Year-End Lists

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2021 Movies

Observer: Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2021

28 December 2021

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2021, as published by The Observer

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

  1. Petite Maman
    Céline Sciamma
  2. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Questlove
  3. The Green Knight
    David Lowery
  4. Another Round
    Thomas Vinterberg
  5. Titane
    Julia Ducournau
  6. Censor
    Prano Bailey-Bond
  7. Sound of Metal
    Darius Marder
  8. After Love
    Aleem Khan
  9. Spencer
    Pablo Larraín
  10. Quo Vadis, Aida?
    Jasmila Žbanić

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