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

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

09 December 2021

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Michael Phillips: Top 10 Best Movies of 2021, as published by The Chicago Tribune

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

  1. A Night of Knowing Nothing
    Payal Kapadia
  2. The Underground Railroad
    Barry Jenkins
  3. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  4. Passing
    Rebecca Hall
  5. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  6. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  7. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  8. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  9. It's a Sin
  10. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  11. The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Joel Coen

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