2021: My favorite movies
by Zhorzhik-Morzhik | created - 05 Jan 2022 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicTop 5 of 677 movies in 2021 - "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" by Radu Jude, "Lamb" by Valdimar Jóhannsson, "Titane" by Julia Ducournau, "The Wedding Day" by Wojciech Smarzowski and "The Novice" by Lauren Hadaway. Best Musical - "Other People"; Best Crime - "The Card Counter" and "Nitram"; Best Action - "A Writer's Odyssey"; Best Horror - "Last Night in Soho"; Best Thriller - "Nr 10"; Best Comedy - "I'm Your Man", Best History - "The Last Duel", Best Series - "The North Water". In the list of 4 films from France, on 3 films from UK and USA, on 2 films from Romania and Poland, on 1 films from Italy, Russia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, China, Australia, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania and Latvia!
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1. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Nicodim Ungureanu, Olimpia Malai
Votes: 10,489
2. 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: 56,178
3. The Novice (2021)
R | 97 min | Drama, Sport
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Director: Lauren Hadaway | Stars: Isabelle Fuhrman, Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Jonathan Cherry
Votes: 6,969
4. 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: 38,420
5. Wesele (2021)
135 min | Drama
The story of a WWII tragedy in a Polish village mixed with the story of a wedding taking place in the same place 100 years later. A bitter look at a xenophobic community that forgets its own history.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Michalina Labacz, Agata Kulesza, Ryszard Ronczewski
Votes: 1,472
6. Captain Volkonogov Escaped (2021)
126 min | Drama, Thriller
Fast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.
Directors: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova | Stars: Yura Borisov, Timofey Tribuntsev, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Nikita Kukushkin
Votes: 2,298
7. 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: 25,509
8. Compartment Number 6 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seidi Haarla, Yura Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug
Votes: 15,457
9. The Generation of Evil (2021)
114 min | Crime, Drama
Commissioner Gintas must undertake the investigation of a series of heinous murders, a dangerous task that could expose the many dirty secrets of several prominent members of the social elite of a small Lithuanian town.
Director: Emilis Velyvis | Stars: Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Vytautas Kaniusonis, Ainis Storpirstis, Donatas Simukauskas
Votes: 1,875
10. Love Song for Tough Guys (2021)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, love and tenderness are the driving forces... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Benchetrit | Stars: François Damiens, Ramzy Bedia, Vanessa Paradis, Gustave Kervern
Votes: 505
11. Small Body (2021)
89 min | Drama
Italy, 1900. Agata is a young woman who embarks on a desperate journey to reach a mysterious sanctuary to save her daughter's soul from the eternal damnation of Limbo.
Director: Laura Samani | Stars: Celeste Cescutti, Ondina Quadri, Ivo Ban, Alessandro Barbacetto
Votes: 941
12. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 38,940
13. Immaculate (2021)
114 min | Drama
When young Daria enters rehab, her perceived innocence gains her the protection of the mostly male junkies inside, but she soon finds out that this special treatment comes at a great price.
Directors: George Chiper, Monica Stan | Stars: Ana Dumitrascu, Vasile Pavel, Cezar Grumazescu, Ilona Brezoianu
Votes: 448
14. Albatros (I) (2021)
115 min | Drama
Laurent, a police officer in a small town in Normandy, plans to marry Marie, with whom he has a daughter. Then one day, his life is thrown into turmoil when he accidentally kills a farmer threatening to commit suicide.
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Madeleine Beauvois, Victor Belmondo
Votes: 435
15. 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
16. The Year Before the War (2021)
95 min | Thriller
In 1913, the world is about to be radically transformed. Soon, millions of men will march, singing, into the trenches. At this moment of feverish anticipation, Peter from Latvia - who ... See full summary »
Director: Davis Simanis Jr. | Stars: Rudolfs Apse, Petr Buchta, Lauris Dzelzitis, Dace Eversa
Votes: 109
17. Other People (2021)
106 min | Drama, Music
Urban drama set in contemporary Warsaw depicting a love triangle between a wannabe rapper Kamil, his sexy girlfriend Anecia and a trophy wife Iwona.
Director: Aleksandra Terpinska | Stars: Jacek Beler, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Magdalena Kolesnik, Marek Kalita
Votes: 531
18. The Card Counter (2021)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
William Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 43,020
19. Nitram (2021)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis
Votes: 10,365
20. A Writer's Odyssey (2021)
130 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Six years after the abduction of his daughter, a man is hired to kill the author of a fantasy novel, but the world of the novel seems to intersect with reality.
Directors: Yang Lu, Zhuang Jie Qiong | Stars: Jiayin Lei, Mi Yang, Zijian Dong, Shengdi Wang
Votes: 4,219 | Gross: $0.16M
21. Last Night in Soho (2021)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Aspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg
Votes: 177,116
22. Nr. 10 (2021)
100 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Found in the German woods as a four-year-old boy, Gunter grows up in a foster family. Four decades later he leads a normal life. When a man on a bridge whispers a single word in his ear, he starts to wonder about his origins.
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Tom Dewispelaere, Frieda Barnhard, Hans Kesting, Anniek Pheifer
Votes: 1,201
23. 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: 12,633
24. The Last Duel (2021)
R | 152 min | Action, Drama, History
The Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Harriet Walter
Votes: 182,240 | Gross: $10.85M
25. The North Water (2021)
TV-MA | 300 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A disgraced former military doctor embarks as a surgeon aboard a whaler bound for the Arctic, where his quest for redemption becomes a fight for survival.
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Colin Farrell, Sam Spruell, Roland Møller
Votes: 16,362
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