In the time since 2020 began and now, there have been a lot of movies which have come out that deserve Oscar nominations...these are their names:

ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
Directors: Liz Garbus & Lisa Cortés

Best Documentary Feature

THE ASSISTANT
Director: Kitty Green

Best Actress (Julia Garner)

AVIVA
Director: Boaz Yakin

Best Cinematography

BABYTEETH
Director: Shannon Murphy

Best Actress (Eliza Scanlen)
Best Supporting Actress (Essie Davis)
Best Adapted Screenplay

BAD BOYS FOR LIFE
Directors: Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah

Best Sound

BIRDS OF PREY
Director: Cathy Yan

Best Costume Design
Best Makeup & Hairstyling

BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
Directors: Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross

Best Documentary Feature

THE BOYS IN THE BAND
Director: Joe Mantello

Best Supporting Actor (Robin de Jesus)

BOYS STATE
Directors: Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine

Best Documentary Feature

BUFFALOED
Director: Tanya Wexler

Best Actress (Zoey Deutch)
Best Editing

THE CALL OF THE WILD
Director: Chris Sanders

Best Visual Effects

CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION
Directors: Nicole Newnham & Jim LeBrecht

Best Documentary Feature

DA 5 BLOODS
Director: Spike Lee

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor (Delroy Lindo)
Best Supporting Actor (Jonathan Majors)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Sound

DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
Director: Kirsten Johnson

Best Documentary Feature

DRIVEWAYS
Director: Andrew Ahn

Best Supporting Actor (Brian Dennehy)

EMMA.
Director: Autumn de Wilde

Best Supporting Actress (Miranda Hart)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design

ENOLA HOLMES
Director: Harry Bradbeer

Best Costume Design

FEELS GOOD MAN
Director: Arthur Jones

Best Documentary Feature

THE FIGHT
Directors: Eli Despres, Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg

Best Documentary Feature

FIRST COW
Director: KellyReichardt

Best Adapted Screenplay

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
Director: Radha Blank

Best Original Screenplay

THE GENTLEMEN
Director: Guy Ritchie

Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Grant)

THE GLORIAS
Director: Julie Taymor

Best Costume Design

GREYHOUND
Director: Aaron Schneider

Best Sound
Best Visual Effects

THE HIGH NOTE
Director: Nisha Ganatra

Best Supporting Actress (Tracee Ellis Ross)
Best Original Song

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Director: Charlie Kaufman

Best Actress (Jessie Buckley)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography

THE INVISIBLE MAN
Director: Leigh Whannell

Best Actress
Best Sound

THE LODGE
Directors: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala

Best Cinematography
Best Sound

MISS AMERICANA
Director: Lana Wilson

Best Documentary Feature
Best Original Song

MISS JUNETEENTH
Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples

Best Actress (Nicole Beharie)

THE MOLE AGENT
Director: Maite Alberdi

Best Documentary Feature

MULAN
Director: Nikki Caro

Best Costume Design
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Best Production Design

THE NEST
Director: Sean Durkin

Best Actress (Carrie Coon)
Best Actor (Jude Law)
Best Costume Design

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Director: Eliza Hittman

Best Actress (Sidney Flanigan)
Best Original Screenplay

ONWARD
Director: Dan Scanlon

Best Animated Feature

THE OUTPOST
Director: Rod Laurie

Best Supporting Actor (Caleb Landry Jones)
Best Sound

PALM SPRINGS
Director: Matt Barbakow

Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Director: Armando Iannucci

Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design

REWIND
Director: Sasha Joseph Neulinger

Best Documentary Feature

SHIRLEY
Director: Josephine Decker

Best Supporting Actress (Elisabeth Moss)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing

SUMMERLAND
Director: Jessica Swale

Best Original Screenplay
Best Costume Design

SWALLOW
Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis

Best Cinematography

TENET
Director: Christopher Nolan

Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects

TIME
Director: Garrett Bradley

Best Documentary Feature

TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
Director: Alex Gibney

Best Documentary Feature

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Director: Aaron Sorkin

Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor (Saca Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Frank Langella & Mark Rylance)
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing

THE VAST OF NIGHT
Director: Andrew Patterson

Best Cinematography
Best Sound

THE WAY BACK
Director: Gavin O’Connor

Best Actor (Ben Affleck)

THE WAY I SEE IT
Director: Dawn Porter

Best Documentary Feature

WENDY
Director: Benh Zeitlin

Best Original Score

THE WILLOUGHBYS
Director: Kris Pearn

Best Animated Feature
Best Original Song

This list is by no means complete & everyone’s opinion will vary. But the point is there are many worthy films of awards consideration which got released all throughout the year. My hope is that AMPAS voters will seek them out and not nominate the same films over and over.