The movies I watched in 2021
by kcp771 | created - 04 Jan 2021 | updated - 02 Jan 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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101. The Medium (2021)
Not Rated | 130 min | Horror
A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. What could be possessing a family member might not be the Goddess they make it out to be.
Director: Banjong Pisanthanakun | Stars: Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Sawanee Utoomma, Sirani Yankittikan, Yasaka Chaisorn
Votes: 13,127
102. The Skin I Live In (2011)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
Votes: 165,948 | Gross: $3.19M
103. Trivisa (2016)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama
In early 1997, mobsters Kwai Ching-hung, Yip Kwok-foon and Cheuk Tze-keung, whom have never met one another, are all in Hong Kong. Thereafter, rumour has it that Hong Kong's three most ... See full summary »
Directors: Jevons Au, Frank Hui, Vicky Wong | Stars: Richie Jen, Jordan Chan, Ka-Tung Lam, Kwong-Leung Wong
Votes: 2,523
104. The Yellow Sea (2010)
R | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
Director: Na Hong-jin | Stars: Lee Yoo-mi, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Yoon-seok
Votes: 22,961
105. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 29,756
106. Drive My Car (2021)
Unrated | 179 min | Drama
A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada
Votes: 65,870
107. Titane (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following a series of unexplained crimes, a father is reunited with the son who has been missing for ten years.
Director: Julia Ducournau | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Votes: 56,187
108. 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: 857,517 | Gross: $108.33M
109. Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
TV-14 | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In 1991 war-torn Somalia the personnel and the families of both the South Korean and the North Korean embassies have the same goal: to escape from Mogadishu.
Director: Ryu Seung-wan | Stars: Kim Yoon-seok, Zo In-sung, Huh Joon-ho, Koo Kyo-hwan
Votes: 7,195
110. 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: 444,938 | Gross: $160.87M
111. Departures (2008)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo learns that his orchestra is disbanding. He moves back to his hometown with his wife, where he answers an ad for what Daigo thinks is a travel agency but is, in actuality, a mortuary.
Director: Yôjirô Takita | Stars: Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 54,997 | Gross: $1.50M
112. Benedetta (2021)
Unrated | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 25,515
113. Secrets of the Heavenly Book (1983)
89 min | Animation
Yuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He also carved the contents of the book on the stone wall of white cloud cave in the mountains. He is ... See full summary »
Directors: Shuchen Wang, Yunda Qian | Stars: Jianhua Ding, Ke Bi, Xiu Su, Xiaohua Cheng
Votes: 567
114. I'm Your Man (2021)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw
Votes: 12,637
115. Anita (2021)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
Traces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.
Director: Lok Man Leung | Stars: Louise Wong, Louis Koo, Fish Liew, Ka-Tung Lam
Votes: 1,206
116. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 435,840 | Gross: $224.54M
117. Striding Into the Wind (2020)
134 min | Drama
An aimless film school student goes on an ambling road trip across China in a rickety old Jeep in this charming, deeply personal road movie.
Director: Wei Shujun | Stars: You Zhou, Zheng Ying Chen, Wang Xiaomu, Tong Linkai
Votes: 251
118. Men suo (2021)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Beautiful young girl Fang lives alone in a modern city. Someone violently pulls her door lock one night, and the security tells later that the monitor of her floor does no work. Sleeping Fang is vaguely aware of someone's sneak-in.
Director: Orkenbek Baysenbay | Stars: Baihe Bai, White-K, Chengcheng Fan, Cici Wang
Votes: 133
119. 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: 76,624
120. Be Somebody (2021)
123 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A group of filmmakers are gathered in a dark and windy night for preparation of shooting a film based on a sensational murder case. It's unrealized that they are placed in the real crime scene and the true murderer is among them.
Director: Xunzimo Liu | Stars: Zheng Yin, Jiajia Deng, Entai Yu, Haoyu Yang
Votes: 1,786
121. The Girl and the Spider (2021)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama
Lisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.
Directors: Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher | Stars: Henriette Confurius, Liliane Amuat, Ursina Lardi, Flurin Giger
Votes: 1,700
122. Drowning in Holy Water (2020)
81 min | Drama
A young Afghan couple is trying to leave Afghanistan and to exile to Europe from Afghanistan in a hope to find a better life. To execute this plan, they first illegally arrive in Iran by ... See full summary »
Director: Navid Mahmoudi | Stars: Matin Heydarinia, Sadaf Asgari, Ali Shadman, Neda Jebraeili
Votes: 238
123. Lamb (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 38,431
124. Let It Be Morning (2021)
101 min | Drama
A gently satirical tale of a man and his family trapped by military blockade inside a tiny Arab village in Israel.
Director: Eran Kolirin | Stars: Alex Bakri, Juna Suleiman, Salim Daw, Ehab Salami
Votes: 417
125. Evolution (I) (2021)
97 min | Drama
Episodes trace three generations of a family, from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin, unable to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó | Stars: Lili Monori, Annamária Láng, Goya Rego, Padmé Hamdemir
Votes: 576
126. Hotel on the Koppies (2021)
76 min | Drama
Two young South African artists get stuck at a critical point in their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Director: Charlie Vundla | Stars: Moopi Mothibeli, Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele, Celeste Khumalo, Cameron Scott
Votes: 17
127. France (2021)
Unrated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benjamin Biolay, Emanuele Arioli
Votes: 4,563
128. Commitment (2019)
135 min | Drama
Asli, a young mother who is trying to find a nanny to get back to work, finally meets young Gulnihal. Gulnihal is also a mother. With Gulnihal coming into her life, Asli faces her secrets which she has been avoiding herself.
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Kubra Kip, Ece Yüksel, Umut Kurt, Almina Kavci
Votes: 482
129. Commitment Hasan (2021)
147 min | Drama
A man who makes his living from his father's fruit garden, tries to get rid of an electricity pole that is intended to be planted in the middle of his land.
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Umut Karadag, Filiz Bozok, Gökhan Azlag, Ayse Gunyuz Demirci
Votes: 561
130. Diabolique (1955)
Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Votes: 69,416 | Gross: $1.09M
131. 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: 3,985
132. Sanremo (2020)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A love story in which fragmented memories are brought back to mind by a song.
Director: Miroslav Mandic | Stars: Sandi Pavlin, Silva Cusin, Boris Cavazza, Barbara Vidovic
Votes: 239
133. After Love (2020)
89 min | Drama
Set in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Director: Aleem Khan | Stars: Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss, Nasser Memarzia
Votes: 4,296
134. The Replacement (2021)
117 min | Action, Thriller
A young hardened police officer finds himself in the middle of the murder of the inspector he is now supposed to replace at a small sea town.
Director: Óscar Aibar | Stars: Ricardo Gómez, Vicky Luengo, Pere Ponce, Pol López
Votes: 1,354
135. Libertad (I) (2021)
104 min | Drama
Nora's quiet life is turned upside down when, during her summer holidays, this naive 15-year old comes across Libertad. This new, intense friendship between the two utterly different girls will guide them towards adolescence.
Director: Clara Roquet | Stars: Maria Morera, Nicolle García, Nora Navas, Carol Hurtado
Votes: 821
136. Mad World (2016)
101 min | Drama
A mentally ill stockbroker struggles to reconcile with his estranged father and his perturbed ex-fiancée.
Director: Chun Wong | Stars: Shawn Yue, Eric Tsang, Elaine Jin, Charmaine Fong
Votes: 2,027
137. The Way We Are (2008)
90 min | Drama
"The Way We Are" tells the story of a hardworking, widowed, single mother (Mrs. Cheung) and her teenage son (Ka-on) living in the troubled housing estate of Tinshuiwai, a suburb regularly featured in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Director: Ann Hui | Stars: Hee Ching Paw, Chun-lung Leung, Cheuk Man Au, Idy Chan
Votes: 1,082
138. Kûhaku (2021)
107 min | Drama
A teenager girl's accidental death incites a media frenzy and causes her harsh father to turn his range against those he believes are responsible.
Director: Keisuke Yoshida | Stars: Kisetsu Fujiwara, Arata Furuta, Aoi Itô, Reiko Kataoka
Votes: 591
139. 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946)
18 min | Documentary, Short
A day in the life of Beby the clown. Filmed between shows at Circus Medrano, at home and in the streets of Paris, with his faithful partner and friend the clown Maïss.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Louis Maïss, Beby, Jean-Pierre Melville
Votes: 764
140. Love Exists (1961)
21 min | Documentary, Short
A social commentary on post-war France's urban developments.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Star: Jean-Loup Reynold
Votes: 699
141. Ô saisons ô chateaux (1958)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Walk around the Loire Valley castles 'shown in chronological order of construction' with commentaries, 16th-century poems, and gardeners' reflections.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Antoine Bourseiller, Danièle Delorme, Clotilde Joano, Nina Peinado
Votes: 427
142. A Story of Water (1961)
12 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A young woman is going to Paris by bus, but when she steps out of her house she discovers that her garden and the whole village is flooded with water. With a boat and a bike she succeeds to... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Caroline Dim, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 1,687
143. Strangulation Blues (1980)
17 min | Short
During a Parisian night, Paul plans to strangle Colette. In the morning, he fled.
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Éric Frey, Hans Meyer, Anne Petit-Lagrange
Votes: 152
144. Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)
TV-PG | 1 min | Short, Comedy
Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,019
145. Throw Down (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 2,495
146. Central Station (1998)
R | 110 min | Drama
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira
Votes: 42,338 | Gross: $5.60M
147. A Day's Pleasure (1919)
TV-G | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, C. Allen, Naomi Bailey
Votes: 3,643
148. Taste of Cherry (1997)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi
Votes: 36,793 | Gross: $0.31M
149. In the Mood for Love (2000)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Votes: 166,963 | Gross: $2.73M
150. A Dog's Life (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
Votes: 9,666
151. Behind the Screen (1916)
TV-G | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,030
152. Shoulder Arms (1918)
36 min | Short, Comedy, War
Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood
Votes: 7,426
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