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Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:07:33 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 17:07

LedZep wrote:

Wow that top 4 is pretty wild. I'm really glad Drive My Car ended up on top, I'll remember 2021 as the Hamaguchi year.

Yeah, he definitely made a stand in 2021.

—Cannes, Best Screenplay
—Cannes, FIPRESCI Prize
—Berlin Jury Grand Prix
—TIFF, Best International Feature
—TIFF, Best Screenplay
—Oscar for Best International Film
—2 personal Oscar nominations
—A BAFTA
—#1 on BEA's list 😁

Absolute home-run of a year for him. Word is his next film, Paris-bound 'Our Apprenticeship', could even be out this year (most likely at Venice).

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

LedZep — Mon, 23 May 2022 12:29:04 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 05/23/2022 16:29

Wow that top 4 is pretty wild. I'm really glad Drive My Car ended up on top, I'll remember 2021 as the Hamaguchi year.

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:38:05 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:38

Fun Facts / Stats

—This is the third year in a row BEA has chosen a non-English film as the year's best
—The two Oscar-winning roles in our acting awards are both for Best Supporting Actor
—Don't Look Up is the only Best Picture nominated film in 2021 absent. Despite this, there are 11 films nominated for Best Picture.
—There are 8 films from Cannes' official competition
—Willem Dafoe appears more than any other actor*, with a total of four performances
—*Lin-Manuel Miranda appears in three films, but also has additional credits as the songbook writer for Encanto
—Apart from Flee, the six highest-ranked documentaries on the overall list are all music docs
—The shortest film on the list is Petite Maman (72m), and the longest film on the list is our #1, Drive My Car (179m), which makes it the longest film to top any BEA cinema list
—Adapted material on this list pulls from a wide variety of sources, including previous films, short stories, medieval poetry, Shakespeare, stage musicals, short films, novels, drama, magazine articles, and Tweets

Black & White: 5 (+ 1 partial)
Musicals: 5
Remakes: 5
Animated: 5 (+ 1 partial)

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:25:45 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:25

And that's the list 😄

Feel free to post, discuss, etc. Fun facts/stats coming soon.

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:25:11 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:25

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Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:24:08 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:24

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1) Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー)
Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Points: 359

#1's: 1

"But even if you think you know someone well, even if you love that person deeply, you can't completely look into that person's heart. You'll just feel hurt. But if you put in enough effort, you should be able to look into your own heart pretty well. So in the end, what we should be doing is to be true to our hearts and come to terms with it in a capable way. If you really want to look at someone, then your only option is to look at yourself squarely and deeply."

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:20:08 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:20

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2) Licorice Pizza
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Points: 330

#1's: 1

"I knew it! I knew that was what you were thinking! You're always thinking things, you thinker! You thinker! You think things!"

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:17:15 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:17

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3) CODA
Dir. Sian Heder
Points: 273

"Can you sing it for me?"

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:14:49 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:14

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4) C'mon C'mon
Dir. Mike Mills
Points: 265

#'1's: 1

"That's very stupid. You're just the stupidest stupid person, ever, like. You have the lesser brain capacity than an actual deceased dead person."

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:12:49 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:12

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5) The Worst Person In The World (Verdens verste menneske)
Dir. Joachim Trier
Points: 259

"She said she was terrified of being alone. Terrified of living without him. That when she left, she'd be like Bambi on the ice. And that was precisely why she had to do it. Aksel mumbled soothing words she didn't hear. She was thinking about how, at the age of 30, she'd just compared herself to Bambi."

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:08:13 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:08

10)

The French Dispatch Dir. Wes Anderson
Points: 224

#1's: 1

9)

Spider-Man: No Way Home Dir. Jon Watts
Points: 226

#1's: 1

8)

Pig Dir. Michael Sarnoski
Points: 247

#1's: 1

7)

The Power of The Dog Dir. Jane Campion
Points: 249

6)

Dune Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Points: 254

#1's: 3

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:01:50 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 15:01

15)

Mass Dir. Fran Kranz
Points: 188

14)

Spencer Dir. Pablo Larrain
Points: 198

13)

No Time To Die Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Points: 198*

12)

Judas And The Black Messiah Dir. Shaka King
Points: 213

11)

Tick, Tick... BOOM! Dir. Lin-Manuel Miranda
Points: 221

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:56:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:56

20) (tie)

The Green Knight Dir. David Lowery
Points: 166

19)

Last Night In Soho Dir. Edgar Wright
Points: 168

18)

King Richard Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
Points: 169

17)

Petite Maman Dir. Céline Sciamma
Points: 187

#1's: 1

16)

After Yang Dir. Kogonada
Points: 187

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:37:28 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:37

25)

Red Rocket Dir. Sean Baker
Points: 148

24)

The Harder They Fall Dir. The Bullitts
Points: 154

23)

The Last Duel Dir. Ridley Scott
Points: 157

22)

The Tragedy of Macbeth Dir. Joel Coen
Points: 164

20) (tie)

Belfast Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Points: 166

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:27:43 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:27

30)

The Lost Daughter Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Points: 124

29)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Dir. ?uestlove
Points: 127

#'1: 1

28)

Luca Dir. Enrico Casarosa
Points: 129

27)

West Side Story Dir. Steven Spielberg
Points: 139

26)

Malcolm & Marie Dir. Sam Levinson
Points: 139*

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:20:59 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:20

35)

Flee (Flugt) Dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Points: 113

34)

The Mitchells Vs The Machines Dir. Michael Rianda
Points: 113*

33)

The Father Dir. Florian Zeller
Points: 114

#1's: 1

32)

The Suicide Squad Dir. James Gunn
Points: 116

31)

Nightmare Alley Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Points: 117

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:14:20 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:14

40)

Shiva Baby Dir. Emma Seligman
Points: 92

39)

The Card Counter Dir. Paul Schrader
Points: 97

#'1: 1

38)

Raya And The Last Dragon Dir. Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada
Points: 98

37)

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (偶然と想像) Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Points: 107

36)

Titane Dir. Julia Ducournau
Points: 109

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:09:48 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:09

45)

Inside Dir. Bo Burnham
Points: 88

#1's: 1

43) (tie)

In The Heights Dir. Jon M. Chu
Points: 88*

43) (tie)

Passing Dir. Rebecca Hall
Points: 88*

42)

A Hero (قهر�...ان) Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Points: 89

41)

Benedetta Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Points: 91

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 10:07:09 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 14:07

50) (tie)

Memoria Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Points: 74

50) (tie)

Our Friend Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Points: 74

49)

The Beta Test Dir. Jeffrey Campbell Binner
Points: 76

48)

Zola Dir. Janicza Bravo
Points: 82

47)

Nine Days Dir. Edson Oda
Points: 84

46)

Encanto Dir. Byron Howard & Jared Bush
Points: 85

Re: Best Films of 2021 [List]

Hayden — Mon, 23 May 2022 09:59:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/23/2022 13:59

BEA's Best Score of 2021 Award

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Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer

1. Hans Zimmer (Dune)

2. Jonny Greenwood (Spencer)
3. Bo Burnham (Inside)
4. Jonny Greenwood (The Power of The Dog)
5. Eiko Ishibashi (Drive My Car)