Year-End Lists

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021, as chosen by the site's regular critical staff

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1. The Power of the Dog
   Jane Campion
2. Drive My Car
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
3. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
   Questlove
5. The Green Knight
   David Lowery
6. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
   Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
7. The Worst Person in the World
   Joachim Trier
8. The Souvenir Part II
   Joanna Hogg
9. Petite Maman
   Céline Sciamma
10. Parallel Mothers
    Pedro Almodóvar

Runners-up

• Annette
  Leos Carax
• The Card Counter
  Paul Schrader
• The Disciple
  Chaitanya Tamhane
• Flee
  Jonas Poher Rasmussen
• A Hero
  Asghar Farhadi
• The Lost Daughter
  Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Passing
  Rebecca Hall
• Procession
  Robert Greene
• Titane
  Julia Ducournau
• The Velvet Underground
  Todd Haynes

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• The Best Films of 2021 Carlos Aguilar · A.V. Club
• Top 50 Films of 2021 Robert Daniels
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Abby Olcese · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Brian Tallerico · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Christy Lemire · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Jana Monji · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Kristy Puchko · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Mary Beth McAndrews · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Marya E. Gates · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Matt Zoller Seitz · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Monica Castillo · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Nell Minow · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Odie Henderson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Roxana Hadadi · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Sheila O’Malley · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Susan Wloszczyna · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021 Tomris Laffly · RogerEbert.com