Year-End Lists

David Fear: 20 Best Movies of 2021, as published by Rolling Stone

[see also The 20 Best Movies of 2025 • 20 Best Movies of 2024 • The 20 Best Movies of 2023 • 22 Best Movies of 2022 • The 20 Best Movies of 2020 • Top Ten Films of 2019 • Top 20 Movies of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • 22 Best Documentaries of 2017 • Best Films of 2016 • Best Films of 2015 • 10 Best Movies of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

1. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
2. The Human Voice
   Pedro Almodóvar
3. Beginning
   Déa Kulumbegashvili
4. The Viewing Booth
   Ra’anan Alexandrowicz
5. The Souvenir Part II
   Joanna Hogg
6. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
   Radu Jude
7. Shiva Baby
   Emma Seligman
8. The Velvet Underground
   Todd Haynes
9. Quo Vadis, Aida?
   Jasmila Žbanić
10. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
12. Saint Maud
    Rose Glass
13. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
14. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
15. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
16. The Disciple
    Chaitanya Tamhane
17. Nightmare Alley
    Guillermo del Toro
18. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
    Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
19. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
    Mike Rianda
20. Dune
    Denis Villeneuve