Year-End Lists

Film Comment: Best Films of 2021, a poll of the magazine's contributors and colleagues

1. Memoria
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
3. The Souvenir Part II
   Joanna Hogg
4. Annette
   Leos Carax
5. Days
   Tsai Ming-liang
6. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
7. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
8. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
   Aleksandre Koberidze
9. Benedetta
   Paul Verhoeven
10. Undine
    Christian Petzold
11. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
    Radu Jude
12. The Velvet Underground
    Todd Haynes
13. Bergman Island
    Mia Hansen-Løve
14. El Planeta
    Amalia Ulman
15. Licorice Pizza
    Paul Thomas Anderson
16. The Woman Who Ran
    Hong Sang-soo
17. The Card Counter
    Paul Schrader
18. The Inheritance
    Ephraim Asili
19. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar
20. Titane
    Julia Ducournau

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Best Films of 2021 Eric Hynes · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021 Florence Almozini · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies of 2021 Richard Brody · New Yorker