Sundance 2021 Movie Guide
by IMDb-Editors | created - 16 Dec 2020 | updated - 05 Jan 2022 | PublicSundance 2021 Movie Guide
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1. CODA (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Director: Sian Heder | Stars: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant
Votes: 164,529
Category: U.S. Dramatic
2. I Was a Simple Man (2021)
100 min | Drama
A family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest as the ghosts of the past haunt the countryside.
Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi | Stars: Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu, Tim Chiou, Kanoa Goo
Votes: 449
Category: U.S. Dramatic
3. Jockey (2021)
R | 94 min | Drama
An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
Director: Clint Bentley | Stars: Clifton Collins Jr., Moises Arias, Molly Parker, Logan Cormier
Votes: 1,426
Category: U.S. Dramatic
4. John and the Hole (2021)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A coming-of-age psychological thriller that plays out the unsettling reality of a kid who holds his family captive in a hole in the ground.
Director: Pascual Sisto | Stars: Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, Taissa Farmiga
Votes: 4,710
Category: U.S. Dramatic
5. Mayday (2021)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she realizes that she's not the killer they want her to be.
Director: Karen Cinorre | Stars: Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Soko, Havana Rose Liu
Votes: 1,944
Category: U.S. Dramatic
6. On the Count of Three (2021)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut and stars in On the Count of Three, a darkly comic feature about two best friends, Val (Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott), on the last day of their lives.
Director: Jerrod Carmichael | Stars: Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, Lavell Crawford
Votes: 8,745
Category: U.S. Dramatic
7. Passing (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
"Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.
Director: Rebecca Hall | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp
Votes: 16,512
Category: U.S. Dramatic
8. Superior (2021)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, altering the trajectory of both their lives.
Director: Erin Vassilopoulos | Stars: Alessandra Mesa, Ani Mesa, Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman
Votes: 401
Category: U.S. Dramatic
9. Together Together (2021)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
When a young loner becomes the gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Director: Nikole Beckwith | Stars: Patti Harrison, Ed Helms, Rosalind Chao, Timm Sharp
Votes: 9,260
Category: U.S. Dramatic
10. Wild Indian (2021)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two men learn to confront a traumatic secret they share involving the savage murder of a schoolmate.
Director: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. | Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Jesse Eisenberg, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 1,692
Category: U.S. Dramatic
11. Ailey (2021)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, told through his own words and a new dance inspired by his life.
Director: Jamila Wignot | Stars: Alvin Ailey, Cicely Tyson, Rennie Harris, Robert Battle
Votes: 298
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
12. All Light, Everywhere (2021)
Unrated | 105 min | Documentary
A far-ranging look at the biases in how we see things, focusing on the use of police body cameras.
Director: Theo Anthony | Stars: Theo Anthony, Keaver Brenai, Robert Cunniff, Ross McNutt
Votes: 877
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
13. At the Ready (2021)
96 min | Documentary
A group of seniors train to become police officers and Border Patrol agents at El Paso’s Horizon High School, near the U.S./Mexico border.
Director: Maisie Crow | Stars: Cesar Avila, Mason Daniel Heath Garcia, Cristina Martinez
Votes: 116
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
14. Cusp (2021)
92 min | Documentary
In the lazy days of a Texas summer, three teenage girls navigate friendship, relationships, and toxic masculinity as they make the transition to the adult world.
Directors: Isabel Bethencourt, Parker Hill
Votes: 436
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
15. Homeroom (2021)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary
Oakland as a tantalizing case study. In a city that struggles with rising crime and health care woes, its public school systems aren't exactly equipped to prepare youth for the travails of young adulthood.
Director: Peter Nicks | Stars: Dwayne Davis, Denilson Garibo, Libby Schaaf
Votes: 276
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
16. Rebel Hearts (2021)
99 min | Documentary
A look at Los Angeles's Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, nuns who challenged the patriarchal conventions of the Catholic Church 50 years ago and are still taking a stand today.
Director: Pedro Kos | Stars: Anita Caspary, Helen Kelley, Corita Kent, Pat Reif
Votes: 167
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
17. Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Director: Mariem Pérez Riera | Stars: Rita Moreno, Justina Machado, Norman Lear, Frances Negron-Muntaner
Votes: 1,019
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
18. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
PG-13 | 118 min | Documentary, History, Music
Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.
Director: Questlove | Stars: Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty
Votes: 13,853
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
19. Try Harder! (2021)
85 min | Documentary
Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
Director: Debbie Lum | Stars: Alvan Cai, Shealand Fairchild, Rachael Schmidt, Richard Shapiro
Votes: 495
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
20. Users (2021)
81 min | Documentary
Documentary explores how humanity expresses itself with technology and the intended and unintended consequences of our tech-dominated world.
Director: Natalia Almada
Votes: 90
Category: U.S. Documentary Competition
21. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet (2021)
73 min | Drama
Sebastián, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and he embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.
Director: Ana Katz | Stars: Raquel Bank, Daniel Katz, Nicolás Levin, Valeria Lois
Votes: 966
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
22. El Planeta (2021)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
Director: Amalia Ulman | Stars: Ale Ulman, Amalia Ulman, Nacho Vigalondo, Genoveva Garcia Castanon
Votes: 979
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
23. Fire in the Mountains (2021)
84 min | Drama
A mother toils to save money to build a road in a Himalayan village to take her wheelchair-bound son for physiotherapy but her husband who believes that a shamanic ritual 'Jaagar' is the remedy, steals her savings.
Director: Ajitpal Singh | Stars: Vinamrata Rai, Chandan Bisht, Harshita Tiwari, Mayank Singh Jaira
Votes: 211
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
24. Hive (2021)
84 min | Drama
Fahrije's husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision.
Director: Blerta Basholli | Stars: Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha
Votes: 3,970
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
25. Human Factors (2021)
102 min | Drama, Mystery
A mysterious home invasion triggers off a shake in the core of a cosmopolitan middle-class family and unveils the fragility of truth and the power of individual perspective.
Director: Ronny Trocker | Stars: Mark Waschke, Sabine Timoteo, Jule Hermann, Wanja Valentin Kube
Votes: 677
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
26. Luzzu (2021)
94 min | Drama
A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.
Director: Alex Camilleri | Stars: Jesmark Scicluna, Marlene Schranz, David Scicluna, Marta Vella
Votes: 1,858
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
27. One for the Road (2021)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama
Boss, a high-end club owner living in New York, receives a call from his estranged best friend in Thailand, revealing he has terminal cancer and needs his help to complete a final bucket list.
Director: Baz Poonpiriya | Stars: Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying, Yi Liu, Thanapob Leeratanakachorn
Votes: 1,286
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
28. A Nuvem Rosa (2021)
R | 105 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appeared, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected.
Director: Iuli Gerbase | Stars: Renata de Lélis, Eduardo Mendonça, Girley Paes, Helena Becker
Votes: 937
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
29. Pleasure (2021)
R | 109 min | Drama
Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.
Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock
Votes: 22,363
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
30. Prime Time (2021)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
On New Year's Eve 1999, an armed man enters a TV studio during a broadcast, takes the host hostage and makes one demand: to give a message live on air.
Director: Jakub Piatek | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Poplawska, Andrzej Klak, Malgorzata Hajewska
Votes: 1,996
Category: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
31. Faya Dayi (2021)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Drama
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.
Director: Jessica Beshir | Stars: DJ Express, Kawa Sherif, Salih Sigirci
Votes: 650
Category: World Cinema Documentary
32. Flee (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Votes: 19,473
Category: World Cinema Documentary
33. Misha and the Wolves (2021)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Misha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
Director: Sam Hobkinson | Stars: Misha Defonseca, Karen Schulman, Jane Daniel, Joni Soffron
Votes: 3,337
Category: World Cinema Documentary
34. President (2021)
120 min | Documentary
A young and charismatic leader takes on the corrupt ruling party in Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential election.
Director: Camilla Nielsson | Star: Nelson Chamisa
Votes: 437
Category: World Cinema Documentary
35. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.
Directors: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri | Stars: Kristina Lindström, Luchino Visconti, Mario Tursi, Björn Andrésen
Votes: 1,934
Category: World Cinema Documentary
36. Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story (2021)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, Adventure
Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.
Director: Sally Aitken | Stars: Valerie Taylor, Jeremiah S. Sullivan, Ron Taylor, Rodney Fox
Votes: 623
Category: World Cinema Documentary
37. Sabaya (2021)
90 min | Documentary
Film follows a group into Syria's Al-Hol, a dangerous camp in the Middle East, as they risk their lives to save a women being held by ISIS as abducted sex slaves.
Director: Hogir Hirori | Stars: Mahmud Resho, Siham, Zahra, Shadi
Votes: 739
Category: World Cinema Documentary
38. Taming the Garden (2021)
91 min | Documentary
Documentary follows trees that are transported, at great expense and inconvenience, from the coast of the Republic of Georgia to the private garden of that country's former prime minister.
Director: Salomé Jashi
Votes: 718
Category: World Cinema Documentary
39. Writing with Fire (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.
Directors: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas | Stars: Meera Devi, Shyamkali Devi, Suneeta Prajapati
Votes: 1,658
Category: World Cinema Documentary
40. The Blazing World (2021)
TV-MA | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.
Director: Carlson Young | Stars: Carlson Young, Udo Kier, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw
Votes: 745
Category: Next
41. Cryptozoo (2021)
Unrated | 95 min | Animation, Fantasy
Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.
Director: Dash Shaw | Stars: Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Alex Karpovsky, Zoe Kazan
Votes: 2,142
Category: Next
42. First Date (II) (2021)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.
Directors: Manuel Crosby, Darren Knapp | Stars: Tyson Brown, Shelby Duclos, Jesse Janzen, Nicole Berry
Votes: 704
Category: Next
43. Ma Belle, My Beauty (2021)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.
Director: Marion Hill | Stars: Idella Johnson, Hannah Pepper, Lucien Guignard, Sivan Noam Shimon
Votes: 521
Category: Next
44. R#J (2021)
91 min | Drama
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Director: Carey Williams | Stars: Camaron Engels, Moe Irvin, RJ Cyler, Siddiq Saunderson
Votes: 93
Category: Next
45. Searchers (2021)
81 min | Documentary
Alternately humorous and touching, Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.
Director: Pacho Velez | Stars: Ruddy Harootian, Disnie Sebastien
Votes: 88
Category: Next
46. Son of Monarchs (2020)
R | 97 min | Drama
A Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal metamorphosis.
Director: Alexis Gambis | Stars: Paulina Gaitan, William Mapother, Tenoch Huerta, Electra Stone
Votes: 358
Category: Next
47. Strawberry Mansion (2021)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.
Directors: Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney | Stars: Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Linas Phillips
Votes: 2,262
Category: Next
48. We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Director: Jane Schoenbrun | Stars: Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, Theo Anthony, Holly Anne Frink
Votes: 5,740
Category: Next
49. Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)
101 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of author Amy Tan.
Director: James Redford | Stars: Amy Tan, Daisy Tan, John Tan Sr., John Tan Jr.
Votes: 379
Category: Premieres
50. Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)
R | 119 min | Documentary
An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Trina Cunningham, Mike Davis, Don Hankins, Chad Hanson
Votes: 360
Category: Premieres
51. The Cursed (2021)
R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran
Votes: 16,310
Category: Premieres
52. How It Ends (2021)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Directors: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein | Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome
Votes: 4,286
Category: Premieres
53. In the Same Breath (2021)
95 min | Documentary
How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover-ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party?
Director: Nanfu Wang | Stars: Alex Azar, Bill de Blasio, Anthony Fauci, Xi Jinping
Votes: 1,840
Category: Premieres
54. In the Earth (2021)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run.
Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia
Votes: 11,619
Category: Premieres
55. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
Director: Shaka King | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback
Votes: 91,368
Category: Premieres
56. Land (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world and retreats to the wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Director: Robin Wright | Stars: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens
Votes: 15,809
Category: Premieres
57. Marvelous and the Black Hole (2021)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenage delinquent teams up with a surly children's party magician to navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons.
Director: Kate Tsang | Stars: Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, Leonardo Nam, Beth Hall
Votes: 2,452
Category: Premieres
58. Mass (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
The parents of both the shooter and one of the victims of a school shooting tragedy agree to meet and talk in an attempt to move forward.
Director: Fran Kranz | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney
Votes: 17,479
Category: Premieres
59. My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary
A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper
Votes: 499
Category: Premieres
60. Philly D.A. (2021– )
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking inside look at the long shot election and tumultuous first term of Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's unapologetic District Attorney, and his experiment to upend the criminal justice system from the inside out.
Stars: Larry Krasner, Bob Listenbee, Dana Bazelon, Ben Waxman
Votes: 265
Category: Premieres
61. Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
103 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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: 14,019
Category: Premieres
62. The Sparks Brothers (2021)
R | 140 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Beck, Jane Wiedlin
Votes: 6,043
Category: Premieres
63. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
PG | 107 min | Documentary, Family, History
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From the iconic furry characters to the songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed our world.
Director: Marilyn Agrelo | Stars: Frank Biondo, Linda Bove, Fran Brill, Northern Calloway
Votes: 1,357
Category: Premieres
64. Censor (2021)
84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond | Stars: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin
Votes: 19,799
Category: Midnight
65. Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
TV-MA | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
Director: James Ashcroft | Stars: Daniel Gillies, Erik Thomson, Miriama McDowell, Matthias Luafutu
Votes: 7,613
Category: Midnight
66. A Glitch in the Matrix (2021)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher tackles the question "are we living in a simulation?" with testimony, philosophical evidence and scientific explanation in his quest for the answer.
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Nick Bostrom, Joshua Cooke, Erik Davis, Philip K. Dick
Votes: 2,178
Category: Midnight
67. Knocking (2021)
78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
Director: Frida Kempff | Stars: Cecilia Milocco, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, Krister Kern
Votes: 1,691
Category: Midnight
68. Mother Schmuckers (2021)
70 min | Comedy
Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it - or she will kick them out.
Directors: Harpo Guit, Lenny Guit | Stars: Maxi Delmelle, Harpo Guit, Claire Bodson, Fresco
Votes: 315
Category: Midnight
69. Violation (2020)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Horror
A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.
Directors: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer | Stars: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili
Votes: 4,373
Category: Midnight
70. Night of the Kings (2020)
R | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young man is sent to "La Maca", a prison of Ivory Coast in the middle of the forest ruled by its prisoners. With the red moon rising, he is designated by the Boss to be the new "Roman" and must tell a story to the other prisoners.
Director: Philippe Lacôte | Stars: Bakary Koné, Steve Tientcheu, Jean Cyrille Digbeu, Rasmané Ouédraogo
Votes: 2,861
Category: Spotlight
71. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 10,978
Category: Spotlight
72. Life in a Day 2020 (2021)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Life In A Day 2020 will call on millions of people around the world to film their lives on July 25.
Directors: Kevin Macdonald, Howard Hong, Danica Jensen, Despina Mirou, Mário Filipe Neves, Ferhat Sendag | Stars: Olivia Castanho, Despina Mirou, Shaira Yasmin Berg, Gredivel Vasquez
Votes: 783
Category: Special Screenings
73. 4 Feet High (2020– )
74 min | Drama
Series follows Juana, a 17-year-old girl in a wheelchair who's eager to explore her sexuality.
Stars: Marisol Agostina Irigoyen, Natalia di Cienzo, Melissa Romero, Gastón Palermo
Votes: 56
Category: Indie Series
74. Seeds of Deceit (2018)
21 min | Documentary
Two mothers and their children must face a new reality and try to live with each other after finding out their fertility doctor, Jan Karbaat, secretly used his own seed instead of donors'.
Director: Miriam Guttmann
Votes: 58
Category: Indie Series
75. Would You Rather (2020)
70 min | Drama
Four 16-year-olds from a working-class Paris neighborhood play their favorite game, "Would You Rather?" - and the results force them to make choices about their lives and the game.
Stars: Shirel Nataf, Fanta Kebe, Zakaria-Tayeb Lazab, Mouctar Diawara
Votes: 34
Category: Indie Series
76. These Days (2021– )
22 min | Short, Drama
Lonely, self-isolating Mae navigates the world of online dating during the early days of quarantine. Her first attempt is a comic disaster; then she meets Will and her world begins to change in unexpected ways.
Stars: Marianne Rendón, Parker Young, Sarah Tolan-Mee, Denise Dowse
Votes: 25
Category: Indie Series
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