Year-End Lists

The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2021

1. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
3. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
4. Titane
   Julia Ducournau
5. Dune
   Denis Villeneuve
6. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
7. Pig
   Michael Sarnoski
8. Spencer
   Pablo Larraín
9. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
   Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
10. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
11. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar
12. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
13. Shiva Baby
    Emma Seligman
14. Annette
    Leos Carax
15. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
16. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
17. Flee
    Jonas Poher Rasmussen
18. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
    Mike Rianda
19. Limbo
    Ben Sharrock
20. tick, tick... BOOM!
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
21. A Hero
    Asghar Farhadi
22. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
23. The Lost Daughter
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
24. Memoria
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
25. Nightmare Alley
    Guillermo del Toro