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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg
2.
Parallel Mothers
Madres paralelas
Pedro Almodóvar
3.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King
4.
Drive My Car
Doraibu mai kā
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
5.
Attica
Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson
6.
Jacinta
Jessica Earnshaw
7.
The Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal
8.
The Worst Person in the World
Verdens verste menneske
Joachim Trier
9.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
10.
Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma
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Films

11.
Mass
Fran Kranz
12.
Passing
Rebecca Hall
13.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Gûzen to sôzô
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
14.
The Humans
Stephen Karam
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Films

15.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen
16.
A Hero
Asghar Farhadi
17.
On These Grounds
Spring Valley Garrett Zevgetis
18.
Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
19.
The Dig
Simon Stone
20.
Old Henry
Potsy Ponciroli
21.
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
22.
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve
23.
Boiling Point
Philip Barantini
24.
Red Rocket
Sean Baker
25.
Zola
Janicza Bravo
26.
C'mon C'mon
Mike Mills
27.
Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself
In & Of Itself
Frank Oz
28.
Little Fish
Chad Hartigan
29.
Val
Leo Scott and Ting Poo
30.
French Exit
Azazel Jacobs
31.
The Last Duel
Ridley Scott
32.
The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright
33.
Pig
Michael Sarnoski
34.
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Marilyn Agrelo
35.
Candyman
Nia DaCosta
36.
The Rescue
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
37.
King Richard
Reinaldo Marcus Green
38.
The Night House
David Bruckner
39.
No Time to Die
Cary Joji Fukunaga
40.
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman
41.
Violet
Justine Bateman
42.
The World to Come
Mona Fastvold
43.
Julia
Julie Cohen and Betsy West
44.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Michael Showalter
45.
Test Pattern
Shatara Michelle Ford
46.
Jockey Clint Bentley
47.
I Carry You with Me
Te Llevo Conmigo
Heidi Ewing
48.
Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective Costa Boutsikaris
49.
Ascension
Jessica Kingdon
50.
Stowaway
Joe Penna
51.
MLK/FBI
Samuel D. Pollard
52.
Walk with Me
Isabel del Rosal
53.
Raya and the Last Dragon
Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
54.
The Dry
Robert Connolly
55.
The Guilty
Antoine Fuqua
56.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Lee Daniels
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Films

57.
Annette
Leos Carax
58.
Spencer
Pablo Larraín
59.
Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven
60.
CODA
Sian Heder
61.
Stillwater
Thomas McCarthy
62.
House of Gucci
Ridley Scott
63.
Small Engine Repair
John Pollono
64.
Writing with Fire
Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas
65.
No Sudden Move
Steven Soderbergh
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Films

66.
Titane
Julia Ducournau
67.
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
68.
Encanto
Byron Howard and Jared Bush
69.
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion
70.
I Care a Lot
J Blakeson
71.
Flee
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
72.
The Green Knight
David Lowery
73.
The Harder They Fall
Jeymes Samuel
74.
Oxygen
Alexandre Aja
75.
Swan Song
Todd Stephens
76.
Dune
Dune Part One
Denis Villeneuve
77.
Coming 2 America
Craig Brewer
78.
The Many Saints of Newark
The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story
Alan Taylor
79.
Strawberry Mansion Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney
80.
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Mark Cousins
81.
The Hand of God
È stata la mano di Dio
Paolo Sorrentino
82.
In the Heights
Jon M. Chu
83.
Censor
Prano Bailey-Bond
84.
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Wes Anderson
85.
The Card Counter
Paul Schrader
86.
Swan Song
Benjamin Cleary
87.
The Outside Story
Casimir Nozkowski
88.
Malignant
James Wan
89.
The Tender Bar
George Clooney
90.
The Little Things
John Lee Hancock
91.
Last Night in Rozzie Sean Gannet
92.
Shadow in the Cloud
Roseanne Liang
93.
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Sion Sono
94.
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay
95.
Worth
What Is Life Worth
Sara Colangelo
96.
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Will Sharpe
97.
Lamb
Dýrið
Valdimar Jóhannsson
98.
The Souvenir: Part II
Joanna Hogg
99.
A Glitch in the Matrix
Rodney Ascher
100.
Four Good Days
Rodrigo García
101.
Luca
Enrico Casarosa
102.
Cruella
Craig Gillespie
103.
Cyrano
Joe Wright
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Films

104.
Cry Macho
Clint Eastwood
105.
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro
106.
The Protégé
Martin Campbell
107.
Jungle Cruise
Jaume Collet-Serra
108.
Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright
109.
tick, tick...BOOM!
Lin-Manuel Miranda
110.
Suzanna Andler
Benoît Jacquot
111.
Best Sellers
Lina Roessler
112.
A Castle for Christmas
Mary Lambert
113.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Destin Cretton
114.
Free Guy
Shawn Levy
115.
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Josh Greenbaum
116.
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe
117.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jason Reitman
118.
Being the Ricardos
Aaron Sorkin
A Castle for Christmas
Mary Lambert 
A Glitch in the Matrix
Rodney Ascher 
A Hero
Asghar Farhadi 
Annette
Leos Carax 
Ascension
Jessica Kingdon 
Attica
Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson 
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Josh Greenbaum 
Being the Ricardos
Aaron Sorkin 
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh 
Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven 
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve 
Best Sellers
Lina Roessler 
Boiling Point
Philip Barantini 
Candyman
Nia DaCosta 
Censor
Prano Bailey-Bond 
C'mon C'mon
Mike Mills 
CODA
Sian Heder 
Coming 2 America
Craig Brewer 
Cruella
Craig Gillespie 
Cry Macho
Clint Eastwood 
Cyrano
Joe Wright 
Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself
In & Of Itself
Frank Oz 
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay 
Drive My Car
Doraibu mai kā
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 
Dune
Dune Part One
Denis Villeneuve 
Encanto
Byron Howard and Jared Bush 
Flee
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen 
Four Good Days
Rodrigo García 
Free Guy
Shawn Levy 
French Exit
Azazel Jacobs 
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jason Reitman 
House of Gucci
Ridley Scott 
I Care a Lot
J Blakeson 
I Carry You with Me
Te Llevo Conmigo
Heidi Ewing 
Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective Costa Boutsikaris 
In the Heights
Jon M. Chu 
Jacinta
Jessica Earnshaw 
Jockey Clint Bentley 
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King 
Julia
Julie Cohen and Betsy West 
Jungle Cruise
Jaume Collet-Serra 
King Richard
Reinaldo Marcus Green 
Lamb
Dýrið
Valdimar Jóhannsson 
Last Night in Rozzie Sean Gannet 
Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright 
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson 
Little Fish
Chad Hartigan 
Luca
Enrico Casarosa 
Malignant
James Wan 
Mass
Fran Kranz 
Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 
MLK/FBI
Samuel D. Pollard 
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro 
No Sudden Move
Steven Soderbergh 
No Time to Die
Cary Joji Fukunaga 
Old Henry
Potsy Ponciroli 
On These Grounds
Spring Valley Garrett Zevgetis 
Oxygen
Alexandre Aja 
Parallel Mothers
Madres paralelas
Pedro Almodóvar 
Passing
Rebecca Hall 
Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma 
Pig
Michael Sarnoski 
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Sion Sono 
Raya and the Last Dragon
Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada 
Red Rocket
Sean Baker 
Shadow in the Cloud
Roseanne Liang 
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Destin Cretton 
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman 
Small Engine Repair
John Pollono 
Spencer
Pablo Larraín 
Stillwater
Thomas McCarthy 
Stowaway
Joe Penna 
Strawberry Mansion Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney 
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Marilyn Agrelo 
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson 
Suzanna Andler
Benoît Jacquot 
Swan Song
Todd Stephens 
Swan Song
Benjamin Cleary 
Test Pattern
Shatara Michelle Ford 
The Card Counter
Paul Schrader 
The Dig
Simon Stone 
The Dry
Robert Connolly 
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Will Sharpe 
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Michael Showalter 
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Wes Anderson 
The Green Knight
David Lowery 
The Guilty
Antoine Fuqua 
The Hand of God
È stata la mano di Dio
Paolo Sorrentino 
The Harder They Fall
Jeymes Samuel 
The Humans
Stephen Karam 
The Last Duel
Ridley Scott 
The Little Things
John Lee Hancock 
The Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal 
The Many Saints of Newark
The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story
Alan Taylor 
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe 
The Night House
David Bruckner 
The Outside Story
Casimir Nozkowski 
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion 
The Protégé
Martin Campbell 
The Rescue
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 
The Souvenir: Part II
Joanna Hogg 
The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright 
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Mark Cousins 
The Tender Bar
George Clooney 
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen 
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Lee Daniels 
The World to Come
Mona Fastvold 
The Worst Person in the World
Verdens verste menneske
Joachim Trier 
tick, tick...BOOM!
Lin-Manuel Miranda 
Titane
Julia Ducournau 
Val
Leo Scott and Ting Poo 
Violet
Justine Bateman 
Walk with Me
Isabel del Rosal 
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg 
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Gûzen to sôzô
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 
Worth
What Is Life Worth
Sara Colangelo 
Writing with Fire
Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas 
Zola
Janicza Bravo 
Shadow in the Cloud
Roseanne Liang 01 January 2021
The Dry
Robert Connolly 01 January 2021
MLK/FBI
Samuel D. Pollard 15 January 2021
Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself
In & Of Itself
Frank Oz 22 January 2021
The Little Things
John Lee Hancock 29 January 2021
The Dig
Simon Stone 29 January 2021
A Glitch in the Matrix
Rodney Ascher 05 February 2021
French Exit
Azazel Jacobs 12 February 2021
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Josh Greenbaum 12 February 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King 12 February 2021
Test Pattern
Shatara Michelle Ford 12 February 2021
I Care a Lot
J Blakeson 19 February 2021
Little Fish
Chad Hartigan 21 February 2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Lee Daniels 26 February 2021
The World to Come
Mona Fastvold 02 March 2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada 05 March 2021
Coming 2 America
Craig Brewer 05 March 2021
Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective Costa Boutsikaris 19 March 2021
Walk with Me
Isabel del Rosal 20 March 2021
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman 02 April 2021
Stowaway
Joe Penna 22 April 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Marilyn Agrelo 23 April 2021
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe 30 April 2021
The Outside Story
Casimir Nozkowski 30 April 2021
Oxygen
Alexandre Aja 12 May 2021
Four Good Days
Rodrigo García 21 May 2021
Cruella
Craig Gillespie 28 May 2021
Petite Maman
Céline Sciamma 02 June 2021
Suzanna Andler
Benoît Jacquot 02 June 2021
Censor
Prano Bailey-Bond 11 June 2021
In the Heights
Jon M. Chu 11 June 2021
Flee
Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen 17 June 2021
Luca
Enrico Casarosa 18 June 2021
The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright 18 June 2021
Zola
Janicza Bravo 30 June 2021
No Sudden Move
Steven Soderbergh 01 July 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson 02 July 2021
I Carry You with Me
Te Llevo Conmigo
Heidi Ewing 08 July 2021
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve 14 July 2021
Pig
Michael Sarnoski 16 July 2021
Strawberry Mansion Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney 22 July 2021
The Green Knight
David Lowery 30 July 2021
Stillwater
Thomas McCarthy 30 July 2021
Jungle Cruise
Jaume Collet-Serra 30 July 2021
Val
Leo Scott and Ting Poo 06 August 2021
Free Guy
Shawn Levy 13 August 2021
CODA
Sian Heder 13 August 2021
Swan Song
Todd Stephens 13 August 2021
Drive My Car
Doraibu mai kā
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 20 August 2021
The Protégé
Martin Campbell 20 August 2021
Annette
Leos Carax 20 August 2021
The Night House
David Bruckner 20 August 2021
Worth
What Is Life Worth
Sara Colangelo 27 August 2021
Candyman
Nia DaCosta 27 August 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Destin Cretton 03 September 2021
The Card Counter
Paul Schrader 10 September 2021
Small Engine Repair
John Pollono 10 September 2021
Malignant
James Wan 10 September 2021
Cry Macho
Clint Eastwood 17 September 2021
Last Night in Rozzie Sean Gannet 17 September 2021
Best Sellers
Lina Roessler 17 September 2021
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Sion Sono 17 September 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Michael Showalter 17 September 2021
On These Grounds
Spring Valley Garrett Zevgetis 24 September 2021
Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 30 September 2021
Titane
Julia Ducournau 01 October 2021
The Guilty
Antoine Fuqua 01 October 2021
The Many Saints of Newark
The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story
Alan Taylor 01 October 2021
Old Henry
Potsy Ponciroli 01 October 2021
Jacinta
Jessica Earnshaw 08 October 2021
The Rescue
Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 08 October 2021
No Time to Die
Cary Joji Fukunaga 08 October 2021
Parallel Mothers
Madres paralelas
Pedro Almodóvar 08 October 2021
Lamb
Dýrið
Valdimar Jóhannsson 08 October 2021
The Last Duel
Ridley Scott 15 October 2021
The Worst Person in the World
Verdens verste menneske
Joachim Trier 15 October 2021
Mass
Fran Kranz 15 October 2021
Writing with Fire
Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas 20 October 2021
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Wes Anderson 21 October 2021
Dune
Dune Part One
Denis Villeneuve 22 October 2021
Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright 29 October 2021
The Harder They Fall
Jeymes Samuel 03 November 2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Will Sharpe 05 November 2021
Spencer
Pablo Larraín 05 November 2021
Violet
Justine Bateman 05 November 2021
Attica
Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson 06 November 2021
Passing
Rebecca Hall 10 November 2021
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh 12 November 2021
Ascension
Jessica Kingdon 15 November 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jason Reitman 19 November 2021
King Richard
Reinaldo Marcus Green 19 November 2021
The Souvenir: Part II
Joanna Hogg 19 November 2021
tick, tick...BOOM!
Lin-Manuel Miranda 19 November 2021
House of Gucci
Ridley Scott 24 November 2021
The Humans
Stephen Karam 24 November 2021
Encanto
Byron Howard and Jared Bush 24 November 2021
C'mon C'mon
Mike Mills 26 November 2021
A Castle for Christmas
Mary Lambert 26 November 2021
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion 01 December 2021
Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven 03 December 2021
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg 10 December 2021
Red Rocket
Sean Baker 10 December 2021
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay 10 December 2021
A Hero
Asghar Farhadi 15 December 2021
The Hand of God
È stata la mano di Dio
Paolo Sorrentino 15 December 2021
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Mark Cousins 17 December 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Gûzen to sôzô
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 17 December 2021
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro 17 December 2021
Swan Song
Benjamin Cleary 17 December 2021
Cyrano
Joe Wright 17 December 2021
Being the Ricardos
Aaron Sorkin 21 December 2021
The Tender Bar
George Clooney 22 December 2021
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson 25 December 2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen 25 December 2021
The Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal 31 December 2021
Boiling Point
Philip Barantini 07 January 2022
Jockey Clint Bentley 04 February 2022
Julia
Julie Cohen and Betsy West 30 May 2022
Films Not Yet Seen This Year