down His Pants in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
3. Nyles Gets One More Sentence in Palm Springs
4. Fern Gluing Her Broken Plates Back Together in Nomadland
5. Joe After the Show/A New Perspective in Soul
6. The Opening Murder in Possessor
7. “Silly Games” in Lovers Rock
8. The Freeport Heist(s) in Tenet
9. Capone Murders People with a Golden Tommy Gun in Capone
10. Satisfied from Hamilton
11. The Hair Tie Toss in Birds of Prey
12. The Town Fights Back in Bacurau
13. The First Kiss in Sylvie’s Love
14. Diana Takes Flight in Wonder Woman 1984
15. Robert’s Speech and then Steven’s Speech in Boys State
16. A Surprising Death in Critical Thinking
17. Delroy Lindo’s Monologue in Da 5 Bloods 
18. The Karaoke Scene in Tesla
19. The Ending of Another Round
20. “The Elves Went Too Far!” in Eurovision Song Contest
21. Selling Oily Cakes in First Cow
22. The Heart-to-Heart and Almost Kiss in Freaky
23. The Farm Fire in Minari
24. The Doctor Scene in Never Rarely Sometimes Always

 

Stay tuned for Part 2 later this week!

 

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