Seen on the Big Screen 2021
by J-Gem | created - 02 Jun 2021 | updated - 14 Jul 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Faraway My Shadow Wandered (2020)
70 min | Documentary, Drama
A young man encounters a dancer as he returns home to reconcile with an unfulfilled promise made to his late grandfather to take over the family Shinto shrine.
Directors: Jiekai Liao, Sudhee Liao | Stars: Junya Kobayashi, Sara Tan
2. Davos (2020)
99 min | Documentary
The contrast between the lives of those who live in this Swiss town year round and the powerful elite who gather there once a year for a conference.
Directors: Daniel Hoesl, Julia Niemann
Votes: 44
3. Sweetie (1989)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling
Votes: 5,383 | Gross: $0.94M
4. Dear Diary (1993)
Unrated | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director Nanni Moretti takes a mordant look at Italian life through three disparate journeys, presented as the chapters of an open diary.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Antonio Neiwiller, Claudia Della Seta
Votes: 9,157 | Gross: $0.47M
5. Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021)
Unrated | 176 min | Drama, Romance
1930s Berlin. Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.
Director: Dominik Graf | Stars: Tom Schilling, Albrecht Schuch, Saskia Rosendahl, Michael Wittenborn
Votes: 2,288
6. The Joy of Things (2021)
87 min | Drama
In a small Brazilian seaside town we follow the efforts of Paula, who is pregnant of her third child, to build a pool in her humble beach house, so the family can enjoy the rest of their ... See full summary »
Director: Thais Fujinaga | Stars: Patrícia Saravy, Magali Biff, Messias Gois, Lavinia Castelari
Votes: 132
7. All About My Sisters (2021)
174 min | Documentary
22-year-old Qiong digs into her family's dramas and traumas, exploring the complexity of politics, gender, sex, birth control and social political power over women's bodies.
Director: Qiong Wang | Stars: Jin Zhou, Li Wang, Xiaoqing Yan, Jianhua Wang
Votes: 29
8. Nudo Mixteco (2021)
91 min | Drama
Chabela, Maria and Toña, live in a Mixtecan town, where they have to confront their own sexuality.
Director: Ángeles Cruz | Stars: Sonia Couoh, Noé Hernández, Myriam Bravo, Eileen Yañez
Votes: 237
9. 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: 91,549
10. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Votes: 13,430
11. Fallen Angels (1995)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung
Votes: 50,971
12. 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: 167,045 | Gross: $2.73M
13. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Carina Lau
Votes: 4,079
14. Nobody (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 324,906 | Gross: $27.27M
15. Nomadland (2020)
R | 107 min | Drama
A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Gay DeForest
Votes: 183,637
16. Son-Mother (2019)
102 min | Drama
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security, but could also tear her family apart.
Director: Mahnaz Mohammadi | Stars: Raha Khodayari, Mahan Nasiri, Reza Behbudi, Maryam Boubani
Votes: 443
17. Gunda (2020)
G | 93 min | Documentary
Documentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.
Director: Victor Kossakovsky | Star: Gunda
Votes: 2,930
18. 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: 2,864
19. 2046 (2004)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong, Gong Li
Votes: 61,811 | Gross: $1.44M
20. Radiograph of a Family (2020)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally... See full summary »
Director: Firouzeh Khosrovani | Stars: Farahnaz Sharifi, Hossein Khosrovani, Tayi, Firouzeh Khosrovani
Votes: 292
21. Gorbachev. Heaven (2020)
100 min | Documentary
An interview with former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the most influential figures of the last century, whose rule heralded the end of the Soviet Union. In an intimate setting, he gives his view of Russia then and now.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeniy Mironov, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 397
22. Unforgivable (2020)
35 min | Documentary, Short
A ruthless hitman for the 18th Street gang deals with his sexuality inside an evangelical Salvadoran prison, where he is not just guilty of crimes, but of an unforgivable sin under God and gang: being gay.
Director: Marlén Viñayo
Votes: 89
23. Dood in de Bijlmer (2020)
74 min | Documentary
Funeral director Anita, a white Dutch woman, is tasked with finding out which rituals her new multicultural funeral home in a suburb of Amsterdam has to facilitate. But the more Anita sees ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Rigter
Votes: 37
24. The Offence (1973)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen
Votes: 7,997
25. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 195,327
26. Supernova (II) (2020)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
Director: Harry Macqueen | Stars: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen
Votes: 14,373
27. The Painter and the Thief (2020)
106 min | Documentary
An artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn.
Director: Benjamin Ree | Stars: Karl Bertil-Nordland, Barbora Kysilkova, Øystein Stene
Votes: 4,315
28. The Green Knight (2021)
R | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury
Votes: 118,195
29. Lapsis (2020)
108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.
Director: Noah Hutton | Stars: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Ivory Aquino
Votes: 2,677
30. Days (2020)
Unrated | 127 min | Drama
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Anong Houngheuangsy
Votes: 1,910
31. Free Guy (2021)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Lil Rel Howery
Votes: 426,410 | Gross: $121.63M
32. Candyman (2021)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Votes: 75,823 | Gross: $61.19M
33. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,199 | Gross: $13.30M
34. The Judgement (2021)
130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A Dutch TV journalist finds himself challenging the police, courts and media as he attempts to uncover the truth about the controversial Deventer murder case.
Director: Sander Burger | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Yorick van Wageningen, Lies Visschedijk, Mark Kraan
Votes: 1,885
35. 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: 859,352 | Gross: $108.33M
36. Under the Open Sky (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama
A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.
Director: Miwa Nishikawa | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryû
Votes: 1,826
37. Ninzû no machi (2020)
111 min | Drama, Mystery
Pursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to "The Town," where other dropouts hide out from debtors, abusive partners or the police... See full summary »
Director: Shinji Araki | Stars: Tomoya Nakamura, Shizuka Ishibashi, Eri Tachibana, So Yamanaka
Votes: 110
38. Wife of a Spy (2020 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Yû Aoi, Issei Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô
Votes: 3,114
39. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
R | 95 min | Horror
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso
Votes: 9,322
40. 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: 1,202
41. 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: 25,533
42. Any Day Now (2020)
82 min | Drama
A story of an Iranian refugee family in Finland waiting for the decision of whether or not they'll be granted an official asylum status. The story is loosely based on the childhood experiences of the director.
Director: Hamy Ramezan | Stars: Aran-Sina Keshvari, Shahab Hosseini, Shabnam Ghorbani, Kimiya Eskandari
Votes: 629
43. The Crossing (I) (2021)
84 min | Animation, Drama
An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country.
Director: Florence Miailhe | Stars: Emilie Lan Dürr, Florence Miailhe, Maxime Gemin, Arthur Perreira
Votes: 543
44. The French Dispatch (2021)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 150,791
45. The Taste of Desire (2021)
87 min | Documentary
The film uses the oyster and its sensual and lavish associations as a symbol to explore human drives and desires. The oyster takes us on a trip around the world, in which protagonists that ... See full summary »
Director: Willemiek Kluijfhout | Stars: Lotta Kleming, Nigel Moore, Chitose Ochi, Angie Pontani
Votes: 42
46. 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: 177,320
47. The Rescue (2021)
PG | 107 min | Documentary, Action, Mystery
A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Bancha Duriyapunt, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Anan Surawan, Woranan Ratrawiphukkun
Votes: 20,651 | Gross: $1.06M
48. 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: 22,482
49. House of Gucci (2021)
R | 158 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 160,030 | Gross: $53.81M
50. Pig (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Drama, Mystery
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
Director: Michael Sarnoski | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Cassandra Violet
Votes: 89,677
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