Editing 2020s (section)

===Film===
{{main|2020s in film}}
[[File:Avatar The Way of Water Tokyo Press Conference Jon Landau, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver & Stephen Lang (52562966421).jpg|thumb|The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]''.<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=1630029 |title=Avatar: The Way of Water |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref>]]

The [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema|COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted film releases]] especially early in the decade, resulting in a drastic drop in box office revenue as well as many films postponing their release or shifting it to a [[Streaming media|streaming service]]s. ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' is the highest-grossing film of the decade so far, and currently the [[List of highest-grossing films|third-highest-grossing film of all time]]. Other financially successful films at the box office include ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]'', ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'' and its sequel ''[[Dune: Part Two]]'', and ''[[Wicked (2024 film)|Wicked]]''. Superhero films mostly continued to do well financially, such as most successes from the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], continuing with its "[[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films#The Multiverse Saga|Multiverse Saga]]" (accompanied with a [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series#Marvel Studios series|series of shows and specials created exclusively on Disney+]] which interconnect with the films). 

In 2023, the films ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' and ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' were both released on the same day, which led to the creation of the double feature phenomenon known as "[[Barbenheimer]]". Both films became critically and commercially successful.

Critically successful films nominated for awards include ''[[Nomadland]]'', ''[[CODA (2021 film)|CODA]]'', ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'', ''[[Hundreds of Beavers]]'', ''[[Licorice Pizza]]'', ''[[The Fabelmans]]'', ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'', ''[[Past Lives (film)|Past Lives]]'', ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]'', ''[[Belfast (film)|Belfast]]'', ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]'', ''[[Poor Things (film)|Poor Things]]'', ''[[Anora]]'', ''[[The Substance]]'', ''[[RRR]]'', ''[[The Brutalist]]'', ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'', ''[[A Complete Unknown]]'' and ''[[Anatomy of a Fall]]''.

Critically successful animated films include ''[[Wolfwalkers]]'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem]]'', ''[[The Sea Beast (2022 film)|The Sea Beast]]'', ''[[Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film)|Marcel the Shell with Shoes On]]'', ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Nimona (film)|Nimona]]'', ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'', ''[[Robot Dreams (film)|Robot Dreams]]'', ''[[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film)|The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]]'', ''[[Encanto]]'', ''[[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'', ''[[Memoir of a Snail]]'', ''[[Flow (2024 film)|Flow]]'', ''[[Flee (film)|Flee]]'', ''[[Once Upon a Studio]]'' (which was made to celebrate Disney's 100th anniversary), ''[[Ne Zha 2]]'', ''[[Chicken for Linda!]]'', ''[[The Mitchells vs. The Machines]]'', ''[[The Boy and the Heron]]'' and ''[[The Wild Robot]]''.

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