Year-End Lists

K.F. Watanabe: Best Films of 2021, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Labyrinth of Cinema
   Nobuhiko Obayashi
2. Benedetta
   Paul Verhoeven
3. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
4. Memoria
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
5. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
   Radu Jude
6. Dune
   Denis Villeneuve
7. Wife of a Spy
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
8. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
9. The Beatles: Get Back
   Peter Jackson
10. The Real Thing
    Kôji Fukada
11. Procession
    Robert Greene
12. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
13. Annette
    Leos Carax
14. Bad Trip
    Kitao Sakurai
15. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
    various directors