Year-End Lists

Keith Phipps: The Best Films of 2021, as posted at The Reveal where it appears alongside fun selections like "Reason for Hope," "Reason for Despair," "Most Annoying Discourse," and "Most Anticipated Film of 2022"

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

The Top 15

1. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
2. Pig
   Michael Sarnoski
3. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
4. West Side Story
   Steven Spielberg
5. Parallel Mothers
   Pedro Almodóvar
6. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. A Hero
   Asghar Farhadi
8. Bergman Island
   Mia Hansen-Løve
9. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
10. Passing
    Rebecca Hall
11. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
12. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
13. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
14. Dune
    Denis Villeneuve
15. The Disciple
    Chaitanya Tamhane

Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)

• Annette
  Leos Carax
• Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
  Josh Greenbaum
• Benedetta
  Paul Verhoeven
• The Card Counter
  Paul Schrader
• C'mon C'mon
  Mike Mills
• The French Dispatch
  Wes Anderson
• Lamb
  Valdimar Jóhannsson
• The Last Duel
  Ridley Scott
• Last Night in Soho
  Edgar Wright
• Malignant
  James Wan
• Nightmare Alley
  Guillermo del Toro
• Red Rocket
  Sean Baker
• Saint Maud
  Rose Glass
• Shiva Baby
  Emma Seligman
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Questlove
• The Velvet Underground
  Todd Haynes

Lest We Forget

• Judas and the Black Messiah
  Shaka King
• The Father
  Florian Zeller