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2021 Movies

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Ten Best Films of 2021

29 October 2021

First Cow - Kelly Reichardt

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Ten Best Films of 2021, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll, "An incomplete list of nine titles for an incomplete, pandemic year that cries out for updates and afterthoughts."

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. First Cow
    Kelly Reichardt
  2. Her Socialist Smile
    John Gianvito
  3. Tiong Bahru Social Club
    Tan Bee Thiam
  4. Martin und Hans
    Mark Rappaport
  5. John Farrow Hollywood's Man in the Shadows
    Claude Gonzalez & Frans Vanderburg
  6. While We Are Here
    Clarissa Campolina and Luiz Pretti
  7. Letters from the Ends of the World
    a dozen of the first graduates of Béla Tarr’s FilmFactory
  8. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  9. Cry Macho
    Clint Eastwood

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