2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade. Many events that were initially planned for 2020 were either cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 17 - Dolittle, Waves (Focus Features)
- January 24 - The Turning, The Gentlemen (STX Entertainment)
- January 31 - The Lighthouse (Focus Features)
- February 14 - The Photograph
- February 21 - Emma (Focus Features), Brahms: The Boy II (STX Entertainment)
- February 28 - The Invisible Man
- March 13 - The Hunt, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features), The Roads Not Taken (Focus Features)
- April 10 - Trolls World Tour
- May 29 - The High Note (Focus Features)
- June 12 - The King of Staten Island
- June 18 - You Should Have Left
- June 26 - Irresistible (Focus Features)
- August 7 - The Secret Garden (STX Entertainment)
- September 18 - The Way I See It (Focus Features)
- September 25 - Kajillionaire (Focus Features)
- October 16 - Honest Thief (Open Road Films)
- October 23 - After We Collided (Open Road Films)
- October 30 - Come Play (Focus Features)
- November 6 - Let Him Go (Focus Features)
- November 13 - Freaky
- November 25 - The Croods: A New Age
- December 4 - All My Life, Half Brothers (Focus Features)
- December 11 - Songbird (STX Entertainment)
- December 18 - Greenland (STX Entertainment)
- December 25 - News of the World, Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Shorts[]
Theme Parks[]
- June 7 - Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Florida celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Home video releases[]
DVD and Blu-ray releases[]
- January 21
- Countdown
- Dragonfly
- January 28 - Harriet
- February 4
- February 11 - American Pie Presents: Band Camp
- February 18 - 21 Bridges
- March 3
- Dark Waters
- Playmobil: The Movie
- Queen & Slim
- March 17 - Black Christmas
- March 24 - 1917
- April 7
- April 21
- The Gentlemen
- The Turning
- May 12 - The Photograph
- May 19
- Brahams: The Boys II
- Emma
- May 26 - The Invisible Man
- June 9 - The Hunt
- July 7 - Trolls World Tour
- August 11 - The High Note
- September 1 - Irresistible
- September 8 - Psycho: 60th Anniversary Edition
- October 6 - The Secret Garden
- October 20 - Tremors: Shrieker Island
- December 29 - Honest Theif
DVD only releases[]
- June 9 - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- July 28 - You Should Have Left
- August 11 - Casper: 25th Anniversary Edition
- October 6 - American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
- December 15 - Curious George: Go West, Go Wild
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases[]
- May 5 - 47 Ronin
- May 19 - The Blues Brothers
- May 26 - The Invisible Man
- June 2 - Jaws: 45th Anniversary Limited Edition
- July 7 - Trolls World Tour
- November 17 - The Croods
Character Debuts[]
- April 10 - Queen Barb
- September 18 - Kenji Kon Brooklyn Ben Picus Darius Bowman Yasmina Yaz Fadoula and Sammy Gutierrez
- November 25 - Phil Betterman Hope Betterman and Dawn Betterman
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
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