Year-End Lists

Odie Henderson: Top 20 Movies of 2021, as published by Slate as a part of their annual Movie Club

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1. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
2. Summertime
   Carlos López Estrada
3. In the Heights
   Jon M. Chu
4. The Harder They Fall
   Jeymes Samuel
5. Procession
   Robert Greene
6. Passing
   Rebecca Hall
7. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
8. Flee
   Jonas Poher Rasmussen
9. Parallel Mothers
   Pedro Almodóvar
10. MLK/FBI
    Sam Pollard
11. The Outside Story
    Casimir Nozkowski
12. Drive My Car
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
13. Attica
    Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry
14. The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Joel Coen
15. Operation Hyacinth
    Piotr Domalewski
16. Belle
    Mamoru Hosoda
17. The Velvet Underground
    Todd Haynes
18. Shiva Baby
    Emma Seligman
19. The Worst Person in the World
    Joachim Trier
20. Nightmare Alley
    Guillermo del Toro

This list contributes to:

• The Ten Best Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com
• Movie Club 2021 Slate · Movie Club