Year-End Lists

A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2021, as published by The A.V. Club

1. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
2. A Hero
   Asghar Farhadi
3. West Side Story
   Steven Spielberg
4. The Disciple
   Chaitanya Tamhane
5. Memoria
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Red Rocket
   Sean Baker
7. Petite Maman
   Céline Sciamma
8. Procession
   Robert Greene
9. Violation
   Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
10. Days
    Tsai Ming-liang
11. Quo Vadis, Aida?
    Jasmila Žbanić
12. The Killing of Two Lovers
    Robert Machoian
13. There Is No Evil
    Mohammad Rasoulof
14. Some Kind of Heaven
    Lance Oppenheim
15. I'm Your Man
    Maria Schrader

This list contributes to:

• The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club