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2021 Movies

David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2021

10 January 2022

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

This year’s installment of David Ehrlich’s video countdown: The 25 Best Films of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  2. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  3. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  4. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  5. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  6. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
  7. Pig
    Michael Sarnoski
  8. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  9. Saint Maud
    Rose Glass
  10. Red Rocket
    Sean Baker
  11. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  12. In the Heights
    Jon M. Chu
  13. The World to Come
    Mona Fastvold
  14. Procession
    Robert Greene
  15. The Matrix Resurrections
    Lana Wachowski
  16. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  17. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  18. All Light, Everywhere
    Theo Anthony
  19. Undine
    Christian Petzold
  20. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  21. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  22. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  23. The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Joel Coen
  24. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
  25. Zola
    Janicza Bravo

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