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Ten very different films make this a rewarding year to revisit: war veterans returning to Vietnam, two teenagers crossing state lines, a fragile business in Oregon, a contested courtroom and a jazz teacher asking what gives a life meaning. This selection keeps the original article’s ten choices and explains what each offers a viewer. The list brings together films associated with the 2020 movie year. Festival appearances, television premieres and wider cinema releases can fall in different years, so the dates below identify the relevant release context. The order is a route through the selection, rather than a score for comparing unlike films. 1. Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee’s film follows four Black Vietnam veterans returning to recover the remains of their squad leader and search for buried gold. Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock Jr. play the veterans; Chadwick Boseman plays their remembered leader. The journey brings personal memory into conflict with the po...