THE BEST AND WORST OF 2021
Alan's picks
The Year's Dozen Best Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. Tie: Shiva Baby / Zola
2. In The Heights
3. Belfast
4. Don't Look Up
5. Being The Ricardos
6. Tick, Tick... Boom!
7. The Last Duel
8. House Of Gucci
9. Licorice Pizza
10. Spencer
11. Dear Evan Hansen
12. Last Night In Soho
Also:
13. Stillwater
14. The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain
15. King Richard
16. The French Dispatch
17. West Side Story
18. Benedetta
19. Cruella
20. The Suicide Squad
I also liked:
No Time To Die
Malignant
The Many Saints Of Newark
Kate
The Dig
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Red Notice
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
Best Actress:
Kristen Stewart (Spencer)
Best Supporting Actor:
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Best Supporting Actress:
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Additional Great Performances Of 2021:
ACTOR:
Will Smith (King Richard), Javier Bardem (Being The Ricardos), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain & The Power Of The Dog), Adam Driver (House Of Gucci & The Last Duel), Daniel Craig (No Time To Die), Matt Damon (Stillwater)
ACTRESS:
Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos), Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci), Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up), Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby), Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye), Renate Reinsve (Worst Person In The World), Jodie Comer (The Last Duel), Emilia Jones (Coda), Emma Stone (Cruella), Emily Blunt (Jungle Cruise)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Mike Faist (West Side Story), J.K. Simmons (Being The Ricardos), Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar), Jared Leto (House Of Gucci)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Cate Blanchett (Don't Look Up), Anya Taylor-Joy (Last Night In Soho), Dakota Johnson (The Lost Daughter), Amandla Stenberg (Dear Evan Hansen), Alexandra Shipp (Tick Tick Boom), Toni Collette (Nightmare Alley)
Best Director:
Ridley Scott (The Last Duel & House Of Gucci)
Additional Great Directors:
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby), Edgar Wright (Last Night In Soho), Tom McCarthy (Stillwater), Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch), Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), James Gunn (The Suicide Squad), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Janicza Bravo (Zola), Will Sharpe (The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain)
Best Documentary Feature:
The Velvet Underground
Also: The Sparks Brothers
Best Animated Feature:
Vivo
Also: Encanto
Best Picture:
Tie: Shiva Baby / Zola
The Year's Worst Pictures
(In Alphabetical Order)
Bliss
Blithe Spirit
Breaking News In Yuba County
Godzilla Vs. Kong
Halloween Kills
The Humans
Infinite
Last Call
Love, Weddings, And Other Disasters
Midnight In The Switchgrass
Moxie
Swan Song
Things Heard & Seen
Thunder Force
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Chelsea's picks
The Year's Dozen Best Pictures
(In Descending Order)
1. Tick, Tick...Boom!
2. In The Heights
3. Come From Away
4. Dear Evan Hansen
5. Don't Look Up
6. Being The Ricardos
7. The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
8. Last Night In Soho
9. The Last Duel
10. Belfast
11. House Of Gucci
12. King Richard
Also:
13. Licorice Pizza
14. Shiva Baby
15. Zola
16. No Time To Die
17. The Dig
18. West Side Story
19. The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain
20. Stillwater
I also liked:
Tom & Jerry
Nightmare Alley
The Tomorrow War
Cruella
Coda
The Many Saints Of Newark
Finch
The Tender Bar
Red Rocket
Red Notice
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
Best Actress:
Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)
Best Supporting Actor:
Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
Best Supporting Actress:
Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)
Additional Great Performances Of 2021:
ACTOR:
Will Smith (King Richard), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain & The Power Of The Dog), Javier Bardem (Being The Ricardos), Matt Damon (Stillwater), Tom Hanks (Finch), Jude Hill (Belfast), Daniel Craig (No Time To Die), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Leonardo DiCaprio (Don't Look Up)
ACTRESS:
Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye), Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci), Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Emilia Jones (Coda), Emma Stone (Cruella), Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby), Emily Blunt (Jungle Cruise). Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza), Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person In The World)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
J.K. Simmons (Being The Ricardos), Jamie Dornan (Belfast), Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar), Jared Leto (House Of Gucci), Mike Faist (West Side Story), Corey Hawkins (In The Heights), Jon Bernthal (King Richard), Al Pacino (House Of Gucci), Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Cate Blanchett (Don't Look Up), Aunjunue Ellis (King Richard), Judi Dench (Belfast), Vanessa Hudgens (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Alexandra Shipp (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Saniyya Sidney & Demi Singleton (King Richard)
Best Director:
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Tick, Tick... Boom!)
Additional Great Directors:
Jon M. Chu (In The Heights), Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby), Edgar Wright (Last Night In Soho), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Ridley Scott (The Last Duel & House Of Gucci), Adam McKay (Don't Look Up), Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), Janicza Bravo (Zola)
Best Animated Feature:
Vivo
Also: Encanto
Best Picture:
Tick, Tick... Boom!
The Year's Ten Worst Pictures
(In Order Of Worst First)
1. The Humans
2. Thunder Force
3. Midnight In The Switchgrass
4. Halloween Kills
5. Infinite
6. Bliss
7. Swan Song
8. Godzilla Vs. Kong
9. The Lost Daughter
10. Plan B
