The Individual Top Tens of 2021
The Editors
December 15, 2021
https://www.rogerebert.com/features/the-individual-top-tens-of-2021
Yesterday, we released the RogerEbert.com consensus Top Ten Films of 2021, led by Jane Campion‘s “The Power of the Dog.” Today, we dig deeper, presenting you with all submitted lists from our brilliant critics and independent contributors. There are over 200 films cited below as among the best of 2021, displaying both the diversity in quality at the cinema this year and the unique voices that cover it for our site. It’s a huge collection of lists but it should give you an overall picture of the year in film, complete with dozens of links back to our reviews. Enjoy.
MATT ZOLLER SEITZ
1. “The Velvet Underground“
2. “Summer of Soul”
3. “Procession”
4. “Drive My Car”
5. “The French Dispatch“
6. “The Power of the Dog”
7. “Titane“
8. “The Harder They Fall“
9. “The Last Duel“
10. “Holler“
Runners-Up: “17 Blocks,” “Annette,” “Azor,” “A Cop Movie,” “A Film About a Father Who,” “Godzilla vs Kong,” “The Humans,” “Mass,” “M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity,” “The Night,” “Pig,” “Riders of Justice,” “Wild Indian,” “Wrath of Man,” “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” and “Zola“
SIMON ABRAMS
1. “Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream”
2. “State Funeral“
3. “Wojnarowciz: F*ck You F*ggot F**ker”
4. “The Disciple“
5. “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection”
6. “Days“
7. “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy“
8. “The French Dispatch”
9. “Film About a Father Who”
10. “A Shape of Things to Come”
Some honorable mentions (more here): “Ailey“; “Azor”; “Devil Between the Legs”; “Eyimofe (This is My Desire)”; “The Fever“; “The Hand of God“; “In Balanchine’s Classroom”; “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time”; “Labyrinth of Cinema“; “Some Kind of Heaven“.