Year-End Lists

Vadim Rizov: Best Films of 2021, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. The Souvenir Part II
   Joanna Hogg
2. Licorice Pizza
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Red Rocket
   Sean Baker
4. Bergman Island
   Mia Hansen-Løve
5. Days
   Tsai Ming-liang
6. El Planeta
   Amalia Ulman
7. The French Dispatch
   Wes Anderson
8. The Inheritance
   Ephraim Asili
9. Just Don't Think I'll Scream
   Frank Beauvais
10. Slow Machine
    Joe DeNardo and Paul Felten
11. Isabella
    Matías Piñeiro
12. maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
    Sky Hopinka
13. Notturno
    Gianfranco Rosi
14. Short Vacation
    Kwon Min-pyo and Seo Han-sol
15. Undine
    Christian Petzold
16. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
17. The Velvet Underground
    Todd Haynes
18. The Woman Who Ran
    Hong Sang-soo
19. Atlantis
    Valentyn Vasyanovych
20. Shiva Baby
    Emma Seligman