Top 10 Movies 2021

  1. Possessor.
    (Brandon Cronenberg)
  2. First Cow.
    (Kelly Reichardt)
  3. Dau. Degeneration.
    (Ilya Khrzhanosky, Ilya Permyakov)
  4. Annette.
    (Leos Carax)
  5. The French Dispatch.
    (Wes Anderson)
  6. The Card Counter.
    (Paul Schrader)
  7. The Last Duel.
    (Ridley Scott)
  8. Petite Fille. (Little Girl)
    (Sebastien Lifshitz)
  9. David Byrne’s American Utopia.
    (Spike Lee)
  10. Un Monde. (Playground)
    (Laura Wandel)

    Would not have been misplaced in my top 10 either:
    Ham on Rye.
    (Tyler Taormina)
    Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
    (Eliza Hittman)
    The Power of the Dog.
    (Jane Campion)
    Nuevo orden. (New Order)
    (Michel Franco)
    The Green Knight.
    (David Lowery)
    Metri Shish’o Nim ( Just 6.5 / La Loi du Téhéran)
    (Saeed Roustayi)
    Jallikattu.
    (Lijo Jose Pellissery)
    É stata la mano di Dio. (The Hand of God)
    (Paolo Sorrentino)
    Europa.
    (Haider Rashid)
    Titane.
    (Julia Ducournau)
    Benedetta.
    (Paul Verhoeven)
    Les Intranquilles. (The Restless)
    (Joachim Lafosse)
    Serre Moi Fort. (Hold Me Tight)
    (Mathieu Amalric)
    Stump the Guesser.
    (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson)
    Dune (3D).
    (Denis Villeneuve)
    Saint Maud.
    (Rose Glass)
    Pieces of a Woman.
    (Kornél Mundruczó)
    Gharheman. (A Hero)
    (Asghar Farhadi)
    Neptune Frost.
    (Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman)
    The Suicide Squad.
    (James Gunn)
    Pretend It’s a City.
    (Martin Scorsese)
    The Assistant.
    (Kitty Green)
    City Hall.
    (Frederick Wiseman)
    White Cube.
    (Renzo Martens)
    Azor.
    (Andreas Fontana)
    Don’t Look Up.
    (Adam McKay)
    No Sudden Move.
    (Steven Soderbergh)
    Shiva Baby.
    (Emma Seligman)
    Music Hole.
    (Gaëtan Lekens, David Mutzenmacher)
    Fils De Plouc. (Mother Schmuckers)
    (Lenny & Harpo Guit)
    Retfaerdighedens ryttere. (Riders of Justice)
    (Anders Thomas Jensen)
    Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle.
    (Arthur Harari)
    Pesar-Madar. (Son-Mother)
    (Mahnaz Mohammadi)
    Pig.
    (Michael Sarnoski)
    Pleasure.
    (Nina Thyberg)
    Sheytan vojud nadarad. (There is No Evil)
    (Mohammad Rasoulof)
    The Velvet Underground.
    (Todd Haynes)

    Not bad either / of interest:
    The Souvenir: Part II. (Joanna Hogg)
    La Civil. (Teodora Ana Mihai)
    Last Night in Soho. (Edgar Wright)
    Satoshi Kon, l’Illusionniste. (Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist) (Pascal-Alex Vincent)
    Les Prières de Delphine. (Delphine’s Prayers) (Rosine Mftego Mbakam)
    Le Monde après Nous. (The World after Us) (Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas)
    France. (Bruno Dumont)
    Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc. (Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn) (Radu Jude)
    Lapsis. (Noah Hutton)
    Quoi Vadis, Aida? (Jasmila Zbanic)
    Médecin de Nuit. (The Night Doctor) (Elie Wajeman)
    The Nighthouse. (David Bruckner)
    Les Choses Humaines. (The Accusation) (Yval Attal)
    Slow Machine. (Paul Felten, Joe Denardo)
    Tantas Almas. (Valley of Souls) (Nicolás Rincón Gille)
    Mandibules. (Quentin Dupieux)
    Druk. (Another Round) ( Thomas Vinterberg)
    Vredens verste menneske. (The Worst Person in the World) (Joachim Trier)
    The Lost Daughter. (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
    The King’s Man. (Matthew Vaughn)
    Let Them All Talk. (Steven Soderbergh)
    Spencer. (Pablo Larraín)
    Malmkrog. (Cristi Puiu)
    Dear Comrades! (Andrei Konchalovsky)
    Tout s’est bien passé. (Everything Went Fine) (François Ozon)
    Mon Légionnaire. (Our Men) (Rachel Lang)
    Petite Maman. (Céline Sciamma)
    Gunda. (Viktor Kossakovsky)
    Sputnik. (Egor Abramenko)
    Gunpowder Milkshake. (Navot Papushado)
    Zack Snyder’s Justice League. (Zack Snyder)
    Nomadland. (Chloé Zhao)
    Nobody. (Ilya Naishuller)
    West Side Story. (Steven Spielberg)
    Spider-Man: No way Home. (Jonn Watts)
    Illusions Perdues. (Lost Illusions) (Xavier Giannoli)
    Ghasideyeh gave sefid. (Ballad of a White Cow) (Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moghaddam)
    Cette musique ne joue pour personne. (Love Song for Tough Guys) (Samuel Benchetrit)
    Passing. (Rebecca Hall)
    Undergods. (Chino Moya)
    Kom hier dat ik u kus. (Becoming Mona) (Niels van Koevorden, Sabine Lubbe Bakker)
    tick, tick…BOOM! (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
    The Beatles: Get Back. (Peter Jackson)
    No Time to Die. (Cary joji Fukunaga)
    Phèdre ou l’Explosion des Corps Confinés. (Phèdre against Covid) (Méryl Fortunat-Rossi)
    The Man Who Sold His Skin. (Kaouther Ben Hania)
    Re Granchio (The Tale of King Crab) (Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis) (last 3rd of the film)
    Slalom. (Charlène Favier)
    Gagarine. (Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh)
    Ha’berech. (Ahed’s Knee) (Nadav Lapid)
    In the Earth. (Ben Wheatley)
    Wrath of Man. (Guy Ritchie)
    Les Olympiades. (Paris, 13th District) (Jacques Audiard)
    Playlist. (Nine Antico)
    Sweat. (Magnus von Horn)
    Promising Young Woman. (Emerald Fennell)
    Sing 2. (Garth Jennings)
    Sound of Metal. (Darius Marder)
    Bakolo Music international. (Benjamin Viré, Tom Vantorre)
    Totem. ( Fred de Loof)
    Une Vie Démente. (Madly in Life) (Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot)
    L’Origine du Monde. (Dear Mother) (Laurent Lafitte)
    Bergman Island. (Mia Hansen-Love)
    Dealer. (Jeroen Perceval)
    Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers) & The Human Voice. (Pedro Almodóvar)
    Le Lion Belge. (Nimetulla Parlaku)
    Délicieux. (Delicious) (Éric Besnard)
    Undine. (Christian Petzold)
    Army of the Dead. (Zack Snyder)
    SpaceBoy. (Olivier Pairoux)
    Cool Abdoul. (Jonas Baeckeland)
    Tre Piani. (Three Floors) (Nanni Moretti)
    House of Gucci. (Ridley Scott)