Year-End Lists

Matt Zoller Seitz: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. The Velvet Underground
   Todd Haynes
2. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
3. Procession
   Robert Greene
4. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
5. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
6. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
7. Titane
   Julia Ducournau
8. The Harder They Fall
   Jeymes Samuel
9. The Last Duel
   Ridley Scott
10. Holler
    Nicole Riegel

Runners-Up

• 17 Blocks
  Davy Rothbart
• Annette
  Leos Carax
• Azor
  Andreas Fontana
• A Cop Movie
  Alonso Ruizpalacios
• Film About a Father Who
  Lynne Sachs
• Godzilla vs. Kong
  Adam Wingard
• The Humans
  Stephen Karam
• Mass
  Fran Kranz
• M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
  Robin Lutz
• The Night
  Kourosh Ahari
• Pig
  Michael Sarnoski
• Riders of Justice
  Anders Thomas Jensen
• Wild Indian
  Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.
• Wrath of Man
  Guy Ritchie
• Zack Snyder's Justice League
  Zack Snyder
• Zola
  Janicza Bravo

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Odie Henderson: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
2. Summertime
   Carlos López Estrada
3. In the Heights
   Jon M. Chu
4. The Harder They Fall
   Jeymes Samuel
5. Procession
   Robert Greene
6. Passing
   Rebecca Hall
7. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
8. Flee
   Jonas Poher Rasmussen
9. Parallel Mothers
   Pedro Almodóvar
10. MLK/FBI
    Sam Pollard

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Roxana Hadadi: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2020 • 2010s • 2019]

1. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
2. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
3. A Hero
   Asghar Farhadi
4. Parallel Mothers
   Pedro Almodóvar
5. Petite Maman
   Céline Sciamma
6. The Lost Daughter
   Maggie Gyllenhaal
7. Bergman Island
   Mia Hansen-Løve
8. 7 Prisoners
   Alexandre Moratto
9. Sun Children
   Majid Majidi
10. The Last Duel
    Ridley Scott

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Monica Castillo: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2020 • 2019]

1. The Worst Person in the World
   Joachim Trier
2. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
3. The Souvenir Part II
   Joanna Hogg
4. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
6. C'mon C'mon
   Mike Mills
7. Identifying Features
   Fernanda Valadez
8. Procession
   Robert Greene
9. The Inheritance
   Ephraim Asili
10. Shiva Baby
    Emma Seligman

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Christy Lemire: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
3. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
4. Spencer
   Pablo Larraín
5. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
6. Titane
   Julia Ducournau
7. Bo Burnham: Inside
   Bo Burnham
8. Pig
   Michael Sarnoski
9. Riders of Justice
   Anders Thomas Jensen
10. Saint Maud
    Rose Glass

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Susan Wloszczyna: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2016]

1. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. tick, tick... BOOM!
   Lin-Manuel Miranda
3. West Side Story
   Steven Spielberg
4. CODA
   Sian Heder
5. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
6. The Sparks Brothers
   Edgar Wright
7. Mass
   Fran Kranz
8. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
9. The Humans
   Stephen Karam
10. Passing
    Rebecca Hall

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Kristy Puchko: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2019]

1. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
2. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
   Josh Greenbaum
3. Titane
   Julia Ducournau
4. West Side Story
   Steven Spielberg
5. Swan Song
   Todd Stephens
6. The Last Duel
   Ridley Scott
7. Shiva Baby
   Emma Seligman
8. Fear Street Part One: 1994
   Leigh Janiak
8. Fear Street Part Two: 1978
   Leigh Janiak
8. Fear Street Part Three: 1666
   Leigh Janiak
9. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
10. I'm Your Man
    Maria Schrader

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Abby Olcese: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. West Side Story
   Steven Spielberg
2. Petite Maman
   Céline Sciamma
3. The Tragedy of Macbeth
   Joel Coen
4. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
5. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
   Josh Greenbaum
6. F9: The Fast Saga
   Justin Lin
7. Pig
   Michael Sarnoski
8. The Worst Person in the World
   Joachim Trier
9. Procession
   Robert Greene
10. Candyman
    Nia DaCosta

Honorable mentions

• Raya and the Last Dragon
  Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
• The Lost Daughter
  Maggie Gyllenhaal
• The Sparks Brothers
  Edgar Wright
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  Mike Rianda
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Questlove
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  Michael Showalter
• Shiva Baby
  Emma Seligman
• Nightmare Alley
  Guillermo del Toro
• The Last Duel
  Ridley Scott

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Tomris Laffly: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2022 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
2. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
3. The Lost Daughter
   Maggie Gyllenhaal
4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
5. Judas and the Black Messiah
   Shaka King
6. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Stray
   Elizabeth Lo
8. Bergman Island
   Mia Hansen-Løve
9. Red Rocket
   Sean Baker
10. Nightmare Alley
    Guillermo del Toro

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• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021

Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2021, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019 • 2016]

• Belfast
  Kenneth Branagh
• The Card Counter
  Paul Schrader
• Cyrano
  Joe Wright
• C'mon C'mon
  Mike Mills
• Don't Look Up
  Adam McKay
• Nine Days
  Edson Oda
• The Outside Story
  Casimir Nozkowski
• Passing
  Rebecca Hall
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Questlove
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
  Joel Coen

More of the best of the year

• King Richard
  Reinaldo Marcus Green
• West Side Story
  Steven Spielberg
• Raya and the Last Dragon
  Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
• Encanto
  Jared Bush and Byron Howard
• CODA
  Sian Heder
• The Green Knight
  David Lowery
• Jockey
  Clint Bentley
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  Mike Rianda
• Mass
  Fran Kranz
• Come from Away
  Christopher Ashley
• Count Me In
  Mark Lo
• The Tender Bar
  George Clooney

This list contributes to:

• RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021