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Scene from La Llarona, about a retired military commander facing charges of genocide and wide-scale violations of human rights. (Courtesy of Brigade Publicity)
Where lies the horror? This is the question followers of the genre might ask as they view La Llorona, the latest work of Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante. After all, the legend of La Llorona, the wandering spirit of a weeping mother who, out of desperation, drowned her children, is an enduring horror figure in Central American folklore. Her modern incarnation also haunted the recent flick The Curse of La Llorona (directed by Michael Chaves), a spinoff from the hugely popular The Conjuring horror franchise.
2020 was a weird year for movies: closed theaters, no Marvel movies, and the new Bond movie and
The Fast and the Furious sequel pushed to 2021.
But limitations on theater attendance not only pushed studios to experiment with their releases, but also allowed some smaller genre movies to attract attention that usually would have been taken by blockbuster franchise films. In other words, 2020 made room for some great new genre movies, and gave viewers more of an opportunity to watch them.
Here are ten of the best sci-fi and horror movies of 2020 (in no particular order), all of which you can watch right now.
The 10 Best International Movies of 2020
By Paste Movies | December 28, 2020 | 1:27pm
The Golden Globes’ racist disqualification of filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung’s American-made
Minari from its Best Picture categories will not be the last debacle from the embarrassing awards body one that shouldn’t be given the time of day by anyone that enjoys movies nor screen time on a major network but it does at least provide a jumping-off point to highlight the best movies of the year that were
actually produced outside the United States.
Though, of course, all genres were well-represented this year in the global film industry, documentaries from around the world should be given special consideration. After all, in a year when virtual cinemas, streamers and online festivals overran traditional theatrical moviegoing, docs saw increases in audience and distribution possibilities. You might note that our larger Best Documentaries list features more non-U.S. entries than any other