Indiewire 2021 year-end critics poll best film
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With 187 critics and journalists voting on the best films and performances in this year’s survey, Jane Campion’s Western character study “The Power of the Dog” was the landslide victor by a considerable margin. It’s the second time in the history of this poll, and the second consecutive year after “Nomadland,” that a film directed by a woman topped this list. “The Power of the Dog” also topped IndieWire’s own staff list of The Best Movies of 2021.
Staffers from IndieWire, Variety, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Entertainment Weekly all voted, as well as freelance and staff writers for newspapers, websites, radio, and TV from across Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia — as well as all over the U.S. and Canada. However, all participants were required to vote only for films that received theatrical, streaming, or VOD releases in the U.S. over the past calendar year.
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The Power of the Dog
2021, in 7 top lists -
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Doraibu mai kâ
2021 — a.k.a. Drive My Car, in 11 top lists -
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Licorice Pizza
2021, in 5 top lists -
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Verdens verste menneske
2021 — a.k.a. The Worst Person in the World, in 6 top lists -
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Memoria
2021, in 2 top lists -
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The French Dispatch
2021, in 1 top list -
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Flugt
2021 — a.k.a. Flee, in 2 top lists -
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Petite maman
2021 — a.k.a. Petite Maman, in 4 top lists -
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Passing
2021, in 0 top lists -
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C'mon C'mon
2021, in 0 top lists -
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The Souvenir: Part II
2021, in 1 top list -
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The Green Knight
2021, in 1 top list -
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Dune: Part One
2021 — a.k.a. Dune, in 7 top lists Check -
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Pig
2021, in 1 top list -
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution...
2021, in 4 top lists -
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The Lost Daughter
2021, in 0 top lists -
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Gûzen to sôzô
2021 — a.k.a. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, in 3 top lists -
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West Side Story
2021, in 2 top lists -
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021, in 0 top lists -
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Rizi
2020 — a.k.a. Days, in 1 top list -
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Belfast
2021, in 4 top lists -
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Bergman Island
2021, in 2 top lists -
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Ghahreman
2021 — a.k.a. A Hero, in 1 top list -
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Babardeala cu bucluc sau porno balamuc
2021 — a.k.a. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, in 2 top lists -
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Benedetta
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The Disciple
2020, in 0 top lists -
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CODA
2021, in 6 top lists -
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Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt?
2021 — a.k.a. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, in 1 top list -
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Titane
2021, in 4 top lists -
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Annette
2021, in 2 top lists -
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The Velvet Underground
2021, in 1 top list -
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Red Rocket
2021, in 2 top lists -
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El Planeta
2021, in 0 top lists -
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In the Same Breath
2021, in 0 top lists -
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Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó...
2020 — a.k.a. Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, in 0 top lists -
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Zola
2020, in 1 top list -
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Spencer
2021, in 0 top lists -
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The Card Counter
2021, in 2 top lists -
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Nine Days
2020, in 1 top list -
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Jockey
2021, in 0 top lists -
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Test Pattern
2019, in 0 top lists -
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Ryû to sobakasu no hime
2021 — a.k.a. Belle, in 0 top lists -
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Dasatskisi
2020 — a.k.a. Beginning, in 0 top lists -
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Cyrano
2021, in 0 top lists -
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Madres paralelas
2021 — a.k.a. Parallel Mothers, in 0 top lists -
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Nightmare Alley
2021, in 1 top list -
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Sin señas particulares
2020 — a.k.a. Identifying Features, in 1 top list -
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Mass
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King Richard
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Undine
2020, in 0 top lists
Last updated on Dec 19, 2021 by benitotambara; source