Great acting was everywhere in 2021. While we received the usual assortment of great performances in festival standouts and end-of-year awards contenders, we also found inspired performances in big-budget multiplex movies and no-budget horror.

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We cast a wide net for our list of the Best Film Performances of 2021. Every list has its omissions – no doubt some of your favorite roles just missed appearing on here – but if you wanted to see the full range of modern cinematic acting, you could do a lot worse than starting with the actors we’ve assembled.

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In Ben Sharrock’s second feature “Limbo,” the compositions
are frequently flat. Miraculously, though, the characters contained within them
are anything but. The neatly coiffed geometry of Nick Cooke’s
photography immediately jumps out, recalling masters of the tableau like Elia
Suleiman or Aki Kaurismäki. As the camera stilly observes a seated
crowd of refugees uninspired by a cultural immersion seminar, Sharrock’s offbeat
perspective announces itself.

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Over the years, we’ve seen quite a few film projects attempt to discuss the struggle of Syrian refugees around the world. Typically, this story is told in documentary form, showing just how terrible the refugees have it as they try to flee their home country. The new film, “Limbo,” takes a different approach in showing the refugee experience.

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As seen in the trailer for “Limbo,” the film follows the story of a Syrian refugee attempting to find asylum on a remote Scottish island.

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