A recentthread on Xwent looking for the essential movies of the 2020s, so far.

Brilliant and hilarious, if you’ve got the stomach for it.

Maria Bamford, Tim Heidecker, Scott Ackerman, and Bob Odenkirk also star.

She does not give a shit.

Until they’re separated.

Moving forward is hard, sometimes heartbreakingbut so often necessary and worth it.

And who the fuck can’t relate to that?

Patti LuPone is brilliantly awful in a supporting turn as Beau’s mother.

It’s also scary, with some brutal body horror elements!

A legacy sequel done right.

The performances are uniformly great, including from Chadwick Boseman in one of his final roles.

It suggests that connection is possible, if we’re willing (and know how to swim).

Luckily (or not) hes joined by Nimona, a teenager outcast shunned for her shapeshifting powers.

It’s a heartfelt, joyful, and funny fantasy set in a futuristic world full of medieval trappings.

It’s a tennis movie, sureand by all accounts animpressively accurate one.

I’ll have to take their word for it.

In our all-ages blockbuster era, it’s nice to see sex sneaking back onto the big screen.

What to do but take a desperation job with quirky, volatile artist Elizabeth (Tilda Swinton)?

RZA, Greta Lee, and Isabella Rossellini also star.

Like most of writer/director Park Chan-wook’s films (including Sympathy forMr.

Vengeance,Oldboy, andThe Handmaiden), this one’s nearly impossible to classify by genre.

It alternately feels like a romance, a thriller, and a mysteryor all three at once.

The mysterious and gorgeously directed film won Park Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.

What ensues is absolute comic anarchy, with one legitimately hilarious silent film-style gag after another.

It’s a simple, silly premisebut things quickly get more and more wild.

It’s the most wonderfully, jaw-droppingly weird movie of recent memory.

And it co-stars Megan Thee Stallion!

It boasts some memorable songs, as well as some genuine (i.e.

non-cynical) emotional beats that really land.

How much must an uncompromising artist compromise for the greater good?

The simply, but beautifully, animated Oscar winner finds some hard-earned light in the darkness of grief.

The formula here is very muchJohn Wickin the 1940s, but with actual Nazis.

Wouldn’t have expected that to be so relevant in modern times, but here we are.

Wild, over-the-top violence, but still a ton of fun.

It’s geared toward young kids, but doesn’t insult the intelligence of its audience.