Love, laughs and quiet dread: Best 20 films of the year

By Russell Baillie & Sarah Watt
New Zealand Listener·
8 mins to read

Love, laughs and quiet dread: Best 20 films of the year
Listener reviewers Sarah Watt and Russell Baillie choose the best 20 films of the year, listed here in alphabetical order. Photos / Supplied & Getty Images

Listener reviewers Sarah Watt and Russell Baillie choose the best 20 films of the year, listed here in alphabetical order.


Aftersun

This dad-and-daughter tale made for a quietly devastating debut feature for Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells as it followed single father Calum (Paul Mescal) and 11-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio)

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