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Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

by Jia Zhang-ke

Appears on eight lists

#3 Best Films of 2021: Chris Shields: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2021: Courtney Duckworth: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2021: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#18 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
#19 Best Films of 2021: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#52 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate Runner-up

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Favorite Metal Albums of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant

Trending Works

Station Eleven
No Pablo Larraín
Mythic Quest
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Only Murders in the Building
All Are Saved Fred Thomas
You’re Not You Anymore Counterparts
Rain Cynthia Barnett
For All Mankind
Reservation Dogs
Louie Louis C.K.
Throw Me to the Wolves Patrick McGuinness
Love Is Colder Than Death Romance
The Great

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