Year-End Lists

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Best Movies of 2021 New York Times: Manohla Dargis

Best Movies of 2021 New York Times: A.O. Scott

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Vadim Rizov

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland

21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021 Vanity Fair: Cassie da Costa

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll

The Best Movies of 2021 New Yorker: Richard Brody

The 25 Best Movies of 2021 IndieWire

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

Top 10 Films of 2021 Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel

Top 6 Films of 2021 Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet

Top 10 Films of 2021 Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett

20 Essential Films of 2021 Les Inrocks

Best Films of 2021 Artforum: Cassie da Costa

Best Films of 2021 Artforum: James Quandt

Best Films of 2021 Artforum: J Hoberman

Best Films of 2021 Artforum: Amy Taubin

Best Films of 2021 Artforum: John Waters

Best Movies of 2021 Decider

The Best Films of 2021 Economist

Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma

Ten Best Films of 2021 Jonathan Rosenbaum

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