Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2021 Movies

Les Inrocks: 20 Essential Films of 2021

01 December 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Les Inrockuptibles: 20 Essential Films of 2021

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  2. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  3. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  4. Annette
    Leos Carax
  5. France
    Bruno Dumont
  6. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  7. Anaïs in Love
    Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
  8. No Time to Die
    Cary Joji Fukunaga
  9. Guermantes
    Christophe Honoré
  10. Aline
    Valérie Lemercier
  11. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
    Arthur Harari
  12. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  13. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar
  14. All Hands on Deck
    Guillaume Brac
  15. The Tsugua Diaries
    Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
  16. Old
    M. Night Shyamalan
  17. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
  18. Benedetta
    Paul Verhoeven
  19. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  20. Ahed's Knee
    Nadav Lapid

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