10 Surprisingly Awesome 2020 Movies You Probably Missed

While many mid-budget genre films had their theatrical releases axed in 2020 because they simply weren't very good, that absolutely wasn't the case with Love and Monsters.

A rare original sci-fi-adventure movie that isn't in any way adapted from existing material, Michael Matthews' charming genre-bender melds the rom-com with the monster movie with uncommonly entertaining results.

Dylan O'Brien stars as Joel Dawson, a young man desperately attempting to navigate the post-apocalyptic, monster-populated surface of the Earth to reunite with his estranged girlfriend, Aimee (Jessica Henwick).

There's a lot to be said for a film that knows its limitations and delivers the goods, and Love and Monsters is absolutely that.

Thanks to O'Brien's likeable lead, a wealth of witty dialogue, and some modestly staged action sequences, it's a film that gets to be many things at once - even romantic, too.

The world-building is sufficient that a sequel sure would be nice, though with the tough-to-calculate success of direct-to-VOD releases, it's difficult to say whether or not that's a likely prospect.