Best Films of 2021 [List]

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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

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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

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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

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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."

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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."

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3) CODA
Dir. Sian Heder
Points: 273

"Can you sing it for me?"

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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!"

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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."

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And that's the list

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