My top 10 movies from 2021
There were so many overhyped popular films from 2021. Luckily there is still hope for cinema in Japan.
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- DirectorMamoru HosodaStarsKaho NakamuraRyo NaritaShôta SometaniSuzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
- DirectorJames WanStarsAnnabelle WallisMaddie HassonGeorge YoungMadison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
- DirectorMichael RiandaJeff RoweStarsAbbi JacobsonDanny McBrideMaya RudolphA quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsMasaki SudaKasumi ArimuraKaya KiyoharaA love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.
- DirectorKensaku KakimotoStarsKento HayashiRyo IshibashiArata IuraA man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.
- DirectorNonStarsNonMisayo HarukiKarin OnoIt is the winter of 2020, and a graduation project that had taken a year to complete can no longer be showcased at its planned venue because of COVID-19. She has time at home, but she no longer has any motivation to do anything at all. Having been deprived of the channel to express herself, the art student Itsuka Asakawa struggles with her internal conflict of being unable to figure out what she should be doing.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsPetri PoikolainenMarjaana MaijalaSamuli JaskioJaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face but they talk on the phone every day. When he hears about her declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city; a challenge if you can't see and are paralyzed from the chest down.
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsKa-Tung LamYase LiuMason LeeRookie policeman Will Ren and his partner, the veteran cop Cham Lau, are pursuing an obsessive and especially brutal murderer of women.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsKiko MizuharaHonami SatôShinya NiiroRei helps the woman she's been in love with for years escape her abusive husband. While on the run, their feelings for each other catch fire.
- DirectorRuth PaxtonStarsSienna GuilloryJessica AlexanderRuby StokesA widowed mother is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power.
- DirectorSantiago MenghiniStarsPhil RobertsonJoana BorjaVictoria AlcockAfter being forced to take a room in a boardinghouse, an immigrant in search of the American Dream finds herself in a nightmare she can't escape.
- DirectorIan SamuelsStarsKathryn NewtonKyle AllenJermaine HarrisTwo teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.
- DirectorDean Fleischer CampStarsJenny SlateDean Fleischer CampIsabella RosselliniA cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonAdam DriverJodie ComerThe Knight Jean de Carrouges must settle the dispute over his wife Marguerite by challenging his former friend to a duel to the death.
- DirectorJohn AdamsZelda AdamsToby PoserStarsZelda AdamsToby PoserLulu AdamsA lonely teen discovers her family's ties to witchcraft.
- DirectorAndrew GaynordStarsGeorgina CampbellChristopher FairbankDustin Demri-BurnsPete is cautiously excited about reuniting with his college crew for a birthday weekend. But, one by one, his friends slowly turn against him. Is he being punished, is he paranoid, or is he part of some sick joke?
- DirectorKentucker AudleyAlbert BirneyStarsPenny FullerKentucker AudleyGrace GlowickiIn a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric.
- DirectorPatrick RidremontStarsEugénie DerouandHonorine MagnierClément OlivieriEva is a paraplegic. On her birthday, her friend Sophie gives her a strange Advent calendar. It's not the traditional treats you find when you open each drawer, but quirky gifts that are scary and get bloodier.
- DirectorMike P. NelsonStarsCharlotte VegaAdain BradleyBill SageFriends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
- DirectorNobomi AsaoStarsMiku UeharaKogarashi WakasugiKokoro MoritaA member of the high school art club called Sakuko falls into the sea while sketching a boat. Witnessing the incident, Saibara creates a painting titled "Drowning Sakuko" and wins an award at a contest, leading the painting to be displayed at school. Saibara takes the liberty of announcing that she will paint Sakuko for her next piece during a newspaper interview. Frustrated by the situation, Sakuko gives up on her artistic path and attempts to create a new work with the motif of a "boat" in her home, which is scheduled for demolition.
- DirectorPatrick ImbertStarsLazare Herson-MacarelEric Herson-MacarelDamien BoisseauA photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.
- DirectorHaipeng SunStarsXin LiYexiong ChenHao GuoA young Cantonese village boy must overcome self-doubt, ridicule and classism to realise his dream of competing in the Guangzhou Lion Dancing championship.
- DirectorFran KranzStarsJason IsaacsMartha PlimptonAnn DowdThe 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.
- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs 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.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorLin-Manuel MirandaStarsAndrew GarfieldAlexandra ShippRobin de JesusOn the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
- DirectorKevin LewisStarsNicolas CageEmily TostaBeth GrantA quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.
- DirectorAmp WongStarsXiaoxi TangZhang FuzhengIslam AbdelbadiaAnimated adaptation of the classic Chinese folktale. Sequel to the 2019 film 'White Snake'.
- DirectorAlexandre BustilloJulien MauryStarsCamille RoweJames JaggerEric SavinWhile diving in a remote French lake, a couple who specialize in urban exploration videos discover a house submerged in deep waters. Their dive turns into a nightmare when they discover the house was the scene of atrocious crimes.
- DirectorRussell OwenStarsTom HughesKate DickieGreta ScacchiA young Scottish shepherd, following the death of his unfaithful wife, fights to maintain his own sanity when the past catches up to him.
- DirectorUgis OlteStarsIgors SelegovskisInga TropaRihards SniegsAn uptight rafting instructor loses his clients to the dank waters and dark forests of a river valley pregnant with the paranormal. Bound by the roots of their pagan past and submerged in unconscious passions: do they want to be saved?
- DirectorJintao LuDawei ZhangStarsWu JiaoShengwen RuanWang XiaEarth's space base captured a mysterious set of signals that scientists believed came from another civilization in the universe, called Messenger. In order to explore this alien civilization, they sent an exploration spacecraft called "Deep Space". 150 years later, the interstellar exploration spacecraft "Deep Space" that mysteriously disappeared , suddenly appeared in low Earth orbit. The Human Space Agency set up a temporary team to investigate and question the only survivor.
- DirectorCharlotte ColbertStarsJonathan ArisJoanna BaconHeidi BrownAn aging film star retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the land where witches were burned.