Year-End Lists

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2021
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A Night of Knowing Nothing - Payal Kapadia

Top 10 Best Movies of 2021 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

CODA - Sian Heder

Best Movies of 2021 Washington Post: Ann Hornaday

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Adam Nayman

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Movies of 2021 The Ringer: Sean Fennessey

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The 25 Best Films Of 2021 The Playlist

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

20 Best Movies of 2021 Rolling Stone: David Fear

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Movies of 2021 Wall Street Journal: Joe Morgenstern

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

The Best Films of 2021 Variety: Owen Gleiberman

Jockey - Clint Bentley

The Best Films of 2021 Variety: Peter Debruge

CODA - Sian Heder

Best Movies of 2021 Us Weekly: Mara Reinstein

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

The 10 Best Films of 2021 Atlantic: David Sims

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Time: Stephanie Zacharek

Drive My Car - Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Movies of 2021 New York Times: Manohla Dargis

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

Best Movies of 2021 New York Times: A.O. Scott

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Vadim Rizov

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland

The Woman Who Ran - Hong Sang-soo

21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021 Vanity Fair: Cassie da Costa

Happening - Audrey Diwan

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Elena Lazic

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll: Jourdain Searles

The Souvenir Part II - Joanna Hogg

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound Poll

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

The Best Movies of 2021 New Yorker: Richard Brody

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The 25 Best Movies of 2021 IndieWire

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson

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