Poll: Col Needham's Top 20 Toronto Picks for 2021

Results of 247 votes:

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   Dune (2021)

    

   Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
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   Belfast (2021)

    

   A young boy and his working class family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
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   Last Night in Soho (2021)

    

   An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to cra…
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   Ali & Ava (2021)

    

   ALI and AVA, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of AVA's past relationship, and ALI's emotional turmoil at …
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   Titane (2021)

    

   Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for 10 years. Titane : A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloy…
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   The Worst Person in the World (2021)

    

   It chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she r…
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   Bergman Island (2021)

    

   A couple retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman to write screenplays for their upcoming films when the lines between reality and fiction start to blur.
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   The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

    

   An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
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   Mothering Sunday (2021)

    

   A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
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    Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

     

    Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide…
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    The Guilty (2021)

     

    A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
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    Spencer (2021)

     

    During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
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    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

     

    English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings.
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    Encounter (2021)

     

    Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.
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    Huda's Salon (2021)

     

    A woman whose visit to a hair salon turns into a nightmare when she is blackmailed by its owner.
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    Maria Chapdelaine (2021)

     

    Maria Chapdelaine, a young woman of 16, lives with her family on land they are clearing near the Péribonka River in rural Québec in early 1900. True pioneers, the Chapdelaine family struggles to push …
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    The Forgiven (2021)

     

    The Forgiven takes place over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and explores the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of both the local Muslims, and Western visitors to a h…
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    Silent Night (2021)

     

    Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
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    Sundown (2021)

     

    A wealthy man attempts to abandon his life while vacationing in Acapulco.
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    The Tsugua Diaries (2021)

     

    Follows Crista, Carloto and João who are building an airy greenhouse for butterflies in the garden and share household routines, but they are not the only ones.