Favoriete films van 2021
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1. The Hand of God (2021)
R | 130 min | Drama
In 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert
Votes: 49,621
2. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
101 min | Drama, History, War
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
Director: Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic
Votes: 38,235
3. First Cow (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Western
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Ryan Findley
Votes: 21,985
4. Dear Comrades! (2020)
121 min | Drama, History
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Vladislav Komarov, Andrey Gusev, Yuliya Burova
Votes: 5,903
5. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 150,786
6. The Lost Daughter (2021)
R | 121 min | Drama
A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris
Votes: 75,183
7. Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, History
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda retreats into the jungles of the Philippines to continue the war himself for another 10,000 days.
Director: Arthur Harari | Stars: Yûya Endô, Kanji Tsuda, Yûya Matsuura, Tetsuya Chiba
Votes: 2,914
8. The East (2020)
TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
Director: Jim Taihuttu | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk
Votes: 6,814
9. Benedetta (2021)
Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 25,530
10. Ham on Rye (2019)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
A bizarre rite of passage at the local deli determines the fate of a generation of teenagers, leading some to escape their suburban town and dooming others to remain.
Director: Tyler Taormina | Stars: Haley Bodell, Audrey Boos, Gabriella Herrera, Adam Torres
Votes: 981
11. Malcolm & Marie (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: John David Washington, Zendaya
Votes: 41,116
12. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,391
13. Give Me Liberty (2019)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
In this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.
Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky | Stars: Chris Galust, Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer, Maksim Stoyanov, Steve Wolski
Votes: 2,211 | Gross: $0.14M
14. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 11,036
15. Petite Maman (2021)
PG | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy
Nelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne
Votes: 17,731
16. Undine (2020)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.
Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz
Votes: 9,241
17. Pieces of a Woman (2020)
R | 126 min | Drama
When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger
Votes: 56,286
18. The Forgotten Battle (2020)
TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, War
1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Jan Bijvoet
Votes: 37,102
19. The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
R | 85 min | Drama
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship.
Director: Robert Machoian | Stars: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy, Avery Pizzuto
Votes: 5,314
20. The Macaluso Sisters (2020)
89 min | Drama
Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.
Director: Emma Dante | Stars: Alissa Maria Orlando, Susanna Piraino, Anita Pomario, Eleonora De Luca
Votes: 1,569
21. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
Director: Shaka King | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback
Votes: 91,545
22. One Night in Miami... (2020)
R | 114 min | Drama
A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
Director: Regina King | Stars: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.
Votes: 34,300
23. Titane (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Votes: 56,232
24. Surge (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Thriller
Set over 24 hours in London, a man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.
Director: Aneil Karia | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Ryan McKen, Victor Olamide, Jasmine Jobson
Votes: 3,821
25. Mandibles (2020)
77 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Grégoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adèle Exarchopoulos, India Hair
Votes: 6,004
26. Beginning (2020)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama
When a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili | Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, Rati Oneli, Kakha Kintsurashvili, Saba Gogichaishvili
Votes: 2,391
27. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such thing as werewolves.
Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster, Chloe East
Votes: 24,283
28. Saint Maud (2019)
R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.
Director: Rose Glass | Stars: Morfydd Clark, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jennifer Ehle, Marcus Hutton
Votes: 47,131
29. Possessor (2020)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An agent works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies - ultimately driving them to commit assassinations for high-paying clients.
Director: Brandon Cronenberg | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland
Votes: 45,866
30. I Never Cry (2020)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Ola, a seventeen-year-old, sets off to a foreign country on her own. It turns out to be the trip of her lifetime, where she tries to reconnect with her estranged father, comes to know a different world and changes her approach to life.
Director: Piotr Domalewski | Stars: Zofia Stafiej, Kinga Preis, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Dawid Tulej
Votes: 1,437
31. Souad (2021)
96 min | Drama
The film revolves around the relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.
Director: Ayten Amin | Stars: Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hagar Mahmoud
Votes: 661
32. No Time to Die (2021)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 445,094 | Gross: $160.87M
33. Playground (2021)
72 min | Drama
When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children's and adults' worlds.
Director: Laura Wandel | Stars: Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Elsa Laforge, Lena Girard Voss
Votes: 4,302
34. The Father (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Director: Florian Zeller | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Votes: 193,517
35. Pleasure (2021)
R | 109 min | Drama
Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.
Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock
Votes: 22,480
36. The Power of the Dog (2021)
R | 126 min | Drama, Western
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 193,969
37. The Last Duel (2021)
R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History
The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter
Votes: 182,391 | Gross: $10.85M
38. Ballad of a White Cow (2020)
105 min | Drama
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
Directors: Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha | Stars: Maryam Moghadam, Alireza Sani Far, Pourya Rahimi Sam, Avin Poor Raoufi
Votes: 2,547
39. Nr. 10 (2021)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Found in the German woods as a four-year-old boy, Gunter grows up in a foster family. Four decades later he leads a normal life. When a man on a bridge whispers a single word in his ear, he starts to wonder about his origins.
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Hans Kesting, Anniek Pheifer
Votes: 1,202
40. Nomadland (2020)
R | 107 min | Drama
A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Gay DeForest
Votes: 183,624
41. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 195,315
42. Sweat (2020)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama
Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zajac, a social media celebrity surrounded by loyal employees and admirers, who is really looking for true intimacy.
Director: Magnus von Horn | Stars: Magdalena Kolesnik, Julian Swiezewski, Aleksandra Konieczna, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,813
43. Playlist (2021)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Sophie lands a job with a comic book publisher despite being unqualified for the position. However, her newfound security is threatened when she breaks up with her boyfriend, the father of the child she is carrying.
Director: Nine Antico | Stars: Sara Forestier, Laetitia Dosch, Bertrand Belin, Pierre Lottin
Votes: 788
44. Riders of Justice (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 63,708
45. Petrov's Flu (2021)
Unrated | 145 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, Vladislav Semiletkov, Yuri Kolokolnikov
Votes: 3,032
46. True Mothers (2020)
140 min | Drama
A woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Reo Sato
Votes: 1,978
47. Parallel Mothers (2021)
R | 123 min | Drama
The story of two mothers who bond in unexpected way after giving birth the same day.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 36,062
48. Last Night in Soho (2021)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg
Votes: 177,291
49. News of the World (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl taken by the Kiowa people years ago to her aunt and uncle against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Tom Astor, Travis Johnson
Votes: 95,693
50. On-Gaku: Our Sound (2019)
Not Rated | 71 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A trio of delinquent schoolkids form a music band.
Director: Kenji Iwaisawa | Stars: Shintarô Sakamoto, Ren Komai, Tomoya Maeno, Tateto Serizawa
Votes: 908
51. Spencer (2021)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
Diana Spencer, struggling with mental-health problems during her Christmas holidays with the Royal Family at their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, decides to end her decade-long marriage to Prince Charles.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Jack Nielen
Votes: 76,640
52. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
PG | 114 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
Directors: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda
Votes: 126,967
53. Delete History (2020)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Three social-media victims declare war on the tech giants.
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydès, Corinne Masiero, Vincent Lacoste
Votes: 2,043
54. The Last Days of Gilda (2020)
106 min | Drama
Gilda (Karine Teles) is a free woman, in the most literal sense of the word. She has excellent culinary skills, raises pigs and chickens in the backyard of her home for slaughter and ... See full summary »
Stars: Karine Teles, Julia Stockler, Antonio Saboia, Ana Carbatti
Votes: 145
55. House of Gucci (2021)
R | 158 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 160,017 | Gross: $53.81M
56. De zitting (2021 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
A popular prime minister candidate and a well-known thriller book writer face each other in court after she accuses him of sexual abuse just before the election.
Director: Saskia Diesing | Stars: Jacob Derwig, Kim van Kooten, Ellen Parren, Lykele Muus
Votes: 487
57. Lamb (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 38,466
58. Passing (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
"Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.
Director: Rebecca Hall | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp
Votes: 16,535
59. Lapsis (2020)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.
Director: Noah Hutton | Stars: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Ivory Aquino
Votes: 2,677
60. To the Moon (2020)
80 min | Documentary
A cinematic ode to the moon, made in large part from archival sources combined with literary fragments and bound together by a haunting original score. The film steps lightly through the ... See full summary »
Director: Tadhg O'Sullivan
Votes: 94
61. Relic (2020)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.
Director: Natalie Erika James | Stars: Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Steve Rodgers
Votes: 30,271
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