Top Movies of 2021


The top movies of 2021 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

1. The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Actors: Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Olivia Colman, Eric André, Michael Rianda
Plot: When Katie Mitchell finds out she has been accepted into film school, her whole family decides to drive her down. But during the trip, a tech uprising interrupts their plans forcing the Mitchell family to band together to save themselves and perhaps the world.

2. Spider-Man: No Way Home

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei
Plot: In the wake of the revelation by Quentin Beck that Peter Parker is, in fact, the hero Spider-Man - Parker, besieged on all sides, asks Dr. Stephen Strange to find a way to make a reality where the revelation never occurred. But an accident brings in heroes and villains from a variety of multi-verses and our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will face the biggest test of his life.

3. Dune

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem
Plot: Based on Frank Herbert's ground-breaking novel, the film follows the incredible journey of Paul Atreides, a noble's son who holds within himself a great destiny - one that revolves around the most dangerous planet in the galaxy, the desert world of Arrakis and the most valuable commodity it holds: the Spice, Melange.

4. Bo Burnham: Inside

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bo Burnham
Actors: Bo Burnham

5. Judas and the Black Messiah

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shaka King
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rel Howery
Plot: As the Black Panther movement spread across the United States, J. Edgar Hoover seeing a threat bigger than Communism seeks a scapegoat and finds it in Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago chapter. Bill O'Neal, seeking to avoid jail for impersonating an FBI agent, is recruited to go undercover - quickly rising to head of security and reporting on his findings. But soon it becomes apparent jail is not good enough to stop Hampton and O'Neal will have to decide how far he is willing to go to appease the FBI.

6. Worst Person in the World, The ( Verdens verste menneske )

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joachim Trier
Actors: Anders Danielsen Lie, Renate Reinsve, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Mia McGovern Zaini, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner

7. The Last Duel

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Harriet Walter, Marton Csokas
Plot: In 14th century France, Marguerite de Carrouges accuses Jacques LeGris, friend and squire to her husband the knight Jean de Carrouges, of rape. Even as she faces intense scrutiny and even death for lying, her husband challenges LeGris to trial by combat - the last legally sanctioned duel in France's history.

8. CODA

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sian Heder
Actors: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, John Fiore, Lonnie Farmer, Kevin Chapman

9. Val

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ting Poo, Leo Scott
Actors: Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer
Plot: Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary covers the 40+ year career of Val Kilmer.

10. Mass

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fran Kranz
Actors: Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright

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