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2021 Movies

Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 21 Best Movies of 2021

15 December 2021

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Alissa Wilkinson: The 21 Best Movies of 2021, as published by Vox

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

  1. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  2. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  3. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  4. Procession
    Robert Greene
  5. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  6. The Viewing Booth
    Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
  7. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  8. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  9. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  10. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  11. Saint Maud
    Rose Glass
  12. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  13. Dune
    Denis Villeneuve
  14. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  15. Pig
    Michael Sarnoski
  16. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  17. Listening to Kenny G
    Penny Lane
  18. Passing
    Rebecca Hall
  19. No Sudden Move
    Steven Soderbergh
  20. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
  21. Mass
    Fran Kranz

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