FILM DISCOVERIES OF THE YEAR: 2021

In order, these are my favourite films watched for the first time this year


20. JUDY BERLIN (1999) dir: Eric Mendelsohn




19. CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER (1979) dir: Joan Micklin Silver





18. ROBBERY (1967) dir: Peter Yates





17. FUNNY COW (2017) dir: Adrian Shergold





16. CELIA (1989) dir: Ann Turner





15. MONSIEUR HIRE (1989) dir: Patrice Leconte





14. MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT (1975) dir: Lino Brocka





13. HUSTLER WHITE (1996) dirs: Bruce LaBruce & Rick Castro





12. THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) dir: Charles B. Pierce




11. WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? (1965) dir: Joseph Cates




10. USED CARS (1980) dir: Robert Zemeckis




9. THE INTRUDER (1962) dir: Roger Corman




8. DEEP COVER (1992) dir: Bill Duke




7. I START COUNTING (1969) dir: David Greene




6. STAR 80 (1983) dir: Bob Fosse




5. THE ART OF DYING (1991) dir: Wings Hauser




4. VARIETY (1983) dir: Bette Gordon




3. THE IMP (1981) dir: Dennis Yu




2. THE CANDY SNATCHERS (1973) dir: Guerdon Trueblood




1. THE ADJUSTER (1991) dir: Atom Egoyan




First published on Medium, 19 Dec 2021



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