The Films of 2021

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Ten Best of 2021

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4 Stars (out of 4)

Nine Days

Power of the Dog, The

Procession

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

 

3 ˝ Stars (out of 4)

C'mon C'mon

CODA (2021)

Drive My Car

Found (2021)

Green Knight, The

Harder They Fall, The (2021)

Hero, A

Identifying Features

In the Heights

In the Same Breath

Judas and the Black Messiah

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Lost Daughter, The

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Raya and the Last Dragon

Red Rocket

Rescue, The (2021)

Silent Night (2021)

Tragedy of Macbeth, The (2021)

West Side Story (2021)

White Tiger, The

 

3 Stars (out of 4)

About Endlessness

Akilla's Escape

All Light, Everywhere

Alpinist, The

American Underdog

Amundsen: The Greatest Expedition

Army of the Dead

Auschwitz Report, The

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Beckett

Becoming Cousteau

Benedetta

Bergman Island

Beta Test, The

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Blizzard of Souls

Blue Bayou

Body Brokers

Boiling Point (2021)

Boss Level

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road

Bring Your Own Brigade

Brothers by Blood

Card Counter, The

City of Lies

Come from Away

Coming 2 America

Compartment No. 6

Concrete Cowboy

Cop Movie, A

Copshop

Courier, The (2021)

Cowboys

Cyrano

Detention (2021)

Dry, The

Duke, The

Enemies of the State

Escape from Mogadishu

Evil Next Door, The

Fatherhood

Fear Street: 1978

Fear Street: 1666

Final Account

Finch

First Wave, The

Flee

Flora & Ulysses

Gift of Fire

Godzilla vs. Kong

Guilty, The (2021)

Held for Ransom (2021)

Hive

Holler

Hope

Human Factor, The (2021)

Humans, The

I'm Your Man

Jacinta

Land

Language Lessons

Lapsis

Last Duel, The

Limbo (2021)

Little Fish (2021)

Locked Down

Long Story Short

Long Weekend (2021)

Luzzu

Mafia Inc

Malcolm & Marie

Man Who Sold His Skin, The

Many Saints of Newark, The

Map of Tiny Perfect Things, The

Mass

Meaning of Hitler, The

Mitchells vs. the Machines, The

MLK/FBI

Moby Doc

Moffie

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

My Name Is Pauli Murray

My Wonderful Wanda

Never Gonna Snow Again

Night House, The

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Nina Wu

No Man of God

No Sudden Move

Nobody (2021)

Novice, The

Old

Old Henry

On Broadway (2021)

Our Friend

Palmer

Paper Spiders

Paper Tigers, The

Passing

Petite Maman

PG: Psycho Goreman

Pig

Plan B (2021)

Playing God (2021)

Poupelle of Chimney Town

Prayers for the Stolen

Profile

Protégé, The

Queenpins

Raging Fire

Rams (2021)

Reason I Jump, The

Reunion (2021)

Riders of Justice

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Rushed

7 Prisoners

Shiva Baby

Sin

Slalom

Small Engine Repair

Son

South of Heaven

Souvenir: Part II, The

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spine of Night, The

Stillwater

Stowaway (2021)

Summer of 85

Summit of the Gods, The

Swan Song

Tailgate

Test Pattern

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Till Death

Together Together

True Mothers

Tunnel, The (2021)

12 Mighty Orphans

Two of Us

Unthinkable, The

Vacation Friends

Val

Velvet Queen, The

Vigil, The

Vivo

We Broke Up

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Who You Think I Am

Wife of a Spy

Wild Indian

Wildcat (2021)

Worst Person in the World, The

Worth

Writing with Fire

Zack Snyder's Justice League

 

2 ˝ Stars (out of 4)

A la Calle

Ailey

Bad Trip

Belfast

Belle (2021)

Birthday Cake, The

Black Widow (2021)

Candyman (2021)

Censor

Charlatan

Cliff Walkers

Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, The

County, The

Cruella

Dara of Jasenovac

Delivered, The

Dream Horse

East of the Mountains

Encanto

Enforcement

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Eyes of Tammy Faye, The (2021)

Falling (2021)

Fathom (2021)

F9

Free Guy

Freeland

Homeroom

House of Gucci

How to Deter a Robber

In the Earth

India Sweets and Spices

Jakob's Wife

Julia (2021)

Killing of Two Lovers, The

King Richard

Last Night in Soho

Lorelei

Lost Leonardo, The

Luca

Mandibles

Marksman, The (2021)

Mauritanian, The

Memoria (2021)

Mogul Mowgli

Mothering Sunday

Mouthful of Air, A

My Little Sister

My Zoe

No Time to Die

Notturno

Operation Varsity Blues

Outside Story, The

Parallel Mothers

Perfect Candidate, The

P!nk: All I Know So Far

Port Authority

Quiet Place: Part II, A

Retreat, The

Sabaya

Saint Maud

Settlers

Shadow in the Cloud

Skater Girl

Some Kind of Heaven

Spencer

Spirit Untamed

Stray

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Suicide Squad, The

Summertime (2021)

There's Someone Inside Your House

Velvet Underground, The

Violet (2021)

Voyagers

We Need to Do Something

Werewolves Within

Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station, The

World to Come, The

Wrath of Man

Zola

 

2 Stars (out of 4)

Above Suspicion (2021)

Addams Family 2, The

Agnes

America: The Motion Picture

American Insurrection

Antlers

Army of Thieves

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Bad Tales

Battle for Afghanistan

Being the Ricardos

Best Sellers

Birds of Paradise

Blast Beat

Blazing World, The

Bliss (2021)

Boogie

Boss Baby: Family Business, The

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

Bruised

Buckley's Chance

Cherry (2021)

Cinderella (2021)

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Colony, The (2021)

Come True

Crisis (2021)

Cry Macho

Dig, The

Don't Look Up

Don't Tell a Soul

Drunk Bus

Dune (2021)

Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The

Ema

Eternals

Falling for Figaro

False Positive

Fear of Rain

Fear Street: 1994

Feast, The

Fever Dream

Final Set

First Date

Four Good Days

France

French Dispatch, The

Gaia

Gateway, The (2021)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Good on Paper

Gully

Gunpowder Milkshake

Halloween Kills

Hand of God, The

Happily

Hard Luck Love Song

Held

Here Today

I Care a Lot

Ida Red

If Not Now, When?

Into the Darkness

Jockey

John and the Hole

Jolt

Jumbo

Jungle Cruise

Kate

Keep an Eye Out

Last Letter from Your Lover, The

Licorice Pizza

Little Things, The

Mad Women's Ball, The

Mama Weed

Matrix Resurrections, The

Mayday

Mayor Pete

Monster (2021)

Moxie

Naked Singularity

National Champions

Needle in a Timestack

Night, The (2021)

9/11: Inside the President's War Room

No Future

No Man's Land (2021)

No One Gets Out Alive

Nowhere Inn, The

Outside the Wire

Oxygen (2021)

PAW Patrol: The Movie

Penguin Bloom

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Powder Keg

PVT CHAT

Queen Bees

Reminiscence

Respect

Ron's Gone Wrong

Seance

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Siberia (2021)

Silk Road (RogerEbert.com)

Silo

Six Minutes to Midnight

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Snakehead

Sometime Other Than Now

Son of the South

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Sparks Brothers, The

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The

Supernova (2021)

Surge

Swan Song (2021/II)

Those Who Wish Me Dead

Titane

Together (2021)

Tom and Jerry

Tomorrow War, The

Truth to Power

Undine (2021)

Unforgivable, The

Unholy, The (2021)

United States vs. Billie Holiday, The

Vault, The (2021)

Voyeurs, The

Water Man, The

Week Away, A

White as Snow

Wish Dragon

Without Remorse

Wolf (2021)

Woman in the Window, The (2021)

Year of the Everlasting Storm, The

 

1 ˝ Stars (out of 4)

Adventures of a Mathematician

American Sicario

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

Annette

Awake (2021)

Benny Loves You

Blithe Spirit (2021)

Bloodthirsty

Broken Diamonds

Burn It All

Chaos Walking

Collection

Cryptozoo

Dachra

Dangerous (2021)

Dear Evan Hansen

Death in Texas

Demonic

Die in a Gunfight

Djinn, The

Don't Breathe 2

Encounter

Endangered Species (2021)

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Flashback (2021)

For the Sake of Vicious

Forever Purge, The

Great White

Heart of Champions

Hide and Seek (2021)

Howling Village

Honeydew

Ice Road, The

Infinite

Insight

Joe Bell

Journal for Jordan, A

King's Man, The

Lamb (2021)

Lansky

Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac

Last Mercenary, The (2021)

Malignant (2021)

Mother/Android

New Order

Night Raiders

Night Teeth

Notorious Nick

Obituary of Tunde Johnson, The

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

Percy vs Goliath

Pixie

Red Notice

Redemption Day

Rookies, The

Separation (2021)

Seventh Day, The (2021)

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

Shoplifters of the World

Sing 2

Starling, The

Sweet Girl

Tender Bar, The

Things Heard & Seen

This Is the Night (2021)

23 Walks

Under the Stadium Lights

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Virtuoso, The

Voices, The (2021)

Whirlybird

Yakuza Princess

Zone 414

 

1 Star (out of 4)

American Night

American Sausage Standoff

Apache Junction

Cosmic Sin

Crime Story (2021)

Devil Below, The

Every Breath You Take

Funhouse

Grand Duke of Corsica, The

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Intrusion

Karen

Masquerade (2021)

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Monday (2021)

Mortal Kombat (2021)

Phobias

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Reckoning, The (2021)

Rising Wolf

13 Minutes (2021)

Thunder Force

Twist (2021)

Willy's Wonderland

Zeros and Ones

 

˝ Star (out of 4)

Dark Foe, A

Lady of the Manor

Madness Inside Me, The

Out of Death

Resort, The

Rogue Hostage

Safer at Home

6:45

Vanquish

 

Zero Stars (out of 4)

Me You Madness