Cinema in the 2020s

Death of actor Kirk Douglas.

Wins Academy Awards recognition for the film 1917 though not Best Picture

Parasite wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Directs Undine.

Death of film composer Ennio Morricone.

Death of actor Chadwick Boseman.

Death of actor Sean Connery.

Stars as Cassie Thomas in Promising Young Woman and receives an Academy Award nomination.

Plays Anne opposite Anthony Hopkins in the drama The Father.

Directs I'm Your Man.

Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Judas and the Black Messiah.

Wins Best Actress for Nomadland and shares its Best Picture award as a producer.

Writes and directs Belfast, a semi-autobiographical drama inspired by his childhood in Northern Ireland.

Directs and stars in Cry Macho, a late-career western road drama.

Portrays Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

Portrays televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Plays Sir Gawain in the fantasy film The Green Knight.

Stars as Leda Caruso in The Lost Daughter and receives another Academy Award nomination.

Directs the German film adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Wins the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast.

Wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Receives an Academy Honorary Award recognizing his long and influential screen career.

Writes and directs Babylon, an ensemble drama about Hollywood during the transition to sound cinema.

Stars as ranch owner OJ Haywood in Jordan Peele's science-fiction horror film Nope.

Writes and directs Nope, a science-fiction horror film centred on mysterious events above a California ranch.

Produces and co-writes the stop-motion feature Wendell & Wild.

Co-writes and directs Barbie, combining a studio comedy with themes of identity and gender expectations.

Portrays actress Felicia Montealegre Bernstein in the biographical drama Maestro.

Plays Katherine Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's historical drama Oppenheimer.

Writes and directs Priscilla, adapting Priscilla Presley's memoir about her relationship with Elvis Presley.

Stars as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in Conclave, a drama centred on the election of a new pope.

Directs Juror Number Two, a courtroom drama released in the 2020s.:wq

Makes his feature directing debut with Monkey Man while also starring as the film's central character.

Directs Mufasa: The Lion King, expanding the story world of Disney's photorealistic Lion King films.

Receives major awards attention for portraying Bob Dylan.

Wins Best Actor for The Brutalist.

Wins Best Actress for Anora.

Anora wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.