MOVIES/SHOWS OF 2021
by karinamor | created - 02 Jan 2021 | updated - 04 Dec 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Mess You Leave Behind (2020)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Based on the novel of the same name winner of the Primavera award 2016. Raquel, a young literature teacher, gives her marriage a second chance and moves to her husband's birth town, which hides a dark secret she will try to unravel.
Stars: Inma Cuesta, Bárbara Lennie, Tamar Novas, Arón Piper
Votes: 10,715
2. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
This limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.
Stars: Paul Skolnick, Gil Carrillo, Frank Salerno, Pearl Carrillo
Votes: 30,331
3. Elite (2018–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
Stars: Omar Ayuso, Itzan Escamilla, Mina El Hammani, Miguel Bernardeau
Votes: 90,820
4. Bridgerton (2020– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society.
Stars: Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Julie Andrews, Jessica Madsen
Votes: 168,907
5. Sightless (2020)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen Ashland withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
Director: Cooper Karl | Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Deniz Akdeniz, Alexander Koch, Matthew Yang King
Votes: 10,372
6. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.
Votes: 20,000
7. The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
Stars: Freddie Fox, Alexa Davies, Mark Addy, Scott Reid
Votes: 12,030
8. To the Lake (I) (2019–2022)
TV-MA | 48 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A terrible plague strikes and a group decides to risk their lives. Humanity struggles to survive as they face the end of their civilization.
Stars: Kirill Käro, Maryana Spivak, Natalya Zemtsova, Eldar Kalimulin
Votes: 15,263
9. Behind Her Eyes (2021)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
It follows Louise, a single mum with a son and a part-time job in a psychiatrist's office. She begins an affair with her boss and strikes up an unlikely friendship with his wife.
Stars: Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, Robert Aramayo
Votes: 75,166
10. Dark Desire (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy, and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.
Stars: Maite Perroni, Erik Hayser, Jorge Poza, Regina Pavón
Votes: 9,321
11. After We Collided (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Based on the 2014 romance novel of the same name, this follows the love life of two young adults.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Dylan Sprouse, Louise Lombard
Votes: 38,372 | Gross: $2.39M
12. After (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd.
Director: Jenny Gage | Stars: Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold
Votes: 65,808 | Gross: $12.14M
13. You Get Me (2017)
TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A one-night stand turns into a nightmare for a high-school student when a young woman's obsession grows dangerous.
Director: Brent Bonacorso | Stars: Bella Thorne, Halston Sage, Taylor John Smith, Nash Grier
Votes: 14,389
14. The Club (2019– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Dealing with the pressure of his father and his need to be someone, Pablo decides to start a new shady, tricky business that will lead him to some happy but tragic experiences.
Stars: Alejandro Speitzer, Minnie West, Jorge Caballero, Ana Gonzalez Bello
Votes: 976
15. Who Killed Sara? (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister's murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime's real culprit.
Stars: Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda, Eugenio Siller
Votes: 16,100
16. Things Heard & Seen (2021)
TV-MA | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals her new home's history.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer, Alex Neustaedter
Votes: 36,136
17. The Society (2019)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
Stars: Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon, Sean Berdy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Votes: 36,825
18. The Mist (2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After an eerie mist rolls into a small town, the residents must battle the mysterious mist and its threats, fighting to maintain their morality and sanity.
Stars: Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic
Votes: 27,805
19. Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.
Director: Leigh Janiak | Stars: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald
Votes: 94,281
20. The Serpent (2021)
TV-MA | 458 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The twisting, real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise, who was a hidden darkness in the mid-70's on Asia's hippie trail.
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Billy Howle, Jenna Coleman, Ellie Bamber
Votes: 49,637
21. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 554,039
22. Gabriel's Inferno: Part One (2020)
Not Rated | 124 min | Romance
An intriguing exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, a captivating and passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible: forgiveness and love.
Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Melanie Zanetti, Giulio Berruti, James Andrew Fraser, Margaux Brooke
Votes: 3,781
23. Gabriel's Inferno: Part Two (2020)
TV-14 | 106 min | Romance
Professor Emerson learns the truth about Julia but his realization comes too late. Julia is done waiting for him to remember her and wants nothing more to do with him. Can Gabriel win back her heart before she finds love in another's arms?
Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Giulio Berruti, James Andrew Fraser, Rhett Wellington, Melanie Zanetti
Votes: 1,441
24. Gabriel's Inferno: Part Three (2020)
R | 102 min | Romance
Someone dark returns from Julia's past with bad intentions. Gabriel has secrets he needs to share, but worries that he'll lose everything if he does. Will their relationship weather the test of secrets revealed?
Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Melanie Zanetti, Giulio Berruti, Rhett Wellington, James Andrew Fraser
Votes: 1,426
25. Driven (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Romance
A resilient girl with a tragic past and a heart of gold falls in love with a bad boy race car driver.
Stars: Olivia Grace Applegate, Michael Roark, Bryce Durfee, Julian Silva
Votes: 1,420
26. Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Of all the bars in all of Chicago, she walks into his. Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling authors Carly Phillips and Erika Wilde.
Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Jordan Lane Price, David A. Gregory, Luke Guldan, Matt Magnusson
Votes: 1,694
27. Afterburn/Aftershock (2017)
99 min | Romance
Businesswoman Gia Rossi is determined to be successful in her new job, but when her ex lover Jax Rutledge waltzes back into her life, their passionate connection ignites not only in the boardroom, but the bedroom.
Director: Tosca Musk | Stars: Shi Ne Nielson, Gordon Thomson, Josh Coxx, Donny Boaz
Votes: 1,212
28. Squid Game (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Dylan Besseau, Yasushi Iwaki
Votes: 542,877
29. Good Girls (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three suburban mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take back their power.
Stars: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson
Votes: 60,646
30. Twilight (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke
Votes: 487,743 | Gross: $192.77M
31. The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
PG-13 | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After Edward leaves because of an incident involving Bella, Jacob Black becomes her best friend. But what Bella doesn't realize is that Jacob also has a secret that will change their lives suddenly.
Director: Chris Weitz | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Christina Jastrzembska
Votes: 300,140 | Gross: $296.62M
32. Alice in Borderland (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijirô Murakami, Eleanor Noble
Votes: 96,842
33. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Xavier Samuel
Votes: 260,917 | Gross: $300.53M
34. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
PG-13 | 117 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 254,385 | Gross: $281.29M
35. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After the birth of Renesmee/Nessie, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli
Votes: 262,958 | Gross: $292.30M
36. It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An extraordinary road to emotional healing opens up for an selfish antisocial children's-book writer and a selfless psych-ward caretaker when they cross paths.
Stars: Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Ye-Ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Gyuyoung
Votes: 34,367
37. Maid (2021)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
Stars: Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Rylea Nevaeh Whittet, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 100,690
38. Nevertheless, (2021)
TV-14 | 70 min | Drama, Romance
The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.
Stars: Han So-hee, Song Kang, Cheska Aguiluz, Yang Hye-Ji
Votes: 9,546
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