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2021 Movies

IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2021

02 December 2021

IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2021

[see also 2020 • 2010s • 2015]

  1. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  2. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  4. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  5. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  6. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  7. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  8. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
  9. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  10. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar
  11. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  12. Passing
    Rebecca Hall
  13. CODA
    Sian Heder
  14. Red Rocket
    Sean Baker
  15. Procession
    Robert Greene
  16. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  17. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  18. Pig
    Michael Sarnoski
  19. Zola
    Janicza Bravo
  20. There Is No Evil
    Mohammad Rasoulof
  21. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  22. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  23. Spencer
    Pablo Larraín
  24. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
    Radu Jude
  25. Test Pattern
    Shatara Michelle Ford

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