2021 - From best to worst

by JohnDavidsson | created - 24 May 2021 | updated - 2 months ago | Public

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1. Dune (2021)

PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

74 Metascore

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 854,711 | Gross: $108.33M

2. Licorice Pizza (2021)

R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

90 Metascore

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits

Votes: 140,257

3. Drive My Car (2021)

Unrated | 179 min | Drama

91 Metascore

A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada

Votes: 65,748

4. The French Dispatch (2021)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

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: 150,571

5. Belfast (2021)

PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe, Jamie Dornan

Votes: 92,353

6. Pig (I) (2021)

R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery

82 Metascore

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

Director: Michael Sarnoski | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Cassandra Violet

Votes: 89,490

7. Titane (2021)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

75 Metascore

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: 56,131

8. Vortex (2021)

142 min | Drama

82 Metascore

The last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.

Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz, Kylian Dheret

Votes: 9,261

9. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

R | 242 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

54 Metascore

Determined to ensure that Superman's ultimate sacrifice wasn't in vain, Bruce Wayne recruits a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams

Votes: 438,303

10. The Last Duel (2021)

R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History

67 Metascore

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: 182,044 | Gross: $10.85M

11. The Power of the Dog (2021)

R | 126 min | Drama, Western

89 Metascore

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: 193,780

12. Benedetta (2021)

Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

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: 25,484

13. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

45 Metascore

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace

Votes: 218,606 | Gross: $129.36M

14. Luca (2021)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

71 Metascore

On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.

Director: Enrico Casarosa | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo

Votes: 194,258

15. Don't Look Up (2021)

R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

49 Metascore

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 601,615

16. The King's Man (2021)

R | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

44 Metascore

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Harris Dickinson

Votes: 173,493 | Gross: $37.18M

17. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

71 Metascore

With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon

Votes: 878,816 | Gross: $804.75M

18. The Green Knight (2021)

R | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

85 Metascore

A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury

Votes: 117,968

19. Black Widow (2021)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

68 Metascore

Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz

Votes: 426,070 | Gross: $183.65M

20. West Side Story (2021)

PG-13 | 156 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

85 Metascore

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez

Votes: 95,520

21. Wrath of Man (2021)

R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

57 Metascore

A cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving a lot of money around Los Angeles each week.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Josh Hartnett, Rocci Boy Williams

Votes: 207,687 | Gross: $27.47M

22. No Time to Die (2021)

PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

68 Metascore

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: 444,701 | Gross: $160.87M

23. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

74 Metascore

In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.

Directors: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa | Stars: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Izaac Wang

Votes: 171,757 | Gross: $54.72M

24. Star Wars: Visions (2021– )

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Short, Action

An anthology of animated shorts from around the world celebrating the mythology of Star Wars through unique cultural perspectives.

Stars: Michael Sinterniklaas, Neil Kaplan, Adam Sietz, JP Karliak

Votes: 23,975

25. Bergman Island (2021)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

80 Metascore

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.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie

Votes: 9,901

26. The Dig (2021)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History

73 Metascore

An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

Director: Simon Stone | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn

Votes: 82,574

27. Free Guy (2021)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

62 Metascore

When Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Lil Rel Howery

Votes: 425,547 | Gross: $121.63M

28. Jungle Cruise (2021)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

50 Metascore

Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall

Votes: 212,451 | Gross: $116.99M

29. Encanto (2021)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

75 Metascore

A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo

Votes: 262,191 | Gross: $96.09M

30. Red Notice (2021)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

37 Metascore

An Interpol agent successfully tracks down the world's most wanted art thief with help from a rival thief. But nothing is as it seems as a series of double-crosses ensues.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya

Votes: 317,875 | Gross: $0.18M

31. The Suicide Squad (2021)

R | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

72 Metascore

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman

Votes: 409,560 | Gross: $55.82M

32. Nobody (I) (2021)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.

Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd

Votes: 324,343 | Gross: $27.27M

33. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

59 Metascore

The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.

Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry

Votes: 241,405 | Gross: $100.92M

34. Kate (I) (2021)

R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

47 Metascore

A jaded assassin assigned to target a yakuza clan has 24 hours to find out who poisoned her and get vengeance before she dies.

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson, Miku Martineau, Tadanobu Asano

Votes: 70,469

35. Old (2021)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

55 Metascore

A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff

Votes: 160,579 | Gross: $48.28M

36. Mortal Kombat (2021)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

44 Metascore

MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

Director: Simon McQuoid | Stars: Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim

Votes: 190,009 | Gross: $42.20M

37. Willy's Wonderland (2021)

TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

44 Metascore

A quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.

Director: Kevin Lewis | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz

Votes: 38,551

38. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)

TV-MA | 83 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

67 Metascore

Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.

Director: Kwang Il Han | Stars: Theo James, Mary McDonnell, Lara Pulver, Graham McTavish

Votes: 50,229

39. Army of the Dead (2021)

R | 148 min | Action, Crime, Drama

57 Metascore

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick

Votes: 188,123 | Gross: $1.00M

40. Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

53 Metascore

A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley

Votes: 14,056

41. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

71 Metascore

Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 435,458 | Gross: $224.54M

42. The Matrix Resurrections (I) (2021)

R | 148 min | Action, Sci-Fi

63 Metascore

Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.

Director: Lana Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff

Votes: 279,431



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