Lists
- Vulture: Alison Willmore: The Best Movies of 2021
- Artforum: Cassie da Costa: Best Films of 2021
- AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2021
- Screen: Wendy Ide: Films of the Year 2021
- Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: The 21 Best Movies of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: Tomris Laffly: Top Ten Films of 2021
- Variety: Peter Debruge: The Best Films of 2021
- Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Movies of 2021
- Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: Best Films of 2021
- Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden: Best Films of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: Roxana Hadadi: Top Ten Films of 2021
- Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: Top 10 Best Movies of 2021
- Vulture: Angelica Jade Bastién: The Best Movies of 2021
- Good Morning America: Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2021
- Sight & Sound Poll: Christina Newland: Best Films of 2021
- Ty Burr: The Best Movies of 2021
- Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch: Best Films of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2021
- Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Films of 2021
- World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 10 Best Movies of 2021
- Guardian: The 50 Best Films of 2021
- The Ringer: Sean Fennessey: The Best Movies of 2021
- David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2021
- Baltimore Magazine: Max Weiss: Favorite Films of 2021
- The Reveal: Keith Phipps: The Best Films of 2021
- A.V. Club: Katie Rife: The Best Films of 2021
- Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2021
- IndieWire Poll: Best Films of 2021
- The Skinny: Films of 2021
- IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2021
- Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2021
- The Playlist: The 25 Best Films Of 2021
- Robert Daniels: Top 50 Films of 2021
- Paste: The 50 Best Movies of 2021
- Esquire: Nick Schager: The Best Movies of 2021
- Screen Queens: Top 10 Films of 2021
- Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Top Ten Films of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: Abby Olcese: Top Ten Films of 2021
- RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2021
- Hollywood Reporter: Lovia Gyarkye: Best Films of 2021
- Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: The Best Movies of 2021
- AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2021
- ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2021
- The Reveal: Scott Tobias: The Best Films of 2021