Top 10 Films & TV Series I Watched in 2020

 Hello, you!

It's that time of the year again where I look back at 365 days full of hours spent on binge-watching. It's indeed a bittersweet year for us (well the sweet part coming mostly from the introverts just like me). I paid for a streaming membership, something that I never thought I'd do because I have this insane skill of finding free movies on internet (I know, don't judge me).

Anyway, eventhough I stopped going to cinema since last February, there were quite a bunch of movies and tv series that I managed to write on this list--my favorite of them all. Please have in mind that this list is created based on my personal taste on movie viewing, so it's totally okay if we have different opinions on the order of 'favorite'. I just hope the list could give you new titles to put on your to be watched list. Enjoy!

Top 10 Movies I Watched in 2020

10. The Lobster

When you think life's unfair because your parents and relatives always force you to get married, watch this movie and think. Think hard deeply.

9. The Devil All The Time

Spiderman, Edward Cullen, Pennywise, Dudley Dursley, the Winter Soldier, Alice (not) in the Wonderland. Needless to say: just go and watch it.

8. Little Women

One of few movies I got to watch in cinema before the pandemic strikes, where my watching partner fell asleep 10 minutes after the opening scene. Still love it and would want to watch it anyday.

7. Mirage

That post Money Heist excitement brought me to this. An interesting concept of time and space, plus a chance to feast my eyes on something that makes me think: how lucky ursulolita on Instagram is.

6. I am Legend

Ah, movie you suddenly want to watch because of the lockdown. I always like this genre of movie, so I couldn't be happier when finding something that could satiate my crave of ones.

5. The Platform

An eye opening movie, especially in this COVID-19 situation. Kinda. But before you decide to watch this movie, make sure you can survive seeing disgusting stuffs. If you can't, please reconsider to still watch it lol.

4. The Graduate

You know when you say 'okay I'll just try to watch for 5 minutes' but end up finishing the whole thing? Yeah. And I have to tell you I have this bad habit of checking phone continuously between scenes, but my mind was far from it the entire time. It felt so strange when I found out the movie was released in 1967 because titles from previous century aren't really my cup of tea. But this, oh my God! If you told me the movie's from 2000s, I'm gonna believe you without a question. 

3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

This movie makes me smiling and blushing and smiling again, ear to ear for the whole movie. Well it's not all rainbows and butterflies, but still it's definitely a feel good movie. 

2. 1917

Oh, what a movie! To me this one deserves the Oscar, but doesn't make Parasite less deserve, though. I just loveee to watch this and imagine the work behind.

1. Emma

After finishing The Queen's Gambit, I was hungry to watch other Anya Taylor-Joy movies. And so I came across Emma. I fell in love instantly and planned to watch this 1000 times, but currently saving the 999 just so I can have that specific movie to watch in times of need.

Top 10 TV Series I Watched in 2020

10. Sweet Home

Actually I haven't finished this and still not yet known if I'm ever going to finish it lol. The story's quite interesting though, I put it here just in case you feel like watching something with monsters in it.

9. The Witcher

At first you may find this a little bit dizzying and making you feel out of place. But you just need to carry on and see until episode 3-4 to decide whether to drop it off or join the cult.

8. Emily in Paris

Definitely a guilty pleasure for many. I just like this kind of series where you can sit back, relax, and let your mind wander. 

7. Self Made

It's exactly what I hope to see when I watch a movie or series about business. A story based on the life of Madam C.J. Walker, the first African American selfmade millionaire.

6. Kingdom 2

It's painful to wait after the season 1, so when this came out: I-need-to-watch-this-ASAP.

5. Money Heist

A series you can't help but bingewatch because it's so good. The title's pretty self explanatory though.

4. Friends

I know this is an obvious yet outdated choice. I only started to watch it this year, and I am so glad I did it. Now Friends is my go-to series when I want to laugh, feel warm, and basically daydreaming about living in New York.

3. Girl from Nowhere

Thailand's anthology series about a mysterious girl from nowhere (yeah you guessed it) who transfers to different schools to teach some lessons. Not as a teacher though.

2. The Queen's Gambit

Really, it's just so easy: I opened my Netflix, seeing this on the top of page, click, reads the short description, and decided to watch RIGHT AWAY. The main reason for that decision is because I like stories about the beginning of someone's success (just like Self Made). The main reason for finishing this in just 2 days is because of everything in it, plus Thomas Brodie Sangster. 2020 is good, 2020 is good.

1. Black Mirror

Finally, the number one. I wish I could erase the memories of watching this, and rewatch it again and again (sound very true to the series itself, right? If you already watched it of course). It's an antology, and you better savour it. Resist the temptation of bingewatching, because it may cause your sanity. Remember, one episode per day!

Don't just stop here. You can suggest me one or two good titles that I missed to see this year :) But anyway, thank you for reading until the end! Let's hope for a tougher us in 2021 and the rest.