Year-End Lists

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2021 Movies

Time Out London: The 20 Best Films of 2021

14 December 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Time Out London: The 20 Best Films of 2021

[see also 2018 • 2016 • 2015]

  1. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Nomadland
    Chloé Zhao
  3. The Father
    Florian Zeller
  4. The Power of the Dog
    Jane Campion
  5. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  6. Quo Vadis, Aida?
    Jasmila Žbanić
  7. Dune
    Denis Villeneuve
  8. Spencer
    Pablo Larraín
  9. No Time to Die
    Cary Joji Fukunaga
  10. West Side Story
    Steven Spielberg
  11. Minari
    Lee Isaac Chung
  12. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
  13. The Velvet Underground
    Todd Haynes
  14. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  15. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
    Mike Rianda
  16. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
  17. Pig
    Michael Sarnoski
  18. Passing
    Rebecca Hall
  19. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  20. In the Heights
    Jon M. Chu

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