Pig 2021

Underrated/Underseen Crime Flick Picks of the New Millennium

All crime flicks listed here: small films, foreign language imports, high-profile flops or victims of unjust critical dismissal. Some were even moderately successful, but deserve to be in more conversations, others are new, but under-exposed. Didn't love every one of these, but they all have a reason to be here.

From:
https://letterboxd.com/jedidiahayres/list/hardboiled-wonderland-underrated-underseen/

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

Below is our updated running tally of the films most frequently mentioned by individual critics on the year-end Top Ten lists. Note that if a critic ranks more than the standard 10 films, we will not include films ranked 11th or worse. (We do include unranked lists of 11-20 titles, though each film gets just one-half of a point.) In case of a tie for first or second, each film will receive the full points for that position.
https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-pick-10-best-movies-of-2021
Updated: 2022-01-23

The Best LIST!!!!

My ranking of films released in 2021.

Notes:
-No short films (1 hour minimum runtime)
-Films included are based on the year the film first premiered
-Ranking is based more on my personal enjoyment of a film rather than what rating I gave it

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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

List compiled from (article and podcast): https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/2021/12/22/854-855-top-10-films-of-2021

Four Top 10 lists - from Adam, Josh, Dana Stevens and Michael Phillips

Ranked by number of consensus Top 10 selections (most Top 10 selections first), then average place from all the lists

1: Summer of Soul (Adam, Josh, Dana, Michael)
2: The Power of the Dog (Adam, Josh, Dana)
3: Licorice Pizza (Adam, Dana, Michael)
4: The Green Knight (Josh, Dana, Michael)
5: Petite Maman (Adam, Josh)
6: West Side Story (Dana, Michael)
7: Drive My Car (Adam, Michael)
8: Passing (Josh, Michael)

Besides the 8 consensus movies, there are some outliers that only made it to one Top 10 list

Adam:
9: The Worst Person in the World
10: Pig
11: The Killing of Two Lovers
12: The Card Counter
13: Annette

Josh:
14: Identifying Features
15: The French Dispatch
16: Zola
17: Memoria
18: About Endlessness

Dana:
19: Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
20: The Velvet Underground
21: A Hero
22: Parallel Mothers
23: The Disciple

Michael:
24: The Underground Railroad
25: It's a Sin
26: A Night of Knowing Nothing
27: The Lost Daughter

Movies shown at the Fantasy Filmfest 2021 in Stuttgart

Movies that aren't from A24, but could've been.
(personal opinion)

If you have a recommendation, please, leave a comment with it!

02/08/21-02/14/21: Django Unchained, Hamilton, Avatar
02/15/21-02/21/21: Cool Hand Luke, The Princess Bride, Train to Busan
02/22/21-02/28/21: Booksmart, V/H/S, Cars 3
03/01/21-03/07/21: American Pie 2, The Departed, Warrior
03/08/21-03/14/21: October Sky, The Truman Show, Cool Runnings
03/15/21-03/21/21: Jack, A Perfect Getaway, Knock Knock
03/22/21-03/28/21: This Is the End, Looper, Cloverfield
03/29/21-04/04/21: The Dig, Good Will Hunting, The Legend of Bagger Vance
04/05/21-04/11/21: The Nice Guys, Jojo Rabbit, Treasure Planet
04/12/21-04/18/21: What We Do in the Shadows, Mystery Men, Garden State
04/19/21-04/25/21: A Knight's Tale, Free Solo, Palm Springs
05/03/21-05/09/21: Osmosis Jones, The Big Sick, Arrival
05/10/21-05/16/21: The Place Beyond the Pines, The Kings of Summer, Seven Psychopaths
05/17/21-05/23/21: Role Models, Sorry to Bother You, Up
05/24/21-05/30/21: Wonder, The Good Liar, Rudderless
05/31/21-06/06/21: Reign of Fire, Shooter, Remember the Titans
06/07/21-06/13/21: Superbad, Sound of Metal, The Mitchells vs. the Machines
06/14/21-06/20/21: The Girl Next Door, Army of the Dead, (500) Days of Summer
06/21/21-06/27/21: The Green Mile, Moneyball, Beverly Hills Ninja
06/28/21-07/04/21: Fargo, Reign Over Me, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
07/05/21-07/11/21: American: The Motion Picture, Independence Day, The Sandlot
07/12/21-07/18/21: 22 Jump Street, Thor: Ragnarok, Back to the Future Part III
07/19/21-07/25/21: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Imitation Game, The Judge
07/26/21-08/01/21: Whiplash, WALL-E, The Patriot
08/02/21-08/08/21: A Silent Voice, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Onward
08/09/21-08/15/21: One Night in Miami..., My Uncle Frank, The Sweetest Thing
08/16/21-08/22/21: The Shape of Water, Safety, Boogie Nights
08/23/21-08/29/21: Buster's Mal Heart, Interstellar, Casino Royale
08/30/21-09/05/21: It Follows, Room, Vacation Friends
09/06/21-09/12/21: The Upside, Horrible Bosses, Spider-Man 2
09/13/21-09/19/21: The Intern, The Way Way Back, Sing Street
09/20/21-09/26/21: Edge of Tomorrow, There Will Be Blood, National Treasure
09/27/21-10/03/21: Pete's Dragon, Isle of Dogs, Minari
10/04/21-10/10/21: American Factory, The Final Girls, Our Idiot Brother
10/11/21-10/17/21: Zodiac, Schumacher, Holes
10/18/21-10/24/21: Birdman, The Founder, Jack Frost
10/25/21-10/31/21: Scary Movie, Trick 'r Treat, Halloweentown
11/01/21-11/07/21: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Chronicle, The Love Guru
11/08/21-11/14/21: Saving Mr. Banks, McFarland USA, Begin Again
11/15/21-11/21/21: Home Alone, I Robot, Johnny Tsunami
11/22/21-11/28/21: The Edge of Seventeen, About Time, Klaus
11/29/21-12/05/21: School of Rock, Office Space, Love and Monsters
12/06/21-12/12/21: Red Notice, We Were Soldiers, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
12/13/21-12/19/21: Pig, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kicking & Screaming
12/20/21-12/26/21: The Matrix, The Night Before, Better Watch Out
12/27/21-01/02/22: tick, tick... BOOM!, Doctor Strange, Tommy Boy

Personal favorites released in 2021 with a rating of 8 or higher.

Rating Scale:
10 - One of my all time favorites!
9 - Easily one of the best of the year.
8 - High quality film, it was a good time and worth a watch

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