The 20 Biggest Movies of 2020 – count down next year’s biggest blockbusters

It's a new year, a new decade, and we're going to spend a fair percentage of it in a darkened room watching movies.

Here's a list of some of the biggest films coming your way in 2020. There's something for every taste here – which ones fo you fancy?

20: 1917

Stars: Mark Strong Andrew Scott Richard Madden Colin Firth Benedict Cumberbatch

Expected release date: January 10

Already out in the US, this extraordinary ‘one take’ war movie plays out in real time a two-hour slice of action from World War 1’s Western Front.

Two British soldiers must deliver a message warning of a sneak attack from the Kaiser’s troops.

Along the way they will endure the deadly violence of the War To End All Wars.

Expect explosions, shouting, that bloke in the aisle behind you insisting he’s spotted a digital watch.

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19: Last Night in Soho

Stars: Matt Smith Diana Rigg Terence Stamp

Expected release date: September 25

Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright helms a love letter to Soho in its sleazy 60s heyday with an impressive cast and a clever plot that ties together the 2020s and the 1960s.

With Don’t Look Now and Roman Polanski's Repulsion listed as influence expect brainy, sexy, chills.

18: Bad Boys for Life

Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens

Expected release date: January 17

In one of the most delayed sequels in modern movie history Smith and Lawrence return to the characters they last played in 2003’s Bad Boys II.

On the brink of retirement, the chalk-and-cheese buddy cops are targeted by a Romanian mob boss set on revenge.

Expect gunplay, wrecked supercars, and a concerted attempt to match the kinetic thrills of The Fast and the Furious.

17: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Stars: Margot Robbie. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Ewan McGregor

Expected release date: February 7

Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn has the breakout star of DC’s otherwise quite poorly-received Suicide Squad.

Here she is again, with a bevy of superheroines at her back, in a film that amps up the technicolour craziness that people loved about her first appearance.

Expect violence, madness, and fabulously sexy costumes.

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16: The Invisible Man

Stars: Elisabeth Moss Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Expected release date: February 28

Elisabeth Moss – star of TV hits The Handmaid’s Tale and Mad Men – leads a spooky, atmospheric retelling of the classic mad scientist story.

Has Cecilia Kass goes crazy or has her abusive ex faked his death and become a deadly menace that no-one can see? based on the title, we’re thinking it’s the latter.

Expect chills, thrills, and creepy moments in the changing room.

15: The Personal History of David Copperfield

Stars: Dev Patel Aneurin Barnard Peter Capaldi Daisy May Cooper Hugh Laurie Tilda Swinton Ben Whishaw Paul Whitehouse

Expected release date: September 5

An adaptation of a Dickens story might seem more like Sunday night telly than a big-screen draw but director Armando (The Thick of It) Ianucci has assembled an all star cast, and early critical response to a preview screening at the Toronto Film Festival was absolutely rapturous.

Make no mistake. This film will be a major talking point for months.

14: Top Gun – Maverick

Stars: Tom Cruise Miles Teller Jennifer Connelly Jon Hamm Ed Harris Val Kilmer

Expected release date: June 26

It's the year of the belated sequel – this time Tom Cruise returns as a man who is still flying cutting-edge fighter jets in his late Fifties.

Expect Eighties nostalgia, drones, sonic booms and long, loving shots of FA/18 Hornets and F-22s.

This is the film every plane nut will want to see this year.

13: Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Stars: Mckenna Grace Finn Wolfhard Carrie Coon Paul Rudd Logan Kim Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Ernie Hudson Sigourney Weaver Annie Potts

Expected release date: July 10

The closest thing you’ll ever see to a direct sequel for Ghostbusters II.

Most of the main cast of the 1989 film are back, reprising their original characters, but the action moves from New York to Oklahoma as a new generation of spook chasers discover the hidden legacy of the original Ghostbusters.

Expect laughs, scares, and a very hungry green ghost.

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12: The King's Man

Stars: Ralph Fiennes Gemma Arterton Rhys Ifans Matthew Goode Tom Hollander Daniel Brühl Djimon Hounsou Charles Dance

Expected release date: September 18

A prequel to Matthew Vaughn’s wildly irresponsible Kingsman film franchise, The King’s Man is set in the run-up to World War 1 and takes its themes from the ‘Great Game’ – a Victorian-era Cold War that took place between Britain and Russia.

Expect more action and gadgets than diplomacy, though, as the secretive spy agency takes on Rasputin in the fight to prevent a world war.

11: The Eternals

Stars: Angelina Jolie Richard Madden Salma Hayek Gemma Chan Kit Harington

Expected release date: November 6

Marvel’s total domination of the cinema box office charts is expected to continue with this tale of a race of godlike beings who have been secretly shaping Earth’s history.

Expect incredible special effects, dozens of callbacks to other Marvel movies, and a dangerous love affair between a human and a goddess that threatens to upset the balance of reality.

You know. The usual.

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10: Godzilla vs. Kong

Stars: Alexander Skarsgård Millie Bobby Brown Rebecca Hall Brian Tyree Henry Jessica Henwick Kyle Chandler

Expected release date: November 20

A great cast, but this one isn’t about the people.

The two biggest titans in monster movies go toe to toe in the fourth entry in Legendary studios’ Monarch universe.

Along the way, you can expect them to soak up hundreds of machine gun bullets and knock over dozens of buildings.

Expect mayhem, screaming, and people saying “my god…” while they look at wreckage.

9: Tenet

Stars: John David Washington Robert Pattinson Elizabeth Debicki Dimple Kapadia Michael Caine Kenneth Branagh

Expected release date: July 17

Christopher Nolan, best known for his trilogy of Batman movies, returns to the twisty thriller territory he mined for Inception.

Expect slam-bang action, confusing plot details, and lots of pub conversations about what actually happened at the end.

8: West Side Story

Stars: Ansel Elgort Rachel Zegler Ariana DeBose Corey Stoll Brian d’Arcy James

Expected release date: December 18

Ansel Elgort, best known for high-octane crime thriller Baby Driver, changes gear with a classic musical based on Shakespeare’s Romero and Juliet.

Steven Spielberg’s adaptation is expected to be quite different to the Sixties version, but in a nice touch the 1961 movie’s co-star Rita Moreno will return as a different, older character.

Expect singing, dancing, knife fights.

7: The Tomorrow War

Stars: Chris Pratt Yvonne Strahovski J. K. Simmons Betty Gilpin Ryan Phillippe Sam Richardson

Expected release date: December 25

A Christmas Day release for an alien invasion flick with a difference.

Action hero everyman Chris Pratt stars as a soldier who is snatched form the past to fight battles in the future.

Expect the best moments you’ve ever seen in a video war game to be played out bigger, badder, and better.

6: Wonder Woman 1984

Stars: Gal Gadot Chris Pine Kristen Wiig Pedro Pascal Robin Wright Connie Nielsen

Expected release date: June 5

Gal Gadot’s first outing as the Amazonian warrior surprised many critics by becoming the biggest hit of the somewhat patchy DC Comics’ movie universe. Now she’s back, though, there’s lot to live up to.

Chris Pine is somehow back too, along with Gadot’s fellow Amazons Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen, while Kristen Wiig brings a darkly comedic touch to Wonder Woman’s arch enemy Cheetah.

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5: Free Guy

Stars: Ryan Reynolds Jodie Comer Taika Waititi

Expected release date: July 3

Few men seem to enjoy their work as much as Ryan Reynolds does, and he’s having a ball here as a video game character who realises what he is, and starts fighting back.

The script may be a mash-up of The Matrix, Wreck It Ralph and the Lego Movie but Reynolds’s tongue-in-cheek charisma should help propel this collection of Grand Theft Auto in-jokes into the upper reaches of the Summer box-office chart.

Expect ultra-violence, laughs, and a few in-jokes for the gamers

4: The Gentlemen

Stars: Matthew McConaughey Charlie Hunnam Henry Golding Michelle Dockery Jeremy Strong Eddie Marsan Colin Farrell Hugh Grant

Expected release date: 1 January

Guy Ritchie returning to what he does best with a star-studded crime caper involving big-league cannabis smugglers, bribery, blackmail, double-crosses and punch-ups.

Expect everyone who liked Lock Stock and Snatch to be quoting lines from this every Friday night in the boozer.

3: Death On The Nile

Stars: Kenneth Branagh Tom Bateman Annette Bening Russell Brand Gal Gadot Armie Hammer Rose Leslie Sophie Okonedo Dawn French Jennifer Saunders Letitia Wright

Expected release date: October 9

A classic all-star whodunit that sees Branagh popping Hercule Poirot’s ridiculous moustache back on to solve another murder in another picturesque location.

One for the mums and dads, it’s a sequel to the hugely successful Murder on the Orient Express.

Expect shocking revelations and lovely scenery.

2: Black Widow

Stars: Scarlett Johansson David Harbour Rachel Weisz

Expected release date: May 1

Scarlett Johannson’s super spy Natasha Romanoff has already died in the Marvel movie universe, but this one last outing for the Black Widow takes us back into the fan-favourite character’s past to learn a little more about her – and watch her kick all kinds of butt along the way.

It’s set in the period between Captain America Civil War and Avengers Infinity War, and sees her facing off against super villain Taskmaster as well as some of her former colleagues in the KGB’s ‘Red Room.’

Expect: Marvel.

1: No Time to Die

Stars: Daniel Craig Rami Malek Léa Seydoux Lashana Lynch Ben Whishaw Naomie Harris Ana de Armas Jeffrey Wright Christoph Waltz Ralph Fiennes

Expected release date: April 2

The big one. With Daniel Craig expected to bow out as the British Secret Service’s deadliest agent you can expect a huge spectacle, callbacks to older Bond flicks and maybe…just maybe… the first glimpses of the next generation of 007.

Will Rami Malek’s character Safin be revealed original Bond villain Dr. No? We aren’t sure.

Will there be a high-speed car chase involving a beautiful old Aston Martin? You can bet your entire stack of casino chips on it.

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