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- BBC Culture film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn James pick their highlights of the year, including Nomadland, Another Round and West Side Story. Warner Bros Pictures.
- Judas and the Black Messiah. The true story of Fred Hampton, the Black Panther Party leader who was murdered in 1969 on orders from the FBI, becomes high drama in director Shaka King's film, which is by turns suspenseful, action-filled and intimate.
- The Green Knight. The Green Knight features castles, giants, witches and damsels in distress, just like countless swords-and-sorcery adventures before it.
- Raya and the Last Dragon. Funny, colourful and action-filled, this Disney family film set in the fictional ancient Asian kingdom of Kumandra is a delight.
Rotten Tomatoes is collecting every new Certified Fresh movie into one list, creating our guide to the best movies of 2021. Among them you’ll find blockbusters (Shang-Chi), documentaries...
Best Movies 2021. The Best Movies category awards the best-reviewed film regardless of their release, whether they went straight to streaming or swung onto the silver screen. Spider-Man: No...
- The Souvenir Part II. Joanna Hogg, UK. And the winner is… The Souvenir Part II. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne reflect on winning the S&S 2021 poll, and on the long and satisfying journey of making the Souvenir films.
- Petite maman. Céline Sciamma, France. Sciamma’s miniature forest fairy tale perfectly conjures the mysteries of a mother-daughter bond shaded by grief. We said: “An extremely small and exactly perfect film, Céline Sciamma’s Petite maman might at first appear dwarfed by her last title, Portrait of a Lady of Fire.
- Drive My Car. Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Japan. Murakami Haruki’s short story of a driver growing closer to her passenger is adapted by Hamaguchi Ryūsuke into an understated and precise reflection on language, emotion and loss.
- Memoria. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand. Tilda Swinton wanders the streets of Bogota while striving to understand the strange noise repeatedly sounding in her head, in the Thai master’s latest enigmatic revelation of ambiguous mental states.
- Kaleem Aftab. Critic, UK. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn. Radiograph of a Family. Brighton 4th. Apples. The Innocents. The Hand of God. Titane. Întregalde. Encounter.
- Jason Anderson. Programmer (Toronto International Film Festival) Drive My Car. Compartment No. 6. The Card Counter. Minari. Bad Trip. The Velvet Underground. Nobody.
- Michael Atkinson. Critic, USA. Quo Vadis, Aida? Beginning. This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection. Slow Machine. Malmkrog. Brighton 4th. Stillwater. The Father.
- Anne Billson. Novelist and film critic, UK. Come True. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. First Cow. The Green Knight. Mandibles. News of the World. Nomadland. Riders of Justice.
Feb 20, 2022 · Best Films of 2021. Everett Collection. While 2021 may be in the rearview mirror, the awards season is still waging on, with the March 27 Oscars ceremony still over a month away. Back in...
Dec 12, 2021 · We will publish our individual lists tomorrow from both our critics and our extended list of contributors, but these are the best films of 2021 as chosen by the regular critical staff of RogerEbert.com. Runners-up: “ Annette,” “ The Card Counter,” “ The Disciple,” “ Flee,” “A Hero,” “The Lost Daughter,” “ Passing ...
