If there’s anything that has seriously changed and will continue to evolve in the coming years, it’s the way we consume digital entertainment. This year alone brought about significant shifts in absolutely everything from shopping, to concerts, and even the business landscape. 

But alas, despite this unprecedented shift, the show must go on – even for movies set to air on the big screen. Although many films slated to make their run throughout theaters were postponed to next year, others decided to take the plunge and make their digital release earlier than anticipated via a streaming service. Still, others skipped the theatre altogether and went straight for streaming. Films such as Trolls World Tour, Mulan, and The Gentlemen were some of the big name movies available earlier on – demand this year via Amazon, Disney +, Youtube, and more platforms. 

Considering the theatre bound films that were released this year, along with movies that made their debut on a streaming platform, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite movies to come out this year. Check it out below:

The Gentlemen

This Guy Ritchie crime story features a star studded cast composed of: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant. The movie sees an American expatriate named Mickey Pearson (McConaughey) who after building a highly profitable marijuana empire in London, decides to call it quits. The story unfolds as shady characters looking to steal his domain enter the picture. 

The film premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema in late 2019, and made its way to theaters in the US in January 2020. It is currently available on Hulu (with a premium subscription), Amazon Prime, and more select streaming platforms. 

Run  

Horror fans will love this Hulu thriller based on a daughter and psychotic mother. Chloe (Kiera Allen) is a premature born child with paralysis, diabetes, asthma and arrhythmia is homeschooled by her mother (Sarah Paulson). The two get along well regardless of the mother’s tendency to go down in the basement alone with a glass of wine and watch old home movies. There’s also a severely outdated computer which serves as the house’s only source of internet connection and not to mention a lack of responses to the colleges she’s applied to. Things take a turn for the worst when hidden truths and an intriguing backstory are revealed. 

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 

Directed by Jason Woliner, this comedy is the second part to the first Borat movie that came out in 2006. It follows Borat’s (Sacha Baron Cohen) return to America from Kazakhstan more than ten years after his first visit. While on his subsequent mission to offer a “prodigious bribe to American Regime”, he brings along his daughter (Maria Bakalova) who is the bribe in question.

With its political undertones addressing America’s dangerous “slide towards autocracy”, this film aims to expose an ugly side of American politics in a humorous way. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (or Borat 2) can be streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. 

The Invisible Man 

This Australian-American science fiction horror film sees Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. It is loosely based on the classic H.G. Wells’ novel and takes place in the Bay Area of California. 

Elisabeth Moss delivers a fantastic performance as Cecilia Kass, who is forced to deal with her psychotic ex boyfriend in an unconventional way. After leaving their toxic relationship, she finds herself stalked and terrorized by her ex, Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), who has somehow figured out how to make himself invisible using advanced digital imaging. 

The film can be streamed on HBO Max, Hulu premium, Amazon Prime, and more select streaming platforms. 

Onward

This heartwarming disney comedy sees two teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest to spend one more day with their late father. Their seemingly perilous journey is filled with maps, daring obstacles, and new experiences. The story continues when their mother goes after them after realizing her sons are missing. 

Onward includes voices such as Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, and more. It can be streamed via Disney +, Amazon Prime, Youtube, and more. 

Devil All The Time

This Netflix drama film sees Tom Holland, Rob Pattinson, and more as they attempt to find morality in a town filled with corruption. Devil All The Time sees a young man (Holland) who is devoted to protecting his loved ones in a town full of corruption and sinister characters.

It is available to stream exclusively on Netflix.

Big Time Adolescence

The coming of age comedy is exclusively on Hulu and stars Pete Davidson as Zeke, a lazy slacker who in a twist of events becomes a mentor to his ex-girlfriend’s younger brother Mo (Griffin Gluck). Other cast members include Griffin Gluck, Sydney Sweeney, Machine Gun Kelly, Thomas Barbusca, Emily Arlook, and Oona Lawrence. You can catch this film in select theatres in L.A and New York on December 11.  

Bad Boys For Life 

Stream the third movie in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s Bad Boys series on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and more. This Michael Bay film sees Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) track down $100 million worth of heroin after it was stolen from station headquarters. Believing it is an inside job, they work over the span of five days to track down the drugs before Internal Affairs shut down the narcotics division.

Mank 

The David Fincher biographical drama film is set in old Hollywood. It’s based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher. Mank is focused on screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the creation of Citizen Kane. Praised for its craft and technique, this film is critically acclaimed as a great cinematic work that resembles a “love letter” to old Hollywood. It’s currently available to stream on Netflix. 

Minari

This A24 film is a family drama that takes its fans into the immigrant experience with humanity. Set in the 1980’s in America, the film is centered around a South Korean family who move from an industrial California to the middle of Arkansas. Father figure Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun) plans to farm the land and settle down for the first time. Throughout the film he struggles with complex family dynamics that proves his quest to be harder than he initially believed.