Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2021
  2. A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi: The Best Films of 2021
  3. Hyperallergic: Our Top 10 Films of 2021
  4. La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2021
  5. A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2021
  6. Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2021
  7. RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Top Ten Films of 2021
  8. Artforum: J Hoberman: Best Films of 2021
  9. Screen Slate: Best Movies of 2021
  10. Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2021
  11. Caitlin Quinlan: Best Films of 2021
  12. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2021
  13. Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2021
  14. RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2021
  15. Paste: The 50 Best Movies of 2021
  16. The Skinny: Films of 2022
  17. Artforum: Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2021
  18. Darren Hughes: Favorite Theatrical/VOD Releases of 2021
  19. Slant: The 50 Best Films of 2021
  20. Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021
  21. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2021
  22. Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: The Best Movies of 2021
  23. The Reveal: Scott Tobias: The Best Films of 2021
  24. David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2021
  25. IndieWire Poll: Best Films of 2021
  26. Screen Slate: Chloe Lizotte: Best Movies of 2021
  27. World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 10 Best Movies of 2021
  28. A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2021
  29. Michael J. Anderson: Ten Best Films of 2021
  30. IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2021
  31. New York Times: A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2021
  32. Susannah Gruder: Best Films of 2021
  33. Film Comment Poll: Florence Almozini: Best Films of 2021
  34. A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco: The Best Films of 2021
  35. A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2021
  36. The Independent: Clarisse Loughrey: The Best Films of 2022
  37. Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2021
  38. Rolling Stone: K. Austin Collins: Top 25 Movies of 2021
  39. Esquire: Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2021
  40. Les Inrocks: 20 Essential Films of 2021
  41. The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2021
  42. Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2022
  43. Robert Daniels: Top 50 Films of 2021