Year-End Lists

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2021 Movies

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

15 December 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021, as chosen by the site's regular critical staff

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

  1. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  2. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  3. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  5. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  6. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
    Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
  7. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  8. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  9. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
  10. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar

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