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TheBrownees 2022 are good for whatever ails you! In each of the 5 categories my ten favorite movies/performances of 2021 are listed alphabetically.
Six of my Favorite Films of 2021 are in a foreign language, namely:
Danish: “Flee” (rated 100%)
Italian: “The Hand of God” (rated 100%)
Japanese: “Drive My Car (rated 95%)
Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian): Quo Vadis. Aida? (rated 100%)
Spanish: Parallel Mothers (rated 100%)
Norwegian: ‘The Worst Person in the World” (rated 100%)
The remaining four are in English: Passing ( rated 90%), “The Power of the Dog” (rated 95%), “Spencer” (rated 90%) and “West Side Story” (rated 95%).
Best Film
Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
Parallel Mothers
Passing
The Power of the Dog
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Spencer
West Side Story
The Worst Person in the World

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Paula Beer (Undine)
Olivia Coleman ( The Lost Daughter)
Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
Jasna Djiricic ( Quo Vadis Aida?)
Yllka Gashi (Hive)
Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)
Kristin Stewart (Spencer)
Tessa Thompson (Passing)
Yuliya Vysotskaya (Dear Comrades)
Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Catriona Balfe (Belfast)
Mabel Cadena (Dance of the Forty One)
Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Rita Moreno (West Side Story)
Toko Miura (Drive My Car)
Ruth Negga (Passing)
Molly Parker (Jockey)
Aiyana Sanchez-Gijon (Parallel Mothers)
Milena Smit (Parallel Mothers)

Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Nicolas Cage (Pig)
Clifton Collins Jr. (Jockey)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
Andrew Garfield (Tick ,Tick . . .Boom!)
Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)
Oscar Isaac (The Card Counter)
Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car)
Simon Rex (Red Rocket)
Will Smith (King Richard)
Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

I will definitely have to check out these suggestions. I am still catching up on movies that are 5 years old ☺️