The Top 10 Films of 2021 (Movie Squad Podcast #55)

Each year, Movie Squad hosts Tristan Fidler and Simon Miraudo watch around 80 flicks each, and then in December, they put themselves through the emotional wringer to condense all this filmic greatness into individual Top 30s.

Then, to ensure that they only present the ripest produce to Breakfast host Taylah Strano during their end-of-year rundown, they combine their lists using a complicated points system, resulting into an inarguable Top 10 list. Can you really rank art? Yes, it turns out, if you have the correct algorithm. Sorry, folks, we don’t make the rules!

In 2021, their Top 10 Films (technically a Top 12 once you count the ties) covered the gamut: tiny, tonal masterpieces and gargantuan cinematic events; populist American entertainment and boundary-pushing Romanian and Swedish cinema; stand-up comedy specials and nearly wordless Western spectacles. And, of course, Nicolas Cage. Plus, a double-dose of Mads Mikkelsen!

Listen in to hear the countdown (or scroll down to see the list, including the rest of the movies that made the Top 30). Plus, catch up with our Top Films of 2020 here.

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1. The Killing of Two Lovers

2. Dune

3. The Kid Detective

= Another Round

4. Shiva Baby

5. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

6. Bad Trip

7. About Endlessness

8. The Power of the Dog

= Riders of Justice

9. Pig

10. Inside

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13. The Green Knight

14. The Card Counter

15. First Cow

16. Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time

17. V/H/S 94

18. 76 Days

19. I Blame Society

20. Violation

21. The Worst Person in the World

22. Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar

23. Coming Home In The Dark

24. The French Dispatch

25. Titane

26. Malignant

27. Zola

28. Cruella

29. Prisoners of the Ghostland

30. Boiling Point