My Top 25 Films: 25: The Beatles: Get Back 24. In The Heights 23. The Sparks Brothers/Annette (Tie) 22. Tick, Tick…Boom! 21. Last Night In Soho 20. Nightmare Alley 19. The Power Of The Dog 18. The Last Duel 17. Shiva Baby 16. Nobody 15. Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar 14. Minari 13. The Father 12. The Mitchells Vs. The Machines 11. Saint Maud 10. Supernova 9. Pig 8. Scenes From A Marriage 7. Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 6. West Side Story 5. Belfast 4. C’mon C’mon 3. Nomadland 2. Licorice Pizza 1. Nine Days Honorable Mentions: Judas And The Black Messiah, The Courier, Together Together, Pink Skies Ahead, A Quiet Place Part II, Bo Burnham: Inside, Zola, The Green Knight, CODA, Titane, Mass, Dune, The French Dispatch, Spencer, King Richard, Spider-Man: No Way Home that was a lot great year for movies
Love the love for Red Rocket. What an amazing portrait of a narcissist. Also adored Passing and The Green Knight. Can't wait to see Licorice Pizza, Anette. This list is great! Gonna save it so I can see the rest. :) Thank you
My top 10 are: 10. The Tragedy of Macbeth 9. Licorice Pizza 8. Quo vadis, Aida? 7. Petite Maman 6. A Hero 5. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 4. Compartment No. 6 3. Spider-Man: No Way Home 2. West Side Story 1. Drive My Car Some mentions include: C’mon C’mon, The Worst Person in the World, Parallel Mothers. I did get to see “David Byrne’s American Utopia” (2020) for the first time during its one-off 2021 theatrical showing, which was awesome.
Having adored Quo Vadis, Aida and West Side Story, I approve. Will need to check out A Hero, and some of the others. Spider-man feels so out of place on this list lmao.
@@blackforest825 I did think about that Spider-Man placement once, when comparing it with the other types of films on my list. Especially considering that in my 2019 list, I did place Climax (#2) next to Avengers: Endgame (#3), with Parasite as #1.
My Top 10: 1. Licorice Pizza 2. C’mon C’mon 3. Spencer 4. Titane 5. The Worst Person In The World 6. Dune 7. Mass 8. Coda 9. Pig 10. Flee Honorable Mentions: Summer Of Soul The Green Knight Last Night In Soho Mad God Shiva Baby The Novice Drive My Car Petite Maman The Suicide Squad
My Top 20: 1. Licorice Pizza 2. Memoria 3. The Green Knight 4. Dune 5. The Last Duel 6. The Souvenir: Part II 7. Pig 8. Drive My Car 9. Titane 10. Nobody 11. No Time to Die 12. The Card Counter 13. The French Dispatch 14. Annette 15. In & Of Itself 16. The Worst Person in the World 17. Saint Maud 18. C'mon C'mon 19. Azor 20. Red Rocket
Their best of list: A 10. Swan Song K 10. Saint Maude A 9. Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar K 9. Riders of Justice A 8. Memoria K 8. Pig A 7. Luca K 7. Bo Burnham Inside A 6. Petite Maman K 6. Titane A 5. The Worst Person in the World K 5. Summer of Soul A 4. Limbo K 4. Spencer A 3. West Side Story K 3. The Green Knight A 2. Parallel Mothers K 2. Power of the Dog AK 1. Licorice Pizza
Alonzo's Runners up (that weren't in either list): Benedeta Come on come on Daze Drive my Car Fever Dream Holler I carry you with Me Labyrinth of Cinema Locked Down The Mitchell's vs The Machines The Novice Preperations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Raia and the Last Dragon Red Rocket Riders of Justice Together Together
Power of The Dog was a big let-down for me, and I saw it months before the hype in October so it's not like I had overblown expectations. I appreciate the atmosphere and performances but the ending did not feel justified or earned imo. My list would be : 10 - Dune 9 - Illusions Perdues 8 - Hand of God 7 - Licorice Pizza 6 - Card Counter 5 - Green Knight 4 - Spencer 3 - Pig 2 - Drive My Car 1 - Petite Maman
I’ve ranked all the 2021 films I saw. There is a few more I still need to see. 1. The Green Knight 2. Petite Maman 3. Free Guy 4. A Quiet Place: Part II 5. No Time To Die 6. The Last Duel 7. Dune 8. Censor 9. The Suicide Squad 10. Spencer 11. West Side Story 12. Spider-Man: No Way Home 13. Encounter 14. The Eternals 15. Annette 16. Titane 17. Lamb 18. In the Earth 19. Last Night in Soho 20. Ghostbusters: Afterlife 21. Godzilla vs Kong 22. Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings 23. The Mitchells vs The Machines 24. The French Dispatch 25. Nobody 26. Old 27. Malignant 28. Luca 29. Raya and the Last Dragon 30. The Night House 31. The Matrix Resurrections 32. Black Widow 33. Spiral: From the Book of Saw 34. Ron’s Gone Wrong 35. Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage 36. Those That Wish Me Dead 37. Encanto 38. Mortal Kombat 39. Candyman 40. Antlers 41. Silent Night 42. Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
My list: 1. The Power of the Dog 2. West Side Story 3. Parallel Mothers 4. Raya and the Last Dragon 5. No Time to Die (the best blockbuster I've seen) 6. Red Rocket 7. Coda 8. The Green Knight 9. Passing 10. The Hand of God / Luca
Gotta love these critics trying to be slick with the bashing of Ansel's performance. There is literally nothing wrong with his performance. He is literally a 2nd coming of Brando in that movie. He has never given a bad performance and can sing. Stop listening to Twitter and bringing his personal life into the judging of West side story and his performance
King Richard. C’mon C’mon. The French Dispatch. Summer of Soul. Zola. A Man Named Scott. The Lost Daughter. ROADRUNNER. The Harder They Fall. Red Rocket. So much I didn’t see yet though.
Christy and Alonso no longer even mention Matt being on sabbatical. I don't think they mentioned it on their last 2021 show either. Perhaps not a good sign that Matt will be back.
I’m dying to see Memoria but the release strategy is so perplexing to me. No announcements for other cities on the release rollout and no streaming or physical release in sight... hopefully Criterion picks it up otherwise I feel like so many of us will never be able to see it :(
My list of all movies I watched in 2021. Now these are the ones I really liked. 1. The French Dispatch - The visual style and uniqueness of narrative make it the best. 2. Power of Dog - Incredibly well directed, and acted. 3. The Pig - Simplicity of narrative backed very sincere and thought provoking screenplay. 4. Oxygen - A really good sci-fi with the most effective use of its premise. 5. Wrath of Man - Smartly constructed narrative with the most effective use of action sequences. 6.Malignant - One of the better made horror movies in recent years with great suspense and high entertainment value. 7. Free Guy - A great premise, great visuals, and really good lead performances made it the most unexpected success. 8. Suicide Squad - A different concept, great casting, and a very well executed climax made it very entertaining. 9. Wedding Friends - Reminded you of the good old 90's and 2000's when mistaken identities, unexpected situations and funny characters provided some good laughs and feel good viewing experience. 10. Cherry / Reminiscence - Two experimental movies that really chose different themes and made very engrossing if not great movies.
Honorable mentions Don't Look Up -The big canvas and all star cast make this movie entertaining if not completely effective. Don't Breathe - Very well paced narrative, especially how the action scenes were used. Last Night in Soho - Very suspenseful and had that tone of eeriness with great visuals. Also a great lead performance. The Last Duel - Great production designs, and a strong climax make it worth the effort. Nobody - A unique action movie with hard hitting action scenes Those Who Wish Me Dead - A 2000's type action movie where several events build up to a final combat. Always a decent set up Monster Hunt - Delivered on its promise of cheesy thrills and entertainment.
Nice List as always! I still need to see many foreign movies, watching Hand of God as I write this: My top 10 would be : 1.Belfast 2.Power of the Dog 3.No Sudden Move 4.The Night House 5.Dune pt 1 6.Passing 7.Nightmare Alley 8.The Card Counter 9.Undine 10.The Mitchells vs. The Machines Honorable Mention: No Time To Die, Stillwater, Falling, I Care A Lot, Drive My Car
English language movies :- 1 Shiva Baby 2 Sweetheart UK 3 The Lost Daughter 4 Licorice Pizza 5 Dune 6 The Power of the Dog 7 The Nest 8 Spencer 9 The Dig UK 10 Mothering Sunday UK Judas and the Black Messiah and One Night in Miami were released in the UK in 2021 and they would have been on my list. Foreign language movies :- 1 Sweat Pol 2 Slalom Fr 3 Gagarine Fr 4 I Never Cry Pol 5 Quo Vadis Aida? Bos 6 Hope Nor 7 Wesele Pol 8 Another Round Den 9 Tescowie Pol 10 New Order Mex
My list (Best): 1. Luca 2. In The Heights 3. West Side Story 4. A Quiet Place Part II 5. Zola My list (Worst): 1. The Woman in the Window 2. Thunder Force 3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 4. Halloween Kills 5. Things Heard & Seen
I don't list them by rank......every one of these movies deserve recognition. The Tragedy of Macbeth, Saint Maud, West Side Story, Wrath of Man, Power of the Dog, Barb and Star Go To The Vista del Mar, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,Titane, Pig..... Is that ten? No? Oh well........
I didn't watch many films this past year and LP definitely was my top film until I saw The worst person in the world. It really impressed the hell out of me, I hope it gets the Oscar nomination for foreign film.
5/10 LUCA 7/10 THE POWER OF THE DOG 8/10 THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON 9/10 _TITANE_ No, I don't think INSIDE counts as a movie, but it has to do more with format. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate its artistry.
Here’s my list for what it’s worth :) 1. Drive My Car 2. Red Rocket 3. Licorice Pizza 4. C’mon C’mon 5. Dune 6. West Side Story 7. The Lost Daughter 8. Annette 9. The Last Duel 10. The Power of the Dog 11. Titane 12. Don’t Look Up (sorry, I laughed, ok!) Have yet to see Belfast, Worst Person in the World, Tick Tick Boom. Have seen Macbeth, French Dispatch, Spencer, but didn’t like them too much.
Am evidently the only person on the planet who found Anson Elgort just fine as Tony in WSS, my #2 film of its year -- #1, "Summer of Soul," yaaa, baby -- and yay on "Limbo."
Well now I can never accuse Alonso of hating fun again because he has Barb and Star on his top ten (I do too). I really liked Dune and The Lost Daughter. Otherwise you mentioned everything else in my top. Still have to see Saint Maud, will make that priority. And added Limbo to my HBOMAX list, had not heard of.
The Card Counter and The Green Knight were my top movies of the year but like always at this time of year there are many I haven't had the opportunity to see yet.
1. The Worst Person in the World 2. Shadow in the Cloud 3. Annette / Bo Burnham Inside / Stillwater / Drive My Car I also loved "Riders of Justice" -- but I think it qualifies as a 2020 film. It was the best film of 2020.
Riders was released in 2021 in the US, so it qualifies in that sense. Even going as far as 2019’s Saint Maud. Sometimes it depends on the release dates, at least that’s how I rank it, based on when and where I saw those movies.
@@csjcsj2906 Yes, it is a gray area. I generally choose the date where it first played to a paying audience (not a festival) anywhere in the world. However, if you are very American-centric, choosing 2021 for Riders is fine.
Well I liked Spencer and Eyes of Tammy Faye but I think they lacked the authenticity required to be biopics. But yes they were elevated by good lead performances.
Christy: “I don’t know when anything is a spoiler!” Also Christy: “DON’T SPOIL THAT DETAIL ABOUT PETITE MAMAN!” To her credit, I really wish I didn’t know that about Petite Maman.
My favorite ten movies: 1-The Humans 2-The Power of the Dog 3-Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 4-The Card Counter 5-tick tick......BOOM! 6-Gaia 7-Titane 8-The Spine of Night 9-The World to Come 10-Zack Snyder's Justice League
Ben hasn't been doing these shows much anyways. I think he only popped in 1-2 times for Breakfast All Day, and was sporadically on What The Flick (where it became a running joke on whether he saw the films being discussed). But I am wondering where Matt went. They said he was taking a break, but I think it's been months already. I'm not used to seeing the main trio split up like this for that long.
1. The Last Duel, I think this is an instant classic... well actually I did have to watch it about three times to realize just what a tremendous achievement it is. In some ways this might be one of the five most interesting movies I have ever seen, and each time I watch it I like it more and more, I see more and more. Astonishing performance from Matt Damon, the embittered facial expressions and roaring outrage he puts forth throughout the picture are really quite something to behold. And the final battle, my god, words fail me. Tremendous, tremendous achievement, it goes right up there with Blade Runner and Gladiator as the holy trinity of Ridley Scott brilliance. Although much credit also has to go to the author of the book, Eric Jager, Matt and Ben and Nicole for the screenplay, and of course first and foremost these actual men and women back in 14th century France who actually lived this situation in the first person. 2. Dune, overall a success, primarily interesting at a visual, compositional level, fairly good characterization but not outstanding, Lady Jessica is not overall compelling compared with say, Rose the Hat. The fact that it's split into two movies really hurts the last half hour, it feel anticlimactic for a fairly ordinary knife fight to be the last thing we see in around the gargantuan combined fleet of Harkonnen and Sardukar shock troops laying siege to the very naive and unprepared Atreides. This is one I will watch again and again over the years though, much like 2049 and Sicario. 3. The Power of the Dog, surprising second half and treading genuinely new territory 4. Pig. Wow, just wow. That restaurant scene with the phony deconstructionist chef is one of the more striking pieces of cinema I've seen, ever. The electricity of the scene is highlighted by the very icy blue eyes of the chef himself, a real piece of serendipity there. 5. No Time To Die, because it was stimulating better part of three hours and worked the entire way through, a fitting end to the Daniel Craig era, shot rather beautifully too 6. The Green Knight. innovate, dank, fetid, atmospheric, hallucinatory, and I've been a big fan of the Green Knight tale ever since I heard Joseph Campbell retell it on the superb Power of Myth series back from the late eighties. can't do number seven through ten because that's about all I've seen this year in terms of new releases, at least in terms of what really stuck in the memory
With a little bit left to watch (catching Drive My Car today, as well as a few others, and counting films from last Oscar cycle which still had their first release in 2021) I'm sitting at: 10. Sweat 9. Judas and the Black Messiah 8. Flee 7. The Green Knight 6. Spencer 5. Power of the Dog 4. The Father 3. C'mon C'mon 2. Red Post on Esher Street (one of those weird ""did this actually release" films, but I saw some one-night digital screenings pop up in 2021 so I'm counting it [Mad God's in My Top 25, and is a similar case]). 1. In the Heights With Mitchells vs the Machines, Undine, The Harder They Fall, Mad God, and Tick Tick Boom as runners-up.
I really don’t understand the hype for Licorice Pizza, the movie was so off, it never was fluid, the characters interacted so weirdly, the movie never had a grasp on where it was going. Maybe it was just me but wow did that movie not connect with me at all.
No, it wasn't just you. I didn't like "Licorice pizza" either. It's been vastly overpraised (imo).. The most interesting thing about this movie is the "sociological" question it raises about the many people who loved this movie. Which is if the relationship among the 2 stars that happens in the movie, happened in real life, an awful lot of people (and probably a lot of the same people who love this movie) would be damming the woman, and spitting hate at her. (I won't spoil the movie by saying why). Thus as I watched this movie I spent a lot of time wondering why a lot of the same people who would likely be hating on this woman if this story happens in real life, loved the movie and found it to be very sweet. Is it that this kind of relationship is ok if the guy is a tv or movie star? Or if he seems mature for his age? Or is it that this kind of relationship is ok because it's just a movie? Btw, I wasn't bothered by the nature of this relationship. That wasn't my problem with the movie. I had a lot of other problems with the movie. But the reason I wasn't bothered by it is that it was handled by the director in such a timid and wimpy way that the "disturbing" aspect of this kind of relationship doesn't come off as disturbing. It comes off as innocent. It's as the filmmakers want it both ways. They want to tantalize the audience by the idea of this relationship, but at the same time are scared of possibly alienating the audience by delving into, and really exploring what would be widely regarded as the "darker" elements of this kind of relationship. I think it would actually be a better and more interesting movie if it had done that. But if they did that it would change the nature of the movie. And thus you wouldn't have so many people thinking of this movie as "sweet" and "charming But is the timid and wimpy way the filmmakers handled the relationship the reason why a lot of people arent bothered by it, when they would probably be bothered by this kind of relationship in real life?
Btw, some of the problems I had with the movie are that there is A LOT OF FAT TO IT. This doesn't help when a story is this meandering. There is no reason this movie needs to be 2 hours and 10 minutes long. No reason other than there seems to be an unwritten rule that every movie that comes out at this time of the year needs to be 2 hours+. Also, I didn't think her's was a particularly well or tightly written character. At some points in the movie, she seems smart and strong, and at other points, she seems to be not overly bright. I think his character was clearly more tightly written than her character was. Of course, it's possible that both things can exist in one person at various times, but I think the movie does a poor job of tying it all into the same character. Also some of the ideas/elements in the movie could have done with more fleshing out. For example, her feeling trapped in her life. And more of her relationship with her family. If the movie had developed these things more, the longer running time might have felt more justified. And frankly, the movie wimps out BIG TIME with its ending.
The green knight is not a good movie, it's a bad movie and the acting is just awful. The power of the dog is by far the best movie of the year. It is so expertly written, acted, and directed that many books will be written about it years and years after everybody has forgotten Licorice pizza. Just look at the dance scene in The power of the dog and how it explains the rest of the movie. Or the rabbit scene and the meaning of removing wood poles.
Bo Burnham: Inside is great and all but…yeah Christy, not a movie. For one, it personally doesn’t feel like a movie to me which isn’t a knock against it at all it’s just how I feel. And two, it competed in the Emmys race. So by technicality, it’s considered television. I personally make my top 10 based off what films are Oscar qualifying.
"not a movie" okay... no one cares that you base off of Oscar qualifying films. They are not bound by the academy. (Also only one film per country that is submitted for international film is even considered Oscar qualifying, so it's a very poor criteria. by your requisites Portrait of a Lady on Fire should not have been on any Breakfast all day list, because it wasn't oscar qualifying only Les Miserables was. Ya terrible list criteria suggestion.)
@@Alchemist1330 Oscar qualifying is dumb yes but there is a bigger debate to be had over whether or not Inside is a movie, I definitely do not think it is. It's closer to a series of UA-cam content/music videos connected together. I love it, I think it's one of the best things I've seen in years, but if I was forcing my perspective to view it as a MOVIE-which I can hardly do by force-I'd have to grade it relatively low. It doesn't have character drama or character intrigue; it's pure music-driven social commentary with some avante-garde solo stage monologuing. Movies, I think, are all about character arcs (or the illusion of them) and literal narratives (or the illusion of them). I think say Baraka has landscapes and civilizations as an illusion of a story narrative well before Bo Burnham's: Inside does. But part of the magic of Inside is that it's a combination of art forms challenging multiple at once.
@@ethidian3444 ummmm... so if something is non-narrative it's not a film. lol. okay. Haha guess we have to remove Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera" 1929 from the cinematic canon. Also let's discard Stan Brakhage's Moothlight, and Bunuel's/dali's Un Chien Andalou is definitely not a film. I'm so happy you are here to make sure that anything out side of David Bordwell's description of classical hollywood cinema is expunged from film canon.
@@Alchemist1330 Man with a Movie Camera, very much like Baraka to me in spirit, is in that same realm of not really fitting in with what a movie is, but is captivating nonetheless. Like I said with Baraka, they are more of a movie in my opinion than Bo Burnham's Inside. Tell me, if I filmed my shoe for two hours would you call it a movie? Are all home movies actual movies? Is all footage, a movie? Where do you draw the line? I assume everyone will draw the line at different points, which is what makes film projects like Inside interesting conversation in the realm of challenging art. But simply saying "yep, they're all movies, just because" is not interesting or compelling, which is the point of view of many. Un Chien Andalou as well as Man with a Movie Camera- I personally didn't rate with any grading system because, well, they are not movie-enough for me to comparatively judge in a rating system that I use for feature films. I do love Bunuel though, maybe my favorite filmmaker of his time. I also don't rate documentaries for similar reasons (I would however create a separate rating system for documentaries, but don't have the same level of motivation for documentaries). Now, I know many brilliant film historians, filmmakers, film critics consider documentaries and feature films one of the same category. I don't try to step all over that line of thinking, but do see things differently at the end of the day.
@@breadordecide Is it a contest? Should i make an entire list of filmmakers from most entertaining to most boring? I didn't say he was a bad filmmaker which Boll, just an insanely boring one. And a hugely overrated one.
Well your wrong hes not boring at all hes an amazing filmmaker. Obviously hes not your thing but to say hes boring is false. His films are NOT boring. I guess you should stick Marvel films then.
@@65g4 I decide what's boring and what isn't. That's some serious arguments right there. And it's either watching paint dry Anderson films or marvel. No other options you high brow art lover you.
Props to Alonso for shouting out Limbo. Perhaps the most underrated film of the year?? Loved it a lot
All Alonso needed to say was that Sidse Babett Knudsen was in it and I'm there.
@@andrewellison9932 Gotta be honest…didn’t know who that was until I looked it up just now lol. I remember her in the movie
I’m sorry but that movie was shit.
@@ericguti9316 Let’s agree to disagree
I remember a great John Sayles film called Limbo which also went under everyone's radar, alas like every John Sayles film
Favorites by genre:
1. Comedy: Licorice Pizza
2. Musical: tick, tick…Boom
3. (Body) Horror: Titane
4. Sci-fi: Dune
5. Drama: Belfast
Honorable Mentions: CODA, The French Dispatch.
tick, tick... Boom over In The Heights and West Side Story??
My Top 25 Films:
25: The Beatles: Get Back
24. In The Heights
23. The Sparks Brothers/Annette (Tie)
22. Tick, Tick…Boom!
21. Last Night In Soho
20. Nightmare Alley
19. The Power Of The Dog
18. The Last Duel
17. Shiva Baby
16. Nobody
15. Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar
14. Minari
13. The Father
12. The Mitchells Vs. The Machines
11. Saint Maud
10. Supernova
9. Pig
8. Scenes From A Marriage
7. Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
6. West Side Story
5. Belfast
4. C’mon C’mon
3. Nomadland
2. Licorice Pizza
1. Nine Days
Honorable Mentions: Judas And The Black Messiah, The Courier, Together Together, Pink Skies Ahead, A Quiet Place Part II, Bo Burnham: Inside, Zola, The Green Knight, CODA, Titane, Mass, Dune, The French Dispatch, Spencer, King Richard, Spider-Man: No Way Home
that was a lot great year for movies
More people need to talk about Nine Days 🙌
@@bibs1034 yes thank you great film
also i just saw drive my car and if i saw it before january 1st it would have made the list but regardless it’s a great movie!!!
My top 10
10. Mass
9. Titane
8. Petite Maman
7. Annette
6. The Green Knight
5. The Humans
4. Passing
3. C’mon C’mon
2. Red Rocket
1. Licorice Pizza
Love the love for Red Rocket. What an amazing portrait of a narcissist. Also adored Passing and The Green Knight. Can't wait to see Licorice Pizza, Anette. This list is great! Gonna save it so I can see the rest. :) Thank you
My top 10 are:
10. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. Licorice Pizza
8. Quo vadis, Aida?
7. Petite Maman
6. A Hero
5. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
4. Compartment No. 6
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home
2. West Side Story
1. Drive My Car
Some mentions include: C’mon C’mon, The Worst Person in the World, Parallel Mothers.
I did get to see “David Byrne’s American Utopia” (2020) for the first time during its one-off 2021 theatrical showing, which was awesome.
Having adored Quo Vadis, Aida and West Side Story, I approve. Will need to check out A Hero, and some of the others. Spider-man feels so out of place on this list lmao.
@@blackforest825 I did think about that Spider-Man placement once, when comparing it with the other types of films on my list.
Especially considering that in my 2019 list, I did place Climax (#2) next to Avengers: Endgame (#3), with Parasite as #1.
Christy pouting for a hot second after Alonso reveals the Petite Maman "twist" is hilarious and adorable.
Alonsa can't help herself. I've learned to deal with his inadvertent spoiling.
My Top 10:
1. Licorice Pizza
2. C’mon C’mon
3. Spencer
4. Titane
5. The Worst Person In The World
6. Dune
7. Mass
8. Coda
9. Pig
10. Flee
Honorable Mentions:
Summer Of Soul
The Green Knight
Last Night In Soho
Mad God
Shiva Baby
The Novice
Drive My Car
Petite Maman
The Suicide Squad
Where can I see Mad God?
@@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf Idk yet. I saw it at a film festival but was BLOWN AWAY. Idk when or if it’ll be released to the public.
My Top 20:
1. Licorice Pizza
2. Memoria
3. The Green Knight
4. Dune
5. The Last Duel
6. The Souvenir: Part II
7. Pig
8. Drive My Car
9. Titane
10. Nobody
11. No Time to Die
12. The Card Counter
13. The French Dispatch
14. Annette
15. In & Of Itself
16. The Worst Person in the World
17. Saint Maud
18. C'mon C'mon
19. Azor
20. Red Rocket
Did no one watch CODA? 😭 It's incredible!
We liked CODA! We reviewed it.
Their best of list:
A 10. Swan Song
K 10. Saint Maude
A 9. Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar
K 9. Riders of Justice
A 8. Memoria
K 8. Pig
A 7. Luca
K 7. Bo Burnham Inside
A 6. Petite Maman
K 6. Titane
A 5. The Worst Person in the World
K 5. Summer of Soul
A 4. Limbo
K 4. Spencer
A 3. West Side Story
K 3. The Green Knight
A 2. Parallel Mothers
K 2. Power of the Dog
AK 1. Licorice Pizza
Alonzo's Runners up (that weren't in either list):
Benedeta
Come on come on
Daze
Drive my Car
Fever Dream
Holler
I carry you with Me
Labyrinth of Cinema
Locked Down
The Mitchell's vs The Machines
The Novice
Preperations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Raia and the Last Dragon
Red Rocket
Riders of Justice
Together Together
@@JohnGottschalk thx
Power of The Dog was a big let-down for me, and I saw it months before the hype in October so it's not like I had overblown expectations. I appreciate the atmosphere and performances but the ending did not feel justified or earned imo.
My list would be :
10 - Dune
9 - Illusions Perdues
8 - Hand of God
7 - Licorice Pizza
6 - Card Counter
5 - Green Knight
4 - Spencer
3 - Pig
2 - Drive My Car
1 - Petite Maman
Can't wait for Drive My Car!
I’ve ranked all the 2021 films I saw. There is a few more I still need to see.
1. The Green Knight
2. Petite Maman
3. Free Guy
4. A Quiet Place: Part II
5. No Time To Die
6. The Last Duel
7. Dune
8. Censor
9. The Suicide Squad
10. Spencer
11. West Side Story
12. Spider-Man: No Way Home
13. Encounter
14. The Eternals
15. Annette
16. Titane
17. Lamb
18. In the Earth
19. Last Night in Soho
20. Ghostbusters: Afterlife
21. Godzilla vs Kong
22. Shang-Chi Legend of the Ten Rings
23. The Mitchells vs The Machines
24. The French Dispatch
25. Nobody
26. Old
27. Malignant
28. Luca
29. Raya and the Last Dragon
30. The Night House
31. The Matrix Resurrections
32. Black Widow
33. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
34. Ron’s Gone Wrong
35. Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage
36. Those That Wish Me Dead
37. Encanto
38. Mortal Kombat
39. Candyman
40. Antlers
41. Silent Night
42. Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
You are organized!
My list:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. West Side Story
3. Parallel Mothers
4. Raya and the Last Dragon
5. No Time to Die (the best blockbuster I've seen)
6. Red Rocket
7. Coda
8. The Green Knight
9. Passing
10. The Hand of God / Luca
1.Drive My Car
2.Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
3.Amazing Grace
4.The Power of the Dog
5.Sayonara America
I haven't seen a lot of movies last year
Gotta love these critics trying to be slick with the bashing of
Ansel's performance. There is literally nothing wrong with his performance. He is literally a 2nd coming of Brando in that movie. He has never given a bad performance and can sing. Stop listening to Twitter and bringing his personal life into the judging of West side story and his performance
King Richard. C’mon C’mon. The French Dispatch. Summer of Soul. Zola. A Man Named Scott. The Lost Daughter. ROADRUNNER. The Harder They Fall. Red Rocket.
So much I didn’t see yet though.
Alonso and Christy both looking HEALTHY
Is Matt okay? He's been gone a LOOOONG time, and that is one long sabbatical. We're so used to seeing the trio together.
RIP?
Christy and Alonso no longer even mention Matt being on sabbatical. I don't think they mentioned it on their last 2021 show either.
Perhaps not a good sign that Matt will be back.
All 3 went with TYT when What the Flick was dissolved. I gather Christy and Alonso had had enough of TYT and Matt was happy there and stayed.
I’m dying to see Memoria but the release strategy is so perplexing to me. No announcements for other cities on the release rollout and no streaming or physical release in sight... hopefully Criterion picks it up otherwise I feel like so many of us will never be able to see it :(
My list of all movies I watched in 2021. Now these are the ones I really liked.
1. The French Dispatch - The visual style and uniqueness of narrative make it the best.
2. Power of Dog - Incredibly well directed, and acted.
3. The Pig - Simplicity of narrative backed very sincere and thought provoking screenplay.
4. Oxygen - A really good sci-fi with the most effective use of its premise.
5. Wrath of Man - Smartly constructed narrative with the most effective use of action sequences.
6.Malignant - One of the better made horror movies in recent years with great suspense and high entertainment value.
7. Free Guy - A great premise, great visuals, and really good lead performances made it the most unexpected success.
8. Suicide Squad - A different concept, great casting, and a very well executed climax made it very entertaining.
9. Wedding Friends - Reminded you of the good old 90's and 2000's when mistaken identities, unexpected situations and funny characters provided some good laughs and feel good viewing experience.
10. Cherry / Reminiscence - Two experimental movies that really chose different themes and made very engrossing if not great movies.
Honorable mentions
Don't Look Up -The big canvas and all star cast make this movie entertaining if not completely effective.
Don't Breathe - Very well paced narrative, especially how the action scenes were used.
Last Night in Soho - Very suspenseful and had that tone of eeriness with great visuals. Also a great lead performance.
The Last Duel - Great production designs, and a strong climax make it worth the effort.
Nobody - A unique action movie with hard hitting action scenes
Those Who Wish Me Dead - A 2000's type action movie where several events build up to a final combat. Always a decent set up
Monster Hunt - Delivered on its promise of cheesy thrills and entertainment.
I agree wholeheartedly with Wrath of Man....srsly the only Guy Ritchie movie I enjoyed beginning to end
Geezus, no mention of:
Last Night in Soho?
Nightmare Alley?
Land?
News of the World?
Mass?
Top 3 favorites: green night, last duel, Judas and the back messiah
Must (will) watch soon: licorice pizza
Nice List as always! I still need to see many foreign movies, watching Hand of God as I write this: My top 10 would be :
1.Belfast
2.Power of the Dog
3.No Sudden Move
4.The Night House
5.Dune pt 1
6.Passing
7.Nightmare Alley
8.The Card Counter
9.Undine
10.The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Honorable Mention: No Time To Die, Stillwater, Falling, I Care A Lot, Drive My Car
English language movies :-
1 Shiva Baby
2 Sweetheart UK
3 The Lost Daughter
4 Licorice Pizza
5 Dune
6 The Power of the Dog
7 The Nest
8 Spencer
9 The Dig UK
10 Mothering Sunday UK
Judas and the Black Messiah and One Night in Miami were released in the UK in 2021 and they would have been on my list.
Foreign language movies :-
1 Sweat Pol
2 Slalom Fr
3 Gagarine Fr
4 I Never Cry Pol
5 Quo Vadis Aida? Bos
6 Hope Nor
7 Wesele Pol
8 Another Round Den
9 Tescowie Pol
10 New Order Mex
My list (Best):
1. Luca
2. In The Heights
3. West Side Story
4. A Quiet Place Part II
5. Zola
My list (Worst):
1. The Woman in the Window
2. Thunder Force
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Halloween Kills
5. Things Heard & Seen
I don't list them by rank......every one of these movies deserve recognition.
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Saint Maud, West Side Story, Wrath of Man, Power of the Dog, Barb and Star Go To The Vista del Mar, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,Titane, Pig.....
Is that ten? No? Oh well........
Agreed that Licorice Pizza is the best movie of the year hands down
I didn't watch many films this past year and LP definitely was my top film until I saw The worst person in the world. It really impressed the hell out of me, I hope it gets the Oscar nomination for foreign film.
@@tango31313 Both of those are definitely in my top 5
Dune had to have been in my top three, just for the cinematography if nothing else and I loved other things about it
5/10
LUCA
7/10
THE POWER OF THE DOG
8/10
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
9/10
_TITANE_
No, I don't think INSIDE counts as a movie, but it has to do more with format. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate its artistry.
Here’s my list for what it’s worth :)
1. Drive My Car
2. Red Rocket
3. Licorice Pizza
4. C’mon C’mon
5. Dune
6. West Side Story
7. The Lost Daughter
8. Annette
9. The Last Duel
10. The Power of the Dog
11. Titane
12. Don’t Look Up (sorry, I laughed, ok!)
Have yet to see Belfast, Worst Person in the World, Tick Tick Boom. Have seen Macbeth, French Dispatch, Spencer, but didn’t like them too much.
I'd really like to see Petite Maman. Anyone know when it comes to DVD?
Christy. You are kinda my cinematic spirit animal. Thanks for validating my taste in movies. Also, watch Limbo ASAP cuz it is amazing.
Am evidently the only person on the planet who found Anson Elgort just fine as Tony in WSS, my #2 film of its year -- #1, "Summer of Soul," yaaa, baby -- and yay on "Limbo."
Benedetta.
If Licorice Pizza doesn't win Best Picture at these next Academy Awards I will never watch that show again.
Well now I can never accuse Alonso of hating fun again because he has Barb and Star on his top ten (I do too). I really liked Dune and The Lost Daughter. Otherwise you mentioned everything else in my top. Still have to see Saint Maud, will make that priority. And added Limbo to my HBOMAX list, had not heard of.
The Card Counter and The Green Knight were my top movies of the year but like always at this time of year there are many I haven't had the opportunity to see yet.
1. The Worst Person in the World
2. Shadow in the Cloud
3. Annette / Bo Burnham Inside / Stillwater / Drive My Car
I also loved "Riders of Justice" -- but I think it qualifies as a 2020 film. It was the best film of 2020.
Riders was released in 2021 in the US, so it qualifies in that sense. Even going as far as 2019’s Saint Maud.
Sometimes it depends on the release dates, at least that’s how I rank it, based on when and where I saw those movies.
@@csjcsj2906 Yes, it is a gray area. I generally choose the date where it first played to a paying audience (not a festival) anywhere in the world. However, if you are very American-centric, choosing 2021 for Riders is fine.
Sweet, CL love for Green Knight. One Lemire, hence. 👍
Favorite movie of the year was easily The Mitchells vs. The Machines
I Watch Limbo very funny a top 5 movie.
Wow. I’m at 13:54 minutes in and I swear there’s been about 6 ads already. Ugh.
Well I liked Spencer and Eyes of Tammy Faye but I think they lacked the authenticity required to be biopics. But yes they were elevated by good lead performances.
Christy: “I don’t know when anything is a spoiler!”
Also Christy: “DON’T SPOIL THAT DETAIL ABOUT PETITE MAMAN!”
To her credit, I really wish I didn’t know that about Petite Maman.
I loved “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”
My favorite ten movies:
1-The Humans
2-The Power of the Dog
3-Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
4-The Card Counter
5-tick tick......BOOM!
6-Gaia
7-Titane
8-The Spine of Night
9-The World to Come
10-Zack Snyder's Justice League
How dare @Aduralde not like The Green Knight? Knighthood canceled. 🙂
Barb and Star!!! Yay
What happened to Matt and Ben?
They died. Haven’t you heard?
Ben hasn't been doing these shows much anyways. I think he only popped in 1-2 times for Breakfast All Day, and was sporadically on What The Flick (where it became a running joke on whether he saw the films being discussed).
But I am wondering where Matt went. They said he was taking a break, but I think it's been months already. I'm not used to seeing the main trio split up like this for that long.
These lists are bogus! No Nightmare Alley on either list?!? Come on! I have yet to see Licorice Pizza and Belfast.
1. The Last Duel, I think this is an instant classic... well actually I did have to watch it about three times to realize just what a tremendous achievement it is. In some ways this might be one of the five most interesting movies I have ever seen, and each time I watch it I like it more and more, I see more and more. Astonishing performance from Matt Damon, the embittered facial expressions and roaring outrage he puts forth throughout the picture are really quite something to behold. And the final battle, my god, words fail me. Tremendous, tremendous achievement, it goes right up there with Blade Runner and Gladiator as the holy trinity of Ridley Scott brilliance. Although much credit also has to go to the author of the book, Eric Jager, Matt and Ben and Nicole for the screenplay, and of course first and foremost these actual men and women back in 14th century France who actually lived this situation in the first person.
2. Dune, overall a success, primarily interesting at a visual, compositional level, fairly good characterization but not outstanding, Lady Jessica is not overall compelling compared with say, Rose the Hat. The fact that it's split into two movies really hurts the last half hour, it feel anticlimactic for a fairly ordinary knife fight to be the last thing we see in around the gargantuan combined fleet of Harkonnen and Sardukar shock troops laying siege to the very naive and unprepared Atreides. This is one I will watch again and again over the years though, much like 2049 and Sicario.
3. The Power of the Dog, surprising second half and treading genuinely new territory
4. Pig. Wow, just wow. That restaurant scene with the phony deconstructionist chef is one of the more striking pieces of cinema I've seen, ever. The electricity of the scene is highlighted by the very icy blue eyes of the chef himself, a real piece of serendipity there.
5. No Time To Die, because it was stimulating better part of three hours and worked the entire way through, a fitting end to the Daniel Craig era, shot rather beautifully too
6. The Green Knight. innovate, dank, fetid, atmospheric, hallucinatory, and I've been a big fan of the Green Knight tale ever since I heard Joseph Campbell retell it on the superb Power of Myth series back from the late eighties.
can't do number seven through ten because that's about all I've seen this year in terms of new releases, at least in terms of what really stuck in the memory
With a little bit left to watch (catching Drive My Car today, as well as a few others, and counting films from last Oscar cycle which still had their first release in 2021) I'm sitting at:
10. Sweat
9. Judas and the Black Messiah
8. Flee
7. The Green Knight
6. Spencer
5. Power of the Dog
4. The Father
3. C'mon C'mon
2. Red Post on Esher Street (one of those weird ""did this actually release" films, but I saw some one-night digital screenings pop up in 2021 so I'm counting it [Mad God's in My Top 25, and is a similar case]).
1. In the Heights
With Mitchells vs the Machines, Undine, The Harder They Fall, Mad God, and Tick Tick Boom as runners-up.
I like matt
My favorite was "Free Guy" ... friendly gesture!
Matt had such a weird and unique top 10 last year. I miss you Matt!
What it is about is stat rape... Don't sugar coat it
No c'mon c'mon
I really don’t understand the hype for Licorice Pizza, the movie was so off, it never was fluid, the characters interacted so weirdly, the movie never had a grasp on where it was going. Maybe it was just me but wow did that movie not connect with me at all.
No, it wasn't just you. I didn't like "Licorice pizza" either. It's been vastly overpraised (imo)..
The most interesting thing about this movie is the "sociological" question it raises about the many people who loved this movie. Which is if the relationship among the 2 stars that happens in the movie, happened in real life, an awful lot of people (and probably a lot of the same people who love this movie) would be damming the woman, and spitting hate at her. (I won't spoil the movie by saying why).
Thus as I watched this movie I spent a lot of time wondering why a lot of the same people who would likely be hating on this woman if this story happens in real life, loved the movie and found it to be very sweet. Is it that this kind of relationship is ok if the guy is a tv or movie star? Or if he seems mature for his age? Or is it that this kind of relationship is ok because it's just a movie?
Btw, I wasn't bothered by the nature of this relationship. That wasn't my problem with the movie. I had a lot of other problems with the movie. But the reason I wasn't bothered by it is that it was handled by the director in such a timid and wimpy way that the "disturbing" aspect of this kind of relationship doesn't come off as disturbing. It comes off as innocent. It's as the filmmakers want it both ways. They want to tantalize the audience by the idea of this relationship, but at the same time are scared of possibly alienating the audience by delving into, and really exploring what would be widely regarded as the "darker" elements of this kind of relationship. I think it would actually be a better and more interesting movie if it had done that. But if they did that it would change the nature of the movie. And thus you wouldn't have so many people thinking of this movie as "sweet" and "charming But is the timid and wimpy way the filmmakers handled the relationship the reason why a lot of people arent bothered by it, when they would probably be bothered by this kind of relationship in real life?
Btw, some of the problems I had with the movie are that there is A LOT OF FAT TO IT. This doesn't help when a story is this meandering. There is no reason this movie needs to be 2 hours and 10 minutes long. No reason other than there seems to be an unwritten rule that every movie that comes out at this time of the year needs to be 2 hours+. Also, I didn't think her's was a particularly well or tightly written character. At some points in the movie, she seems smart and strong, and at other points, she seems to be not overly bright. I think his character was clearly more tightly written than her character was. Of course, it's possible that both things can exist in one person at various times, but I think the movie does a poor job of tying it all into the same character. Also some of the ideas/elements in the movie could have done with more fleshing out. For example, her feeling trapped in her life. And more of her relationship with her family. If the movie had developed these things more, the longer running time might have felt more justified.
And frankly, the movie wimps out BIG TIME with its ending.
Literally my worst of the year
I just can't bring myself to be excited for 'Licorice Pizza'.
The green knight is not a good movie, it's a bad movie and the acting is just awful. The power of the dog is by far the best movie of the year. It is so expertly written, acted, and directed that many books will be written about it years and years after everybody has forgotten Licorice pizza. Just look at the dance scene in The power of the dog and how it explains the rest of the movie. Or the rabbit scene and the meaning of removing wood poles.
Bo Burnham: Inside is great and all but…yeah Christy, not a movie. For one, it personally doesn’t feel like a movie to me which isn’t a knock against it at all it’s just how I feel. And two, it competed in the Emmys race. So by technicality, it’s considered television. I personally make my top 10 based off what films are Oscar qualifying.
"not a movie" okay... no one cares that you base off of Oscar qualifying films. They are not bound by the academy. (Also only one film per country that is submitted for international film is even considered Oscar qualifying, so it's a very poor criteria. by your requisites Portrait of a Lady on Fire should not have been on any Breakfast all day list, because it wasn't oscar qualifying only Les Miserables was. Ya terrible list criteria suggestion.)
@@Alchemist1330 Oscar qualifying is dumb yes but there is a bigger debate to be had over whether or not Inside is a movie, I definitely do not think it is. It's closer to a series of UA-cam content/music videos connected together. I love it, I think it's one of the best things I've seen in years, but if I was forcing my perspective to view it as a MOVIE-which I can hardly do by force-I'd have to grade it relatively low. It doesn't have character drama or character intrigue; it's pure music-driven social commentary with some avante-garde solo stage monologuing. Movies, I think, are all about character arcs (or the illusion of them) and literal narratives (or the illusion of them). I think say Baraka has landscapes and civilizations as an illusion of a story narrative well before Bo Burnham's: Inside does.
But part of the magic of Inside is that it's a combination of art forms challenging multiple at once.
I saw it in a theater and it absolutely is a movie in its own way!
@@ethidian3444 ummmm... so if something is non-narrative it's not a film. lol. okay. Haha guess we have to remove Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera" 1929 from the cinematic canon. Also let's discard Stan Brakhage's Moothlight, and Bunuel's/dali's Un Chien Andalou is definitely not a film. I'm so happy you are here to make sure that anything out side of David Bordwell's description of classical hollywood cinema is expunged from film canon.
@@Alchemist1330 Man with a Movie Camera, very much like Baraka to me in spirit, is in that same realm of not really fitting in with what a movie is, but is captivating nonetheless. Like I said with Baraka, they are more of a movie in my opinion than Bo Burnham's Inside. Tell me, if I filmed my shoe for two hours would you call it a movie? Are all home movies actual movies? Is all footage, a movie? Where do you draw the line? I assume everyone will draw the line at different points, which is what makes film projects like Inside interesting conversation in the realm of challenging art. But simply saying "yep, they're all movies, just because" is not interesting or compelling, which is the point of view of many.
Un Chien Andalou as well as Man with a Movie Camera- I personally didn't rate with any grading system because, well, they are not movie-enough for me to comparatively judge in a rating system that I use for feature films. I do love Bunuel though, maybe my favorite filmmaker of his time. I also don't rate documentaries for similar reasons (I would however create a separate rating system for documentaries, but don't have the same level of motivation for documentaries). Now, I know many brilliant film historians, filmmakers, film critics consider documentaries and feature films one of the same category. I don't try to step all over that line of thinking, but do see things differently at the end of the day.
My worst movie of the year is liquorice pizza... Steer away people
Licorice*
It was definitely a weird movie and not what I was expecting, but I'd maybe give it another shot.
I think PT. Anderson is the most boring filmmaker ever. Sitting through his films without falling asleep is an achievement in itself.
More boring than Uwe Boll?
@@breadordecide Is it a contest? Should i make an entire list of filmmakers from most entertaining to most boring?
I didn't say he was a bad filmmaker which Boll, just an insanely boring one. And a hugely overrated one.
Well your wrong hes not boring at all hes an amazing filmmaker. Obviously hes not your thing but to say hes boring is false. His films are NOT boring. I guess you should stick Marvel films then.
@@65g4 I decide what's boring and what isn't. That's some serious arguments right there.
And it's either watching paint dry Anderson films or marvel. No other options you high brow art lover you.