Year-End Lists

The Power of the Dog

• #1 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Jourdain Searles: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Passerby
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Christina Newland: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #1 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
• #1 The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• #1 10 Best Movies of 2021: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
• #1 The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal The Top 15
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #1 The Best Films of 2021: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #1 The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #1 The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
• #1 Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Josh Larsen
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Jeff Reichert: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Christina Newland: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Charles Gant: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Wendy Mitchell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Anna Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Robert Daniels: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #2 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Entertainment Weekly
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Movies of 2021: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #2 The 10 Best Films of 2021: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• #2 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #2 Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
• #2 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #2 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Roxana Hadadi: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Michael Hayden: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Ella Kemp: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #3 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Morgan: CBS News
• #3 The Best Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #3 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• #3 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Clara Bradbury-Rance: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2021: Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2021: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Sims: Atlantic
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Reverse Shot
• #4 The Best Movies Of 2021: Uproxx
• #4 The 20 Best Films of 2021: Time Out London
• #4 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
• #4 Ten Best Films of 2021: Michael J. Anderson
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Films of the Year 2021: Wendy Ide: Screen Top ten
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Leo Goldsmith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Michael Blyth: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: James Mottram: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2021: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
• #5 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Brian Truitt: USA Today
• #5 The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2021: Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Best Movies of 2021: Decider
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: David Thompson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• #6 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Charlotte Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Kyle Turner: RogerEbert.com
• #7 The Best Films of 2021: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2021: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 The Best Films of 2021: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Jana Monji: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #9 The Best Movies of 2021: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• #9 Best Movies of 2021: Screen Slate
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Ross McDonnell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 The Best Movies of 2021: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• #10 The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Robin Baker: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Films of 2021: The Skinny
• #12 The Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: A.V. Club
• #12 The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal The Top 15
• #13 20 Best Movies of 2021: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #13 Best Films of 2021: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2021: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• #17 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2021: Andréa Picard: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 Best Films of 2021: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #21 Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
• #29 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya
• #51 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

• Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• Best Films of 2021: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2021 Faves: Girish Shambu
• Best Films of 2021: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Best Films of 2021: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Movies of 2021: Barack Obama
• The Best Films of 2021: Economist
• Best Films of 2021: Ela Bittencourt: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Movies of 2021: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll Menciones honrosas
• Best Films of 2021: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Violet Lucca: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Tyler Wilson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope Special mentions
• The Best Movies of 2021: Polygon
• Top 10 Best Movies of 2021: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Runners-up, best of 2021
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Ross Bonaime: Collider Runners-Up, in alphabetical order
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Tasha Robinson: The Next Picture Show Honorable mention
• Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2021: Jake Coyle: AP Also
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2021: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Honorable mention
• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline honorable mentions, in no particular order
• The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr Alphabetical order from here
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny Honorable Films