2021 - Top Movies
by andre_te | created - 23 Apr 2021 | updated - 12 Aug 2022 | Publica list of movies I've seen and rated which have been released in 2021.
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1. Oxygen (2021)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Mélanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi, Laura Boujenah
Votes: 44,314
10/10
- phenomenal solo performance by Mélanie Laurent once again
- beautiful story, captivating from start to end
2. The Green Knight (2021)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
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: 118,081
a visual masterpiece intelligent story adaptation
3. Cruella (2021)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser
Votes: 265,904 | Gross: $86.10M
9/10
brilliant movie that gets better the longer you watch it with a phenomenal ending and a never ending soundtrack finishing with florence and the machine singing "call me cruella". what a great fun ride with a lot of movie influences.
4. 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: 177,125
8/10 a unique fantasy/horror made by edgar wright
5. Kate (I) (2021)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
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: 70,529
8/10
cons:
as a typical action flick, a few surreal situations, and not the best plot
pros:
fresh jp/kr score, good cast, stunning performances by Mary and Woody, action scenes are quite entertainting and raw
6. 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: 182,248 | Gross: $10.85M
8/10
slow start
thrilling second half
interesting way to start the movie by showing 3 different point of views back 2 back.
7. The Black Phone (2021)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies
Votes: 194,470 | Gross: $90.12M
7/10 nice but simple story. good visuals and editing, solid acting and cool music in the background. unfortunately not scary.
8. Stowaway (I) (2021)
TV-MA | 116 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
Director: Joe Penna | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette
Votes: 52,508
7/10
beautiful movie to watch if u like it calm and with less action. no annoying stereotype characters aswell, instead daniel dae kim and anna kendrick delivered a solid performance, wonderful to look at. its not an 8+ because of the few physic flaws, even tho it trys to keep it realistic.
9. 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: 76,620
7/10
hauntingly beautiful fable about diane spencer, with an oscar-worthy performance by kristen stewart. can be boring throughout the movie, but worth watching for the end or just to watch kristens superb acting in this.
10. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
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: 857,332 | Gross: $108.33M
7/10
stunning visuals and audio
the rest was empty and easy to forget with zero emotions
11. 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: 126,884
7/10
sometimes cringy but a decent family movie.
creative editing ideas
12. Nobody (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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: 324,644 | Gross: $27.27M
6/10
good action flick, some nice scenes combined with a good tune. tho the story is not the best part of this movie.
13. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
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: 171,883 | Gross: $54.72M
6/10
its beautiful to look at, and thats all
the score to it is mostly bad music that would fit into current mainstream charts, the voices arent well chosen to the characters, the story has a decent point "to unite nations" but the plot doesnt make sense at some points. you cannot blindly trust your enemy hoping they will trust u aswell. its bit cringy and cliché-like throughout the movie.
14. The Protégé (2021)
R | 109 min | Action, Thriller
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, David Rintoul
Votes: 38,296
5/10
first hour was as boring as it can be. once you made it through the story becomes a bit more faster and interesting with the actual action parts stacking up and a decent showdown. bit disturbing at times.
15. 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: 444,919 | Gross: $160.87M
5/10
just like any other bond movie, filled with surreal stunts, illogical situations, stereotypical characters, and cliché dialogs. overall decent, with a top theme song and an honorable ending for daniel craig.
16. The Marksman (2021)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into the U.S.
Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Liam Neeson, Teresa Ruiz, Juan Pablo Raba
Votes: 43,253
4/10
boring, bland, road-trip like drama with weak acting
17. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 72,690
4/10 predictable story, boring acting, silly dialogs, silly scenes
18. Finch (2021)
PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his creator's beloved dog learns about life, love, friendship and what it means to be human.
Director: Miguel Sapochnik | Stars: Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Marie Wagenman, Lora Martinez-Cunningham
Votes: 97,173
4/10
boring, uninteresting, annoying robot voice which sounds like borat
19. Mortal Kombat (2021)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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: 190,099 | Gross: $42.20M
4/10
clear to see that they didn't create the biggest plotline, instead just threw out a movie with few badass fighters to keep their game franchise valuable. theres nothing else to see in this flick than nice effects. even the basic fighting is badly made.
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