Best Films of 2021 [List]

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2021's a wrap (a few months ago, but it's still feeling like 2020 V3, but I swear it was it's own year at somepoint in all this).

Thanks for the turnout everybody. I think the bit of extra time helped, because there's a better showing than usual. A total of 183 unique films were submitted. Special thank you to those who submitted acting and score lists, they'll be up first.

Films will be posted alongside their point tally. An asterisks (*) beside a film's point tally indicates it appeared on more lists than a film with an identical point tally, thus gaining an edge. Please note our list has a total of 51 films due to a tie for the final slot.

Runner-ups in alphabetical order: Being The Ricardos, No Sudden Move, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Souvenir Part II

Director who appeared most on the list with two films—
Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Actor(s)* who appeared most on the list with four films—
Willem Dafoe
*Lin-Manuel Miranda appears in three films, but also has additional credits as the songbook writer for Encanto.


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BEA's Best Actress of 2021 Award

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1. Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

2. Ann Down (Mass)
3. Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person In The World)
4 (tie). Emilia Jones (CODA)
4 (tie). Ruth Negga (Passing)

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BEA's Best Actor of 2021 Award

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1. Jason Isaacs (Mass)

2. Troy Kotsur (CODA)
3. Daniel Kaluuya (Judas And The Black Messiah)
4. Andrew Garfield (tick, tick...BOOM!)
5. Nicolas Cage (Pig)

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BEA's Best Score of 2021 Award

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Dune (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac...ans 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)

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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

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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 (قهرمان) Dir. Asghar Farhadi
Points: 89

41)

Benedetta Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Points: 91

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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

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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

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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*

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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