Year-End Lists

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Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

RogerEbert.com: Tomris Laffly Top Ten Films of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

RogerEbert.com: Susan Wloszczyna Top Ten Films of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley Top Ten Films of 2021

The Green Knight - David Lowery

RogerEbert.com: Roxana Hadadi Top Ten Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com The Ten Best Films of 2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

RogerEbert.com: Odie Henderson Top Ten Films of 2021

The Card Counter - Paul Schrader

RogerEbert.com: Nell Minow Top Ten Films of 2021

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

RogerEbert.com: Monica Castillo Top Ten Films of 2021

The Velvet Underground - Todd Haynes

RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz Top Ten Films of 2021

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time - Lili Horvát

RogerEbert.com: Marya E. Gates Top Ten Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

RogerEbert.com: Kristy Puchko Top Ten Films of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

RogerEbert.com: Christy Lemire Top Ten Films of 2021

West Side Story - Steven Spielberg

RogerEbert.com: Abby Olcese Top Ten Films of 2021

Faya Dayi - Jessica Beshir

Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién The Best Movies of 2021

Annette - Leos Carax

Vulture: Bilge Ebiri The Best Movies of 2021

The Lost Daughter - Maggie Gyllenhaal

Vulture: Alison Willmore The Best Movies of 2021

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Time Out London The 20 Best Films of 2021

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

IndieWire Poll Best Films of 2021

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hyperallergic Our Top 10 Films of 2021

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

The Skinny Films of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Slant The 50 Best Films of 2021

A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips Top 10 Best Movies of 2021

Parallel Mothers - Pedro Almodóvar

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday Best Movies of 2021

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Ringer: Adam Nayman The Best Movies of 2021

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