My favorite 25 BEST FILMS of 2021 (in alphabetical order):
Peter Kerekes (Slovakia)
BERGMAN ISLAND
Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
THE DISCIPLE
Chaitanya Tamhane (India)
DRIVE MY CAR
ドライブ・マイ・カー
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
FLEE
Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark)
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Wes Anderson (US)
GREAT FREEDOM
Große Freiheit
Sebastian Meise (Austria)
THE HAND OF GOD
È stata la mano di Dio
Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
A HERO
قهرمان
Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
HIT THE ROAD
جاده خاکی
Panah Panahi (Iran)
THE HOLE
Il Buco
Michelangelo Frammartino (Italy)
LICORICE PIZZA
Paul Thomas Anderson (US)
LOVE AFFAIR(S)
Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait
Emmanuel Mouret (France)
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
الرجل الذي باع ظهره
Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN
Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert (Poland)
PARALLEL MOTHERS
Madres Paralelas
Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
PRIVATE DESERT
Deserto Particular
Aly Muritiba (Brazil)
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
RED ROCKET
Sean Baker (US)
THE SPARKS BROTHERS
Edgar Wright (US)
A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE
Une histoire d'amour et de désir
Leyla Bouzid (France/Tunisia)
WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
偶然と想像
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)