2021: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

2. The Green Knight (dir: David Lowery)

3. Titane (dir: Julia Ducournau)

4. The Souvenir Part II (dir: Joanna Hogg)

5. A Hero (dir: Asghar Farhadi)

6. Undine (dir: Christian Petzold; US Release Date)

7. Drive My Car (dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

8. The Tragedy of Macbeth (dir: Joel Coen)

9. Memoria (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

10. Parallel Mothers (dir: Pedro Almodóvar)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Annette (dir: Leos Carax), Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (dir: Josh Greenbaum), Benedetta (dir: Paul Verhoeven), Bergman Island (dir: Mia Hansen-Løve), C’mon C’mon (dir: Mike Mills), The Father (dir: Florian Zeller), Flee (dir: Jonas Poher Rasmussen), The French Dispatch (dir: Wes Anderson), King Richard (dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green), The Last Duel (dir: Ridley Scott), Licorice Pizza (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson), The Lost Daughter (dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal), Nightmare Alley (dir: Guillermo del Toro), The Power of the Dog (dir: Jane Campion), Procession (dir: Robert Greene), Quo vadis, Aida? (dir: Jasmila Žbanić), Spencer (dir: Pablo Larraín), Summer of Soul (dir: Questlove), West Side Story (dir: Steven Spielberg), The World to Come (dir: Mona Fastvold)

Best Film of the Year: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Producer: Satoshi Takada
US Distributor: Film Movement

Best Director:
Julia Ducournau, Titane
2. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy AND Drive My Car
3. David Lowery, The Green Knight
4. Joanna Hogg, The Souvenir Part II
5. Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Best Actor:
Adam Driver, Annette
2. Amir Jadidi, A Hero
3. Anthony Hopkins, The Father
4. Joaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’mon
5. Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Actress:
Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
2. Kristen Stewart, Spencer
3. Jasna Đuričić, Quo Vadis, Aida?
4. Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
5. Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actor:
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
2. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
3. Benicio Del Toro, The French Dispatch AND No Sudden Move
4. Jon Bernthal, King Richard
5. Ben Affleck, The Last Duel

Best Supporting Actress
Kathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
3. Alicia Vikander, The Green Knight
4. Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
5. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy — Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2. A Hero — Asghar Farhadi
3. Undine — Christian Petzold
4. Parallel Mothers — Pedro Almodóvar
5. C’mon C’mon — Mike Mills

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Green Knight — David Lowery
2. Drive My Car — Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
3. The Power of the Dog — Jane Campion
4. Quo Vadis, Aida? — Jasmila Zbanic
5. The World to Come — Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard

Best Cinematography
The Tragedy of Macbeth — Bruno Delbonnel
2. Spencer — Claire Mathon
3. West Side Story — Janusz Kaminski
4. The French Dispatch — Robert D. Yeoman
5. Dune — Greig Frasier

Best Original Score
The World to Come — Daniel Blumberg
2. The Power of the Dog — Jonny Greenwood
3. Nightmare Alley — Nathan Johnson
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth — Carter Burwell
5. Spencer — Jonny Greenwood

Best Film Editing
West Side Story — Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn
2. Dune — Joe Walker
3. Zola — Joi McMillon
4. The Souvenir Part II — Helle le Fevre
5. Titane — Jean-Christophe Bouzy

Best Production Design
The French Dispatch — Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo
2. Nightmare Alley — Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
3. Dune — Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zsuzsanna Sipos
4. The Tragedy of Macbeth — Stefan Dechant and Nancy Haigh
5. West Side Story — Adam Stockhausen and Rena DeAngelo

Best Costume Design
The Green Knight — Malgosia Turzanska
2. Dune — Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
3. Cruella — Jenny Beavan
4. Spencer — Jacqueline Durran
5. The Last Duel — Janty Yates

Best Visual Effects
Dune
2. The Suicide Squad
3. The Matrix Revolutions

Best Sound
Dune
2. The Tragedy of Macbeth
3. Titane

Best Makeup
The Last Duel
2. Halloween Kills
3. Titane

Best Documentary Feature
Procession — Robert Greene
2. Summer of Soul — “?uestlove” Ahmir Khalib Thompson
3. Flee — Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Best Animated Feature
Flee — Jonas Poher Rasmussen
2. The Mitchells vs. The Machines — Michael Rianda
3. The Spine of Night — Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King

Best Limited Series:
The Underground Railroad — Barry Jenkins and Jihan Crowther
2. The North Water — Andrew Haigh
3. Dopesick — Danny Strong

Best Documentary Series:
Can’t Get You Out of My Head — Adam Curtis
2. Nuclear Family — Ry Russo-Young
3. The Beatles: Get Back — Peter Jackson

Best Ensemble Cast: 
King Richard

Best First Feature:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best Ensemble Cast: King Richard (dir: Reinaldo Marcus Green) starring: Jon Bernthal, Layla Crawford, Aunjanue Ellis (pictured), Tony Goldwyn, Daniela Lawson (pictured), Dylan McDermott, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, and Will Smith (pictured)

Best First Feature: Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter

RECAP

W I N S :

Dune — 2, The Green Knight — 2, The Tragedy of Macbeth — 2, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy — 2, Annette — 1, Can’t Get You Out of My Head — 1, Flee — 1, The French Dispatch — 1, King Richard — 1, The Last Duel — 1, Lost Daughter — 1, Parallel Mothers — 1, Power of the Dog — 1, Procession — 1, Titane — 1, West Side Story – 1, The World to Come — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

The Tragedy of Macbeth — 7,
Dune — 6, The Green Knight – 5, Titane — 5, West Side Story — 5, Spencer — 4, Drive My Car — 3, The French Dispatch — 3, A Hero — 3, King Richard — 3, The Last Duel — 3, Parallel Mothers — 3, The Power of the Dog — 3, Quo Vadis, Aida? — 3, Souvenir Part II — 3, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy — 3, C’mon C’mon — 2, Flee — 2, Licorice Pizza — 2, Nightmare Alley — 2 The World to Come — 2

the year-end project:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s