List of American Films of 2021
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1. Shadow in the Cloud (2020)
R | 83 min | Action, Horror, War
A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Director: Roseanne Liang | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Beulah Koale, Taylor John Smith
Votes: 30,558 | Gross: $0.16M
2. Hacksaw (2020)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror
A young couple on a road trip takes a detour to the site where a notorious murderer, Ed "Hacksaw" Crowe, became an urban legend on the day he was killed many years before, but they quickly ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Leone | Stars: Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess, Cortney Palm
Votes: 253
3. The White Tiger (2021)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vedant Sinha
Votes: 65,514
4. Locked Down (I) (2021)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A couple attempts a high-risk, high-stakes jewelry heist at a department store.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway, Sonic, Dulé Hill
Votes: 13,596
5. The Dig (2021)
PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
Director: Simon Stone | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Lily James, Johnny Flynn
Votes: 82,566
6. Outside the Wire (2021)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Enzo Cilenti, Emily Beecham
Votes: 45,470
7. The Marksman (2021)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into the U.S.
Director: Robert Lorenz | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Liam Neeson, Teresa Ruiz, Juan Pablo Raba
Votes: 43,231
8. The Ultimate Playlist of Noise (2021)
TV-MA | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Marcus, an audio-obsessed high school senior, learns he must undergo brain surgery that will render him deaf, and decides to seize control of his fate by recording the Ultimate Playlist of Noise.
Director: Bennett Lasseter | Stars: Keean Johnson, Madeline Brewer, Rya Kihlstedt, Ian Gomez
Votes: 1,086
9. American Skin (2019)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Omari Hardwick, Beau Knapp, Theo Rossi
Votes: 3,895
10. Don't Tell a Soul (2020)
R | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.
Director: Alex McAulay | Stars: Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead, Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari
Votes: 5,769
11. Our Friend (2019)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Jason Segel, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, Casey Affleck
Votes: 15,279
12. No Man's Land (IV) (2020)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When a vigilante border patrol turns fatal, a man flees on horseback to Mexico, seeking forgiveness from the victim's father.
Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Jake Allyn, Frank Grillo, Jorge A. Jimenez, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 1,369
13. Born a Champion (2021)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Mickey Kelley, one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament.
Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Dennis Quaid, Katrina Bowden, Currie Graham
Votes: 4,656
14. Wrong Turn (2021)
R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont
Votes: 36,476
15. Penguin Bloom (2020)
TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Drama
A family takes in an injured Magpie that makes a profound difference in their lives.
Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Naomi Watts, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Andrew Lincoln, Essi Murray-Johnston
Votes: 12,293
16. The Little Things (2021)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer
Votes: 126,205
17. Finding 'Ohana (2021)
PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A summer in rural O‘ahu takes an exciting turn for two Brooklyn-raised siblings when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an epic adventure with new friends, and leads them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.
Director: Jude Weng | Stars: Kea Peahu, Alex Aiono, Lindsay Watson, Owen Vaccaro
Votes: 11,632
18. 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: 183,350
19. Malcolm & Marie (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A director and his girlfriend's relationship is tested after they return home from his movie premiere and face each other's turmoil during one long night.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: John David Washington, Zendaya
Votes: 41,045
20. Palmer (2021)
R | 110 min | Drama
An ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, Ryder Allen
Votes: 43,775
21. Falling (I) (2020)
R | 112 min | Drama
John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father who is searching for a place to retire, their two very different worlds collide.
Director: Viggo Mortensen | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, Terry Chen
Votes: 6,973
22. Bliss (I) (2021)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek, Nesta Cooper, Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Votes: 20,191
23. Little Fish (2020)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
Director: Chad Hartigan | Stars: Olivia Cooke, Jack O'Connell, Soko, Raúl Castillo
Votes: 7,214
24. Son of the South (2020)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of one young white Southerner in the Summer of 1961, caught in a place and time where he had to choose which side he was on.
Director: Barry Alexander Brown | Stars: Lucas Till, Jim Klock, Michael Sirow, Jake Abel
Votes: 2,440
25. PVT Chat (2020)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama
Jack is an internet gambler living in NYC who becomes fixated on Scarlet - a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes in reality and Jack sees Scarlet on a rainy Chinatown street.
Director: Ben Hozie | Stars: Peter Vack, Julia Fox, Keith Poulson, Buddy Duress
Votes: 1,865
26. Music (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Musical
Zu is newly sober when she receives news that she is to become the sole guardian of her half-sister named Music, a young girl on the autism spectrum. The film explores two of Sia's favorite themes: finding your voice and creating family.
Director: Sia | Stars: Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Maddie Ziegler, Mary Kay Place
Votes: 9,066
27. 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: 91,456
28. The Mauritanian (2021)
R | 129 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Mohamedou Ould Slahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Nouhe Hamady Bari, Saadna Hamoud, Mohamed Yeslem Mousse
Votes: 61,710
29. Breaking News in Yuba County (2021)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman takes advantage of her growing celebrity status when the police and the public think her dead husband is just missing.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina
Votes: 7,150
30. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time - ever.
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr.
Votes: 20,024
31. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 96,927
32. To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
TV-14 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lara Jean's senior year of high school takes center stage when she returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans--with and without Peter.
Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart
Votes: 33,194
33. The World to Come (2020)
R | 105 min | Drama, History, Western
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
Director: Mona Fastvold | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 11,011
34. French Exit (2020)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging Manhattan socialite existing on the last of her inheritance moves to a small Paris apartment with her son and cat.
Director: Azazel Jacobs | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey
Votes: 8,764
35. Land (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world and retreats to the wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Director: Robin Wright | Stars: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens
Votes: 15,859
36. Willy's Wonderland (2021)
TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A 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.
Director: Kevin Lewis | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant, Ric Reitz
Votes: 38,538
37. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.
Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami
Votes: 27,882
38. Fear of Rain (2021)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A girl living with schizophrenia struggles with terrifying hallucinations as she begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. The only person who believes her is Caleb - a boy she isn't even sure exists.
Director: Castille Landon | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Harry Connick Jr., Madison Iseman, Israel Broussard
Votes: 9,701 | Gross: $0.20M
39. I Care a Lot (2020)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 146,036
40. Flora & Ulysses (2021)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life and her outlook forever.
Director: Lena Khan | Stars: Matilda Lawler, Alyson Hannigan, Ben Schwartz, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth
Votes: 6,635
41. Silk Road (2021)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.
Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Yun, Jimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke
Votes: 6,693
42. Tom and Jerry (II) (2021)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña, Colin Jost, Tom
Votes: 39,859 | Gross: $46.54M
43. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne
Votes: 14,670
44. Cherry (I) (2021)
R | 142 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 37,289
45. Crisis (I) (2021)
R | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, stories of an undercover cop, a professor and a grieving mother collide.
Director: Nicholas Jarecki | Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 13,791
46. Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
R | 140 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
An intimate look at the singer-songwriter's journey, navigating life on the road, on stage, in the streets and at home, while creating her debut album.
Director: R.J. Cutler | Stars: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Maggie Baird, Patrick O'Connell
Votes: 8,821
47. The Vigil (2019)
PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas' electrifying feature debut.
Director: Keith Thomas | Stars: Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Lynn Cohen
Votes: 9,798
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