This is a list of all the new films I enjoyed in 2021.
Some films originally premiered earlier at festivals but only became available this year.
★★★★★ Favourite / Masterpiece
★★★★½ Exceptional
★★★★ Great
★★★½ Very Good
★★★ Good
★★½ Flawed but Worthy
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse – (Mr. Bachmann and His Class)
★★★★½
dir. Maria Speth
Documentary
[Germany, 2021]
Futura
★★★★
dir. Francesco Munzi, Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher
Documentary
[Italy, 2021]
The Velvet Underground
★★★★
dir. Todd Haynes
Documentary
[USA, 2021]
დასაწყისი – (Beginning)
★★★½
dir. Déa Kulumbegashvili
Drama
[France / Georgia, 2020]
Dune: Part One
★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2021]
No Time to Die
★★★½
dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Spy
[UK / USA, 2021]
Le Sommet des Dieux (The Summit of the Gods)
★★★½
dir. Patrick Imbert
Animated Drama
[France / Luxembourg, 2021]
A Cop Movie
★★★½
dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios
Docudrama
[Mexico, 2021]
The Father
★★★½
dir. Florian Zeller
Drama
[France / UK, 2020]
Атлантида – (Atlantis)
★★★½
dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic
[Ukraine, 2019]
Notturno
★★★½
dir. Gianfranco Rosi
Documentary
[Italy / France / Germany, 2020]
Last and First Men
★★★½
dir. Jóhann Jóhannsson
Science Fiction
[Iceland, 2020]
Found
★★★½
dir. Amanda Lipitz
Documentary
[USA / China, 2021]
Yermo
★★★½
dir. Everardo González
Documentary
[Mexico, 2020]
Shiva Baby
★★★½
dir. Emma Seligman
Comedy
[USA, 2020]
Schwesterlein – (My Little Sister)
★★★
dir. Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond
Drama
[Switzerland, 2020]
Procession
★★★
dir. Robert Greene
Documentary
[USA, 2021]
Pray Away
★★★
dir. Kristine Stolakis
Documentary
[USA, 2021]
Gunda
★★★
dir. Viktor Kossakovsky
Documentary
[USA / Norway, 2020]
The Disciple
★★★
dir. Chaitanya Tamhane
Drama
[India, 2020]
Undine
★★★
dir. Christian Petzold
[Germany, 2020]
These Lists might also be of interest:
Favourite Films of 2022
Favourite Films of 2020