This is a list of American films released in 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous notable films that were originally scheduled for release from mid-March to December were postponed to release in mid- through late 2020, in 2021 and 2022, or were released on video on demand or on streaming services throughout 2020.
Box office The highest-grossing American films released in 2020, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
+Highest-grossing films of 2020 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Bad Boys for Life Sony $206,305,244 2 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount $148,974,665 3 Birds of Prey Warner Bros. $84,172,791 4 DolittleUniversal $77,047,065 5 The Invisible Man $70,410,000 6 The Call of the Wild 20th Century Studios $62,342,368 7 Onward Disney $61,555,145 8 The Croods: A New Age Universal $58,592,120 9 TenetWarner Bros. $58,456,624 10 Wonder Woman 1984 $46,801,036
January–March
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew JANUARY 3 The Grudge Screen Gems / Stage 6 Films / Ghost House Pictures Nicolas Pesce (director/screenplay); Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Jacki Weaver 10 Underwater 20th Century Fox / Chernin Entertainment William Eubank (director); Brian Duffield, Adam Cozad (screenplay); Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., Mamoudou Athie, T.J. Miller Like a Boss Paramount Pictures / Artists First Miguel Arteta (director); Sam Pitman, Adam Cole-Kelly (screenplay); Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter Three Christs IFC Films Jon Avnet (director/screenplay); Eric Nazarian (screenplay); Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins, Bradley Whitford Inherit the Viper Lionsgate / Barry Films / Tycor International Film Company Anthony Jerjen (director); Andrew Crabtree (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Margarita Levieva, Chandler Riggs, Bruce Dern, Owen Teague The Sonata Screen Media Films Andrew Desmond (director/screenplay); Arthur Morin (screenplay); Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, Rutger Hauer, James Faulkner The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson Quiver Distribution Daniel Farrands (director); Michael Arter (screenplay); Mena Suvari, Nick Stahl, Taryn Manning 14Angels FallenAZ Film Studios / Uncork'd EntertainmentAli Zamani (director); Amanda Barton (screenplay); Nicola Posener, Houston Rhines, Michael Teh, Li Jing, Michael Madsen, Said Legue, Caroline Amiguet, Eric Roberts 17 Bad Boys for Life Columbia Pictures / Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (directors); Chris Bremmer (screenplay); Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano Dolittle Universal Pictures / Perfect World Pictures / Roth/Kirschenbaum Films Stephen Gaghan (director/screenplay); Dan Gregor, Doug Mand (screenplay); Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Craig Robinson, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez, Marion Cotillard A Fall from Grace Netflix Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Crystal R. Fox, Phylicia Rashad, Bresha Webb, Mehcad Brooks, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry 24 The Gentlemen STX Films / Miramax Guy Ritchie (director/screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant The Turning Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Reliance Entertainment / Vertigo Entertainment Floria Sigismondi (director); Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes (screenplay); Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Joely Richardson The Last Full Measure Roadside Attractions Todd Robinson (director/screenplay); Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Fonda, LisaGay Hamilton, Jeremy Irvine, Diane Ladd, Amy Madigan, John Savage, Bradley Whitford John Henry Saban Films Will Forbes (director); Doug Skinner, Will Forbes (screenplay); Terry Crews, Ludacris, Jamila Velazquez, Ken Foree, Tyler Alvarez, Joseph Julian Soria 31 The Rhythm Section Paramount Pictures / Eon Productions Reed Morano (director); Mark Burnell (screenplay); Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown Gretel & Hansel Orion Pictures / Bron Creative Oz Perkins (director/screenplay); Rob Hayes (screenplay); Sophia Lillis, Sammy Leakey, Charles Babalola, Jessica De Gouw, Alice Krige The Assistant Bleecker Street Kitty Green (director/screenplay); Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen FEBRUARY 7 Birds of Prey Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Films Cathy Yan (director); Christina Hodson (screenplay); Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, Ewan McGregor The Lodge Neon / FilmNation Entertainment / Hammer Films Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala (directors/screenplay); Sergio Casci (screenplay); Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures Tom McCarthy (director/screenplay); Stephan Pastis (screenplay); Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Craig Robinson, Wallace Shawn Horse Girl Netflix / Duplass Brothers Productions Jeff Baena (director/screenplay); Alison Brie (screenplay); Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Paul Reynolds, Molly Shannon, John Ortiz, Paul Reiser12 To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You Netflix Michael Fimognari (director); Sofia Alvarez, J. Mills Goodloe (screenplay); Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Jordan Fisher, Anna Cathcart, John Corbett 14 Sonic the Hedgehog Paramount Pictures / Original Film / Sega Sammy Group Jeff Fowler (director); Patrick Casey, Josh Miller (screenplay); James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Neal McDonough, Jim Carrey Fantasy Island Columbia Pictures / Blumhouse Productions Jeff Wadlow (director/screenplay); Chris Roach, Jillian Jacobs (screenplay); Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell, Portia Doubleday, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Hansen, Michael Rooker The Photograph Universal Pictures / Will Packer Productions Stella Meghie (director/screenplay); Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield, Chelsea Peretti, Lil Rel Howery, Courtney B. Vance Downhill Searchlight Pictures Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (directors); Jesse Armstrong (screenplay); Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Zach Woods Spy Intervention Cinedigm / Sprockefeller Pictures Drew Mylrea (director); Mark Famiglietti, Lane Garrison (screenplay); Drew Van Acker, Poppy Delevingne, Natasha Bassett, Max Silvestri, Brittany Furlan, Blake Anderson The Kindness of Strangers Vertical Entertainment Lone Scherfig (director/screenplay); Andrea Riseborough, Tahar Rahim, Zoe Kazan, Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones, Jay Baruchel 21 The Call of the Wild 20th Century Studios / 3 Arts Entertainment Chris Sanders (director); Michael Green (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan, Bradley Whitford Emma Focus Features Autumn de Wilde (director); Eleanor Catton (screenplay); Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy The Last Thing He Wanted Netflix Dee Rees (director/screenplay); Marco Villalobos (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez, Toby Jones, Willem Dafoe Brahms: The Boy II STX Films William Brent Bell (director); Stacey Menear (screenplay); Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery, Ralph Ineson The Night Clerk Saban Films Michael Cristofer (director/screenplay); Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo Impractical Jokers: The Movie truTV / Funny or Die Chris Henchy (director/screenplay); Brian Quinn, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, James Murray (screenplay); Brian Quinn, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, James Murray, Paula Abdul 28 The Invisible Man Universal Pictures / Blumhouse Productions Leigh Whannell (director/screenplay); Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen All the Bright Places Netflix Brett Haley (director); Jennifer Niven, Liz Hannah (screenplay); Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, Alexandra Shipp, Keegan-Michael Key, Luke Wilson Wendy Searchlight Pictures Benh Zeitlin (director/screenplay); Eliza Zeitlin (screenplay); Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Shay Walker Guns Akimbo Saban Films / Ingenious Media Jason Lei Howden (director/screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo Saint Frances Oscilloscope Alex Thompson (director); Kelly O'Sullivan (screenplay); Kelly O'Sullivan, Ramona Edith Williams, Charin Alvarez, Lily Mojekwu, Max Lipchitz, Jim True-Frost, Mary Beth Fisher, Francis Guinan, Rebecca Spence, Bradley Grant Smith MARCH 6 Onward Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios Dan Scanlon (director/screenplay); Jason Headley, Keith Bunin (screenplay); Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer The Way Back Warner Bros. Pictures / Bron Creative Gavin O'Connor (director); Brad Ingelsby (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Michaela Watkins, Janina Gavankar, Glynn Turman Spenser Confidential Netflix Peter Berg (director); Sean O'Keefe, Brian Helgeland (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger, Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron, Austin Post The Banker Apple TV+ George Nolfi (director/screenplay); Niceole Levy (screenplay); Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, Samuel L. Jackson The Burnt Orange Heresy Sony Pictures Classics Giuseppe Capotondi (director); Scott Smith (screenplay); Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland Swallow IFC Films Carlo Mirabella-Davis (director/screenplay); Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, Denis O'Hare First Cow A24 Kelly Reichardt (director/screenplay); Jonathan Raymond (screenplay); John Magaro, Orion Hall, René Auberjonois 13 Bloodshot Columbia Pictures / Cross Creek Pictures / Original Film Dave S. F. Wilson (director); Jeff Wadlow, Eric Heisserer (screenplay); Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Lamorne Morris, Guy Pearce The Hunt Universal Pictures / Blumhouse Productions Craig Zobel (director); Nick Cuse, Damon Lindelof (screenplay); Betty Gilpin, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan, Emma Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Hilary Swank I Still Believe Lionsgate Erwin Brothers (directors); Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn (screenplay); KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Shania Twain, Gary Sinise Lost Girls Netflix Liz Garbus (director); Michael Werwie (screenplay); Amy Ryan, Thomasin McKenzie, Lola Kirke, Oona Laurence, Dean Winters, Miriam Shor, Reed Birney, Kevin Corrigan, Gabriel Byrne Stargirl Disney+ / Walt Disney Pictures Julia Hart (director/screenplay); Kristin Hahn, Jordan Horowitz (screenplay); Grace VanderWaal, Graham Verchere, Giancarlo Esposito The Roads Not Taken Bleecker Street / Focus Features Sally Potter (director/screenplay); Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Laura Linney, Salma Hayek Never Rarely Sometimes Always Focus Features / BBC Films Eliza Hittman (director/screenplay); Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Theodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten Big Time Adolescence Hulu Jason Orley (director); Jason Orley (screenplay); Pete Davidson, Griffin Gluck, Jon Cryer, Oona Laurence, Sydney Sweeney Lost Transmissions Gravitas Ventures Katharine O'Brien (director/screenplay); Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, Alexandra Daddario, Tao Okamoto, Rosanna Arquette, Bria Vinaite 20 colspan="4" 27 Resistance IFC Films Jonathan Jakubowicz (director/screenplay); Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Félix Moati, Karl Markovics, Vica Kerekes, Bella Ramsey, Édgar Ramírez Uncorked Netflix Prentice Penny (director/screenplay); Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Niecy Nash, Matt McGorry Vivarium Vertigo Films Lorcan Finnegan (director); Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg
April–June