Azor 2021

Full list at https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/50-best-films-2021

Movies about labor movements, civil rights struggles, anti-war efforts, or community organizing. These movies often blend strong narrative storytelling with a deep exploration of social and political themes, providing viewers with not just a compelling story, but also a thought-provoking examination of the human condition and the power of collective action.

The Guardian's countdown of the best films released in the US during 2021

List compiled from: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/30/the-50-best-films-of-2021-in-the-us

Ranked as in the list (since there are 2 films at #11, the list actually includes 51 films)

1: The Power of the Dog
2: The Green Knight
3: Petite Maman
4: Drive My Car
5: Flee
6: Dune
7: Licorice Pizza
8: The Humans
9: Azor
10: The Lost Daughter
11: West Side Story
12: Belfast
13: Mass
14: The Souvenir Part II
15: The French Dispatch
16: No Time to Die
17: Quo Vadis, Aida?
18: Getting Away With Murder(s)
19: Summer of Soul
20: Limbo
21: Red Rocket
22: A Cop Movie
23: Passing
24: Identifying Features
25: Bergman Island
26: The Worst Person in the World
27: The Killing of Two Lovers
28: The World to Come
29: tick, tick … BOOM!
30: Procession
31: Rose Plays Julie
32: The Tragedy of Macbeth
33: I Care a Lot
34: House of Gucci
35: The Velvet Underground
36: About Endlessness
37: Never Gonna Snow Again
38: Censor
39: Annette
40: Pig
41: New Order
42: The Reason I Jump
43: C’mon C’mon
44: Shiva Baby
45: State Funeral
46: Titane
47: Last Night in Soho
48: Boiling Point
49: Worth
50: Sabaya
51: The First Wave

Films showing during the Zürich Film Festival 2021.

https://zff.com/en/programme/

71st Berlin International Film Festival:
- 01-15: Competition
- 16-26: Berlinale Special
- 27-38: Encounters
- 39-57: Panorama
- 58-74: Forum
- 75-89: Generation
- 90-95: Perspektive Deutsches Kino
- 96-115: Berlinale Shorts

Awards:
- Competition Golden Bear: 01 - Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude).
- Competition Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize: 02 - Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi).
- Competition Silver Bear Jury Prize: 15 - Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth).
- Competition Silver Bear For Best Director: 03 - Natural Light (Dénes Nagy).
- Competition Silver Bear Best Leading Performance: 04 - I’m Your Man (Maren Eggert).
- Competition Silver Bear Best Supporting Performance: 05 - Forest: I See You Everywhere (Lilla Kizlinger).
- Competition Silver Bear Best Screenplay: 06 - Introduction (Hong Sangsoo).
- Competition Silver Bear Outstanding Artistic Contribution: 07 - A Cop Movie (Yibrán Asuad - editing).
- Encounters Best Film: 36 - We (Alice Diop).
- Encounters Special Jury Award: 27 - Taste (Lê Bảo).
- Encounters Best Director (ex-aequo): 28 - The Girl and the Spider (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher).
- Encounters Best Director (ex-aequo): 29 - Social Hygiene (Denis Côté).
- Encounters Special Mention: 37 - Rock Bottom Riser (Fern Silva).
- Generation Grand Prix for the Best Film in the Kplus competition: 75 - Summer Blur (Han Shuai).
- Generation Grand Prix for the Best Film in the 14plus competition: 76 - The Fam (von Fred Baillif).
- Generation Special Mention in the Kplus competition: 77 - A School in Cerro Hueso (Betania Cappato).
- Generation Special Mention in the 14plus competition: 78 - Cryptozoo (Dash Shaw).
- GWFF Best First Feature Award: 30 - The Scary of Sixty-First Dasha Nekrasova).
- Berlinale Documentary Award: 39 - The Last Forest.
- Short Film Golden Bear: 96 - My Uncle Tudor (Olga Lucovnicova).
- Short Film Silver Bear Jury Prize: 97 - Day is Done (von Zhang Dalei).
- Short Film Berlin Candidate for the European Film Awards: 98 - Easter Eggs (Nicolas Keppens).
- Berlinale Competition Audience Award: 15 - Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Maria Speth).
- Panorama Audience Awards: 39 - The Last Forest.
- FIPRESCI Prize Competition: 08 - What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Alexandre Koberidze).
- FIPRESCI Prize Encounters: 28 - The Girl and the Spider (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher).
- FIPRESCI Prize Panorama: 40 - Brother‘s Keeper (Ferit Karahan).
- FIPRESCI Prize Forum: 73 - Ski (Manque La Banca).
- Compass-Perspektive Award: 90 - Instructions for Survival.

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

Good films that are or were available on MUBI (predominantly from the US version of the service but also from, among others, MUBI France, Canada, UK, Spain, and Germany).

—A lot of films that expire on MUBI in one country are reshown in another country’s version. Also, often available on Amazon’s MUBI channel or on Kanopy.

Pulled from Rotten Tomatoes Top Movies section:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2021

UPDATED: 3/21/22

NOTE: It appears Rotten Tomatoes has not been refreshing this list. I will keep checking and update the Trakt list once RT resumes updates.

Updated at 2024-06-13

Includes best of, wide release, limited release and streaming

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-2021/

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-wide-release-movies-2021/

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-limited-release-movies-2021/

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-streaming-movies-2021/

Source: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/2021-best-movies/

Academy, Bafta, Bifa, Critics Choice, Golden Globes, Gotham, Spirit, SAG, WGA, Satellite

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/2021-best-movies/

The Guardian's countdown of the best films released in the UK during 2021

List compiled from: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/30/the-50-best-films-of-2021-in-the-uk

Ranked as in the list (since there are 2 films at #17, the list actually includes 51 films)

1: The Power of the Dog
2: The Green Knight
3: Petite Maman
4: Drive My Car
5: Nomadland
6: Dune
7: West Side Story
8: Azor
9: The Lost Daughter
10: The Tragedy of Macbeth
11: The Father
12: First Cow
13: No Time to Die
14: Dear Comrades!
15: Minari
16: Quo Vadis, Aida?
17: Getting Away with Murder(s)
18: The Humans
19: Summer of Soul
20: Limbo
21: After Love
22: The Story of Looking
23: Passing
24: Identifying Features
25: Palm Springs
26: The Killing of Two Lovers
27: The World to Come
28: tick, tick … BOOM!
29: Procession
30: The Nest
31: Ammonite
32: Rose Plays Julie
33: I Care a Lot
34: House of Gucci
35: The Velvet Underground
36: Never Gonna Snow Again
37: Censor
38: Annette
39: New Order
40: The Reason I Jump
41: Souad
42: Black Bear
43: Martin Eden
44: C’mon C’mon
45: Shiva Baby
46: State Funeral
47: Titane
48: Last Night in Soho
49: Natural Light
50: Boiling Point
51: Promising Young Woman