TOP 21 NEW FILMS OF 2021
DON’T LOOK UP
CODA
FREE GUY
ZOLA
IN THE HEIGHTS
SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
TICK, TICK… BOOM!
FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS
BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
BEING THE RICARDOS
SPENCER
ENCANTO
THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
WEST SIDE STORY
CANDYMAN
8-BIT CHRISTMAS
OPERATION VARSITY BLUES: THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL
LICORICE PIZZA
THE LITTLE THINGS
LIFE IN A DAY 2020
THE LAST CRUISE
TOP 21 FILMS MADE PRIOR TO 2020 THAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2021
THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF THE POLICE SQUAD! (1988)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006)
EASY A (2010)
BLACK SWAN (2010)
SCREAM (1996)
THE IMPOSTER (2012)
TICKLED (2016)
THE HEAT (2013)
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2011)
MAMMA MIA! (2008)
HEREDITARY (2018)
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (2010)
THE NOTEBOOK (2004)
MIDSOMMAR (2019)
CANDYMAN (1992)
YES, GOD, YES (2019)
LONG SHOT (2017)
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999)
THE VILLAGE (2004)
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF (2015)
TOP 2020 FILMS I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2021
NOMADLAND
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
MINARI
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
THE WRONG MISSY
TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL
SOUND OF METAL
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
ANOTHER ROUND
CLASS ACTION PARK
THE INVISIBLE MAN
AFTER TRUTH: DISINFORMATION AND THE COST OF FAKE NEWS
WHITE NOISE
WONDER WOMAN 1984
JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
WORST NEW FILMS OF 2021 (DISHONORABLE MENTIONS)
22. THE DAY SPORTS STOOD STILL
23. WEWORK: OR THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF A $4 MILLION UNICORN
24. RATATOUILLE: THE TIKTOK MUSICAL
25. COMING 2 AMERICA
26. LUCA
27. CRACK: COCAINE, CORRUPTION & CONSPIRACY
28. THUNDER FORCE
29. F9
NOTABLE 2021 FILMS I HAVEN’T SEEN
ANNETTE, BELFAST, C’MON C’MON, CYRANO, DUNE, DRIVE MY CAR, FLEE, HOUSE OF GUCCI, KING RICHARD, LAMB, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, MATRIX RESURRECTIONS, NIGHTMARE ALLEY, PIG, POWER OF THE DOG, SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, SHIVA BABY, SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME, SING 2, THE CARD COUNTER, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, THE GREEN KNIGHT, THE LAST DUEL, THE LOST DAUGHTER, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, TITANE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
ALANA HAIM, LICORICE PIZZA
ARIANA DEBOSE, WEST SIDE STORY
EMILIA JONES, CODA
*KRISTEN STEWART, SPENCER*
OLGA MEREDIZ, IN THE HEIGHTS
RITA MORENO, WEST SIDE STORY
SALLY HAWKINS, SPENCER
STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, ENCANTO
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
ANDREW GARFIELD, TICK, TICK… BOOM!
COOPER HOFFMAN, LICORICE PIZZA
JONAH HILL, DON’T LOOK UP
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, DON’T LOOK UP
MARK RYLANCE, DON’T LOOK UP
ROBIN DE JESÚS, TICK, TICK… BOOM!
SEAN HARRIS, SPENCER
*TROY KOTSUR, CODA*
BEST CRYING MOVIE
CODA
IN THE HEIGHTS
SPENCER
*TICK, TICK… BOOM!*
WEST SIDE STORY
BEST LAUGHING MOVIE
*BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR*
DON’T LOOK UP
FREE GUY
ZOLA
8-BIT CHRISTMAS
BEST “I INVOLUNTARILY UTTERED ‘HOLY SHIT’ MOVIE”
CANDYMAN
DON’T LOOK UP
IN THE HEIGHTS
FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS
*ZOLA*
TELEVISION
BEST NEW SHOW OF 2021
I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE S2
NYC EPICENTERS 9/11->2021½
SURVIVING DEATH
*TED LASSO S2*
THE OTHER TWO S2
Q: INTO THE STORM
WHITE LOTUS
9/11: ONE DAY IN AMERICA
BEST SHOW MADE PRIOR TO 2021 THAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2021
CHERNOBYL (2019)
HISTORY 101 (2020)
HOW TO FIX A DRUG SCANDAL (2020)
*I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE S1 (2019)*
TED LASSO S1 (2020)
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (2020)
THE MORNING SHOW S1 (2019)
UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (2020)
MUSIC
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SONG OF THE YEAR
AIN’T SHIT, DOJA CAT
ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN, MASKED WOLF
CLOUDS - EDIT, NF
DEAL WITH IT, ASHNIKKO (FEAT. KELIS)
DIMES, LYAN PARIS
GOOD 4 U, OLIVIA RODRIGO
HAPPIER, OLIVIA RODRIGO
*INDUSTRY BABY, LIL NAS X (FEAT. JACK HARLOW)*
KISS ME MORE, DOJA CAT (FEAT. SZA)
NAKED, DOJA CAT
PANIC ATTACKS IN PARADISE, ASHNIKKO
RUMORS, LIZZO (FEAT. CARDI B)
SCOOP, LIL NAS X (FEAT. DOJA CAT)
SILK CHIFFON, MUNA (FEAT. PHOEBE BRIDGERS)
STOP MAKING THIS HURT, BLEACHERS
THAT FUNNY FEELING, BO BURNHAM
THATS WHAT I WANT, LIL NAS X
TOXIC, ASHNIKKO
WOMAN, DOJA CAT
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
*DEMIDEVIL, ASHNIKKO*
MONTERO, LIL NAS X
PLANET HER, DOJA CAT
SOUR, OLIVIA RODRIGO
TAKE THE SADNESS OUT OF SATURDAY NIGHT, BLEACHERS
SAD SONG OF THE YEAR
HAPPIER, OLIVIA RODRIGO
*PANIC ATTACKS IN PARADISE, ASHNIKKO*
SILK CHIFFON, MUNA (FEAT. PHOEBE BRIDGERS)
STOP MAKING THIS HURT, BLEACHERS
THAT FUNNY FEELING, BO BURNHAM
HYPE SONG OF THE YEAR
ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN, MASKED WOLF
*DEAL WITH IT, ASHNIKKO (FEAT. KELIS)*
INDUSTRY BABY, LIL NAS X (FEAT. JACK HARLOW)
THAT'S WHAT I WANT, LIL NAS X
TOXIC, ASHNIKKO
MORE
COMEDY SPECIAL OF THE YEAR
AIDA RODRIGUEZ: FIGHTING WORDS
BO BURNHAM: INSIDE
CARMEN CHRISTOPHER: STREET SPECIAL
*GOOD TIMING WITH JO FIRESTONE*
GIANMARCO SORESI: SHELF LIFE
JIM GAFFIGAN: COMEDY MONSTER
MICHAEL CHE: SHAME THE DEVIL
NICOLE BYER: BBW (BIG BEAUTIFUL WEIRDO)
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
CRIME JUNKIE
*DEAD EYES*
LAS CULTURISTAS
SOMETHING WAS WRONG
SUPERNATURAL WITH ASHLEY FLOWERS
THE PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE IN
UP FIRST
WAIT WAIT DON’T TELL ME
YOUTUBE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
BASEBALL DOESN’T EXIST
CHANNEL 5 WITH ANDREW CALLAGHAN
CODY KO
DANNY GONZALEZ
DREW GOODEN
EDDY BURBACK
DEFUNCTLAND
*JOMBOY MEDIA*
NOEL MILLER
ORDINARY THINGS
TWITTER ACCOUNT OF THE YEAR
ASHER PERLMAN (@ASHERPERLMAN)
*DAN WHITE (@ATDANWHITE)*
ELY KREIMENDAHL (@ELYKREIMENDAHL)
FIRST-MATE PRANCE (@BOCXTOP)
GIANMARCO (@GIANMARCOSORESI)
GINNY HOGAN (@GINNYHOGAN_)
G.L. DiVITTORIO (@GLDIVITTORIO)
JES TOM (@JESTOM)
SHE RATES DOGS (@SHERATESDOGS)
RAJAT SURESH (@RAJAT_SURESH)
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