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Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021

03 December 2021

The Souvenir Part II - Joanna Hogg

Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021, a poll of more than 100 critics and contributors, published by Sight & Sound Magazine

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  1. The Souvenir Part II
    Joanna Hogg
  2. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
  3. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  4. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  5. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  6. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  7. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
    Aleksandre Koberidze
  8. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  9. Annette
    Leos Carax
  10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  11. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  12. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  13. The Velvet Underground
    Todd Haynes
  14. Dune
    Denis Villeneuve
  15. Spencer
    Pablo Larraín
  16. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
  17. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  18. Censor
    Prano Bailey-Bond
  19. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  20. Il Buco
    Michelangelo Frammartino
  21. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
  22. Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  23. The French Dispatch
    Wes Anderson
  24. Azor
    Andreas Fontana
  25. Zola
    Janicza Bravo
  26. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
    Radu Jude
  27. Benedetta
    Paul Verhoeven
  28. The Father
    Florian Zeller
  29. Pig
    Michael Sarnoski
  30. Hit the Road
    Panah Panahi
  31. Ear for Eye
    debbie tucker green
  32. Benediction
    Terence Davies
  33. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
  34. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  35. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
  36. Judas and the Black Messiah
    Shaka King
  37. Red Rocket
    Sean Baker
  38. Compartment No. 6
    Juho Kuosmanen
  39. Beginning
    Déa Kulumbegashvili
  40. Playground
    Laura Wandel
  41. The Tsugua Diaries
    Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
  42. Shiva Baby
    Emma Seligman
  43. Undine
    Christian Petzold
  44. Belle
    Mamoru Hosoda
  45. Limbo
    Ben Sharrock
  46. Friends and Strangers
    James Vaughan
  47. The Hand of God
    Paolo Sorrentino
  48. After Love
    Aleem Khan
  49. Cry Macho
    Clint Eastwood
  50. Quo Vadis, Aida?
    Jasmila Žbanić

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