Year-End Lists

Tasha Robinson: Top Ten Films of 2021, as discussed on The Next Picture Show

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1. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
2. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
3. Encanto
   Jared Bush and Byron Howard
4. Nine Days
   Edson Oda
5. Quo Vadis, Aida?
   Jasmila Žbanić
6. Judas and the Black Messiah
   Shaka King
7. Pig
   Michael Sarnoski
8. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
9. tick, tick... BOOM!
   Lin-Manuel Miranda
10. Annette
    Leos Carax

Honorable Mentions

• West Side Story
  Steven Spielberg
• The Power of the Dog
  Jane Campion
• June
  Vaibhav Khisti and Suhrud Godbole
• Zola
  Janicza Bravo
• In the Heights
  Jon M. Chu
• Mass
  Fran Kranz
• Bo Burnham: Inside
  Bo Burnham
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
  Joel Coen
• Lamb
  Valdimar Jóhannsson
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
  Marilyn Agrelo

This list contributes to:

• Our 2021 Top 10s The Next Picture Show