Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) - Questlove

The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 Polygon: Noel Murray

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection - Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

The Best Movies of 2021 Polygon

Spencer - Pablo Larraín

The 10 Best Movies of 2021 USA Today: Brian Truitt

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? - Aleksandre Koberidze

Ten Best Films of 2021 Michael J. Anderson

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 10 Films of 2021 Collider: Ross Bonaime

C'mon C'mon - Mike Mills

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Caroline Siede

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Noel Murray

Titane - Julia Ducournau

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Leila Latif

Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Vikram Murthi

Bergman Island - Mia Hansen-Løve

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco

Identifying Features - Fernanda Valadez

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Carlos Aguilar

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Katie Rife

Memoria - Apichatpong Weerasethakul

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo

The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd

The Green Knight - David Lowery

The 50 Best Movies of 2021 Paste

Petite Maman - Céline Sciamma

Best Films of 2021 Observer: Mark Kermode

Benedetta - Paul Verhoeven

Top 25 Movies of 2021 Rolling Stone: K. Austin Collins

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

Best Films of 2021 Passerby

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - Josh Greenbaum

The Best Movies of 2021 ScreenCrush: Matt Singer

The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion

The 50 Best Films of 2021 Guardian

Hit the Road - Panah Panahi

Films of the Year 2021 Screen: Wendy Ide

The Best Films of 2021 New Statesman: Ryan Gilbey

The Worst Person in the World - Joachim Trier

Best Films of 2021 Susannah Gruder