After what was a strange year for the industry in 2020, normality is slowly coming back and I managed to get a solid amount of visits to the cinema in 2021.
We saw the return of regular blockbusters to the big screen, the indies be as different and creative as ever and also streaming services gradually becoming part of the furniture when it comes to new releases.
Like every year, there have been many great release making it tough for me to find the right 10 films that I believe were the best of the year. But I feel I have found a high-quality selection that certainly gives you an idea of the year we have had.
Below is my ranking of all 2021 films that I have seen along with a short review of each of my top 10:
190) Zeros And Ones
189) Cinderella
188) Memoria
187) Azor
186) The Woman In The Window
185) The Little Things
184) Space Jam: A New Legacy
183) Don't Breathe 2
182) Halloween Kills
181) The Matrix Resurrections
180) Reminiscence
179) The United States vs. Billie Holiday
178) Stowaway
177) Spiral: From The Book Of Saw
176) Lingui
175) Without Remorse
174) Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
173) Coming 2 America
172) Ghostbusters: Afterlife
171) The Card Counter
170) Faya Dayi
169) The Velvet Underground
168) The Most Reluctant Convert
167) Luchadoras
166) Taming The Garden
165) Everything Went Fine
164) Old
163) Voyagers
162) Godzilla vs. Kong
161) Black Widow
160) Fabian: Going To The Dogs
159) A Boy Called Christmas
158) The Gravedigger's Wife
157) Benediction
156) The Deer King
155) The Black Phone
154) Ali & Ava
153) You Resemble Me
152) Titane
151) The Story Of Film: A New Generation
150) Clara Sola
149) Intregalde
148) Zahori
147) Lamb
146) Antlers
145) Venom: Let There Be Carnage
144) Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
143) Mortal Kombat
142) The Tomorrow War
141) The Many Saints Of Newark
140) Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
139) On The Divide
138) Those Who Wish Me Dead
137) Army Of The Dead
136) Chaos Walking
135) Candyman
134) Encanto
133) The Phantom Of The Open
132) After Yang
131) F@ck This Job
130) Silent Night
129) Luca
128) Nobody
127) Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry
126) Jungle Cruise
125) Operation Mincemeat
124) Raya And The Last Dragon
123) Dear Future Children
122) House Of Gucci
121) American Underdog
120) Swan Song
119) Don't Look Up
118) Sweetheart
117) Passing
116) Cherry
115) Oxygen
114) Pele
113) The Suicide Squad
112) Respect
111) Hive
110) Cyrano
109) No Time To Die
108) Runrig: There Must Be A Place
107) Benedetta
106) Olga
105) Try Harder!
104) Best Sellers
103) Annette
102) Eternals
101) Mothering Sunday
100) Sing 2
99) The Novice
98) Finch
97) Compartment Number 6
96) The Justice Of Bunny King
95) Being The Ricardos
94) Pig
93) Everybody's Talking About Jamie
92) The Tragedy Of Macbeth
91) A Hero
90) Parallel Mothers
89) The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
88) Malignant
87) Wrath Of Man
86) The Sparks Brothers
85) Great Freedom
84) The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
83) The Power Of The Dog
82) What Do We Do When We Look At The Sky?
81) Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give Up
80) The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain
79) The King's Man
78) Schumacher
77) The Harder They Fall
76) Writing With Fire
75) Inu-Oh
74) President
73) Torn
72) The Conductor
71) The Humans
70) Palmer
69) The White Tiger
68) Cruella
67) The Mauritanian
66) The Dig
65) Full Time
64) King Richard
63) Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy
62) Happening
61) Goodbye Don Glees!
60) Drive My Car
59) Vortex
58) Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
57) The Green Knight
56) Nitram
55) Hit The Road
54) Cow
53) Flee
52) Ennio
51) Blue Bayou
50) Ninjababy
49) The Worst Person In The World
48) Revolution Of Our Times
47) C'mon C'mon
46) The Lost Leonardo
45) Nightmare Alley
44) The Souvenir: Part II
43) Ascension
42) The Innocents
41) Paris, 13th District
40) Spencer
39) Licorice Pizza
38) The Real Charlie Chaplin
37) Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
36) Belle: The Dragon And The Freckled Princess
35) The Lost Daughter
34) Tina
33) Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria Of A Starless Night
32) Dear Mr. Brody
31) Mr. Bachmann And His Class
30) Spider-Man: No Way Home
29) Mass
28) Getting Away With Murder(s)
27) The Hand Of God
26) Misha And The Wolves
25) King Of Cool
24) Surviving 9/11
23) Sing A Bit Of Harmony
22) tick, tick...Boom!
21) The French Dispatch
20) The Last Duel
19) Ron's Gone Wrong
18) Judas And The Black Messiah
17) In The Heights
16) Dune
15) Help
14) Petite Maman
13) Red Rocket
12) West Side Story
11) Belfast
Stories of climbers have cropped more and more recently and this another highly impactful one that gives you a great insight in the behaviour of these unique breed of humans.
The performances by Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson are great and that just raises the level of anxiety that you will experience throughout this.
It will leave you exhausted and will give you a new meaning to the phrase 'edge of your seat'.
This will certainly make you think twice when criticising kitchen staff.
This documentary contains incredible first hand accounts as well as well edited footage of the event itself still manages to makes us disbelieve what actually happened.
It's gripping, thrilling and shows that the human spirit is alive and well.
It has that vintage Wright touch and it does not let up. The talents of Thomasin McKenzie and Anya-Taylor Joy shine and gives a highly enjoyable romp.
It is pure popcorn entertainment with a very likable cast and eye-popping visuals.
It has the perfect combination of amazing live music and shows the power of a community.
It is a wonderful watch and perfectly raises the awareness of an important event that very few knew about.
While it may show the successes that we are all aware of, it is more of a poignant watch.
We see Val show his soul to the world and it will bring out all of the emotions in this captivating watch.
As producers, you can see their style is all over this. With the well developed characters, inventive story and comedy style, this was an absolute breath of fresh air to the genre.
It inspires creativity and making you feel ok about not being normal.
2) Zack Snyder's Justice League - After issues during the initial release, director Zack Snyder finally got to release his entire vision of this superhero epic.
While the duration may be questionable, the spirit is there for all to see and it was totally worth the fan support to get this out into the mainstream.
This is the film the DCEU has been waiting for.
This comedy drama is incredibly heart-warming and crowd-pleasing in the most pleasurable way possible.
It embraces its formula and gives us the most rewarding viewing experience.
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