Year-End Lists

Adrian Curry: Best Films of 2021, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Beginning
   Déa Kulumbegashvili
2. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
3. Lamb
   Valdimar Jóhannsson
4. Malmkrog
   Cristi Puiu
5. The Card Counter
   Paul Schrader
6. About Endlessness
   Roy Andersson
7. The Velvet Underground
   Todd Haynes
8. Annette
   Leos Carax
9. There Is No Evil
   Mohammad Rasoulof
10. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
11. The Rescue
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
12. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
13. Judas and the Black Messiah
    Shaka King
14. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
15. Identifying Features
    Fernanda Valadez
16. Wojnarowicz
    Chris McKim
17. Undine
    Christian Petzold
18. Acasa, My Home
    Radu Ciorniciuc
19. The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
    Bill Morrison
20. Stillwater
    Tom McCarthy