Year-End Lists

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2021 Movies

Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2021

15 December 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2021, as published by The Hollywood Reporter

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

  1. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  2. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  3. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  4. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  5. CODA
    Sian Heder
  6. Spencer
    Pablo Larraín
  7. Annette
    Leos Carax
  8. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  9. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  10. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove

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