134 films released in 2021

A Chiara

Jonas Carpignano, 2021, Italy

122 mins
8 / 10 (3213)
22 countries
13 years
Drama

Bergman Island

Mia Hansen-Løve, 2021, France

113 mins
7.8 / 10 (6344)
17 countries
13 years
Drama

The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)

Joachim Trier, 2021, Norway

128 mins
8.8 / 10 (32007)
8 countries
13 years
Drama Comedy Romance

Cow

Andrea Arnold, 2021, United Kingdom

98 mins
8.6 / 10 (4672)
30 countries
13 years
Documentary

Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven, 2021, France

131 mins
7.6 / 10 (7361)
9 countries
13 years
Biography Drama History LGBTQ+

Lamb (Dýrið)

Valdimar Jóhannsson, 2021, Iceland

107 mins
7.4 / 10 (19571)
27 countries
13 years
Drama Mystery Horror Fantasy

Petite Maman

Céline Sciamma, 2021, France

73 mins
8.6 / 10 (13576)
11 countries
12 years
Drama Fantasy

Annette

Leos Carax, 2021, France

141 mins
7.4 / 10 (6251)
20 countries
12 years
Drama Musical

Faya Dayi

Jessica Beshir, 2021, Ethiopia

119 mins
8.4 / 10 (1394)
29 countries
12 years
Documentary

Pleasure

Ninja Thyberg, 2021, Sweden

108 mins
7.2 / 10 (20393)
21 countries
12 years
Drama

Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイ・カー)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021, Japan

179 mins
9 / 10 (39276)
63 countries
10 years
Drama Romance Mystery

Great Freedom (Große Freiheit)

Sebastian Meise, 2021, Austria

117 mins
8.8 / 10 (14056)
30 countries
9 years
Drama LGBTQ+

Unclenching the Fists (Разжимая кулаки | Razzhimaya kulaki)

Kira Kovalenko, 2021, Russia

97 mins
7.6 / 10 (1644)
31 countries
9 years
Drama

Titane

Julia Ducournau, 2021, France

108 mins
7.4 / 10 (23488)
24 countries
9 years
Drama Crime Thriller Horror Sci-Fi

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt?)

Alexandre Koberidze, 2021, Georgia

171 mins
8 / 10 (2896)
34 countries
9 years
Drama

Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de fuego)

Tatiana Huezo, 2021, Mexico

111 mins
8.8 / 10 (5109)
14 countries
9 years
Drama

Azor

Andreas Fontana, 2021, Switzerland

100 mins
7.8 / 10 (3087)
19 countries
9 years
Drama

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (Lingui)

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2021, France

88 mins
8.6 / 10 (3308)
29 countries
9 years
Drama

Memoria

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021, Colombia

136 mins
7.6 / 10 (7032)
69 countries
9 years
Drama

Cryptozoo

Dash Shaw, 2021, United States

108 mins
8.2 / 10 (1927)
6 countries
9 years
Animation Avant-Garde Fantasy

Invisible Demons

Rahul Jain, 2021, Finland

70 mins
8.8 / 10 (3619)
29 countries
8 years
Documentary

Paris, 13th District (Les olympiades)

Jacques Audiard, 2021, France

106 mins
8.2 / 10 (16443)
28 countries
8 years
Drama Romance LGBTQ+

The Box (La caja)

Lorenzo Vigas, 2021, Venezuela

92 mins
7.8 / 10 (1067)
23 countries
8 years
Drama

Taste (Vị)

Le Bao, 2021, Vietnam

98 mins
6.8 / 10 (974)
38 countries
6 years
Drama

The Cathedral

Ricky D'Ambrose, 2021, United States

88 mins
7.4 / 10 (509)
3 countries
5 years
Drama

The Humans

Stephen Karam, 2021, United States

107 mins
7.4 / 10 (6966)
30 countries
3 years
Drama

North Terminal (Terminal norte)

Lucrecia Martel, 2021, Argentina

37 mins
7.8 / 10 (2412)
126 countries
3 years
Documentary Short Music

Train Again

Peter Tscherkassky, 2021, Austria

20 mins
7.8 / 10 (1716)
128 countries
3 years
Avant-Garde Short

Our Ark

Deniz Tortum Kathryn Hamilton, 2021, Netherlands

13 mins
7.6 / 10 (913)
4 countries
2 years
Documentary Short

Ninjababy

Yngvild Sve Flikke, 2021, Norway

104 mins
8.6 / 10 (2609)
7 countries
2 years
Comedy Drama

The Bones (Los huesos)

Cristóbal León Joaquín Cociña, 2021, Chile

14 mins
8.2 / 10 (11035)
128 countries
2 years
Animation Short

The Hole in the Fence (El hoyo en la cerca)

Joaquin del Paso, 2021, Mexico

103 mins
6 / 10 (1080)
16 countries
1 year
Drama

Red Rocket

Sean Baker, 2021, United States

130 mins
7.6 / 10 (956)
1 country
1 year
Comedy Drama

Hit the Road (Jadde khaki)

Panah Panahi, 2021, Iran

94 mins
8.8 / 10 (5880)
2 countries
1 year
Drama

Spectre: Sanity, Madness & The Family

Para One, 2021, France

88 mins
8 / 10 (1076)
125 countries
1 year
Documentary Avant-Garde Music

Uncle (Tío)

Juan José Medina, 2021, Mexico

13 mins
9.4 / 10 (545)
1 country
1 year
Animation Short

Anonymous Club

Danny Cohen, 2021, Australia

87 mins
8 / 10 (54)
1 country
1 year
Documentary

El Planeta

Amalia Ulman, 2021, Spain

82 mins
7.4 / 10 (2331)
30 countries
1 year
Comedy

Il buco

Michelangelo Frammartino, 2021, Italy

93 mins
8 / 10 (1182)
5 countries
1 year
Drama

Bunker

Jenny Perlin, 2021, United States

91 mins
7.6 / 10 (75)
3 countries
1 year
Documentary

Topology of Sirens

Jonathan Davies, 2021, United States

105 mins
7.4 / 10 (158)
2 countries
1 year
Mystery

The Tale of King Crab (Re Granchio)

Alessio Rigo de Righi Matteo Zoppis, 2021, Italy

106 mins
8 / 10 (3211)
2 countries
1 year
Drama

Italian Studies

Adam Leon, 2021, United States

79 mins
6.2 / 10 (54)
1 country
1 year
Drama

Second Thoughts (Ich ich ich)

Zora Rux, 2021, Germany

85 mins
7.8 / 10 (141)
3 countries
1 year
Comedy Drama

Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)

Emmanuel Marre Julie Lecoustre, 2021, Belgium

116 mins
7.4 / 10 (15516)
74 countries
1 year
Comedy Drama

Distances (Mesafeler)

Efe Subaşı, 2021, Turkey

11 mins
6.2 / 10 (534)
1 country
1 year
Short Drama

Another World (Un autre monde)

Stéphane Brizé, 2021, France

97 mins
8.6 / 10 (2749)
23 countries
1 year
Drama

Ennio

Giuseppe Tornatore, 2021, Italy

150 mins
9 / 10 (459)
1 country
1 year
Documentary Biography Music

Mr. Bachmann and His Class (Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse)

Maria Speth, 2021, Germany

217 mins
9.4 / 10 (2373)
4 countries
1 year
Documentary

Nico

Eline Gehring, 2021, Germany

79 mins
8.4 / 10 (212)
3 countries
1 year
Drama Comedy

Zuhur's Daughters (Zuhurs Töchter)

Laurentia Genske Robin Humboldt, 2021, Germany

90 mins
9 / 10 (253)
3 countries
1 year
Documentary LGBTQ+

Anima

Yusuf Emre Yalçın, 2021, Turkey

39 mins
6.6 / 10 (246)
1 country
1 year
Documentary Short

France

Bruno Dumont, 2021, France

133 mins
6.6 / 10 (1746)
4 countries
1 year
Comedy Drama

Futura

Pietro Marcello Francesco Munzi Alice Rohrwacher, 2021, Italy

108 mins
8.4 / 10 (2325)
100 countries
11 months
Documentary

Three Floors (Tre piani)

Nanni Moretti, 2021, Italy

120 mins
6.4 / 10 (444)
2 countries
11 months
Drama Romance

Marx Can Wait (Marx può aspettare)

Marco Bellocchio, 2021, Italy

91 mins
8.4 / 10 (955)
110 countries
11 months
Documentary

Evolution

Kornél Mundruczó, 2021, Hungary

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (866)
18 countries
11 months
Drama

Amparo

Simón Mesa Soto, 2021, Colombia

96 mins
7.8 / 10 (27)
1 country
11 months
Drama

All the Crows in the World (天下乌鸦 | Tiānxià wūyā)

Tang Yi, 2021, Hong Kong

14 mins
7.4 / 10 (5034)
98 countries
11 months
Short Drama Comedy

Murina

Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, 2021, Croatia

92 mins
7.2 / 10 (1266)
1 country
11 months
Drama

A Ruthless Desire For Simplicity (Acımasız Bir Sadelik Arzusu)

Bulut Kırbaş, 2021, Turkey

15 mins
8 / 10 (527)
1 country
11 months
Short Drama

Friends and Strangers

James Vaughan, 2021, Australia

84 mins
6.4 / 10 (4668)
125 countries
10 months
Comedy Drama

Hold Me Tight (Serre-moi fort)

Mathieu Amalric, 2021, France

97 mins
8.2 / 10 (5740)
101 countries
10 months
Drama

Constellation (Constellation de la Rouguière)

Dania Reymond-Boughenou, 2021, France

31 mins
6.8 / 10 (37)
1 country
10 months
Short Documentary

Swan Song

Todd Stephens, 2021, United States

105 mins
7.4 / 10 (134)
1 country
10 months
Drama LGBTQ+

Earwig

Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2021, United Kingdom

114 mins
6.6 / 10 (1756)
90 countries
10 months
Drama Horror Fantasy

Censor

Prano Bailey-Bond, 2021, United Kingdom

84 mins
6.8 / 10 (2161)
1 country
9 months
Horror

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (偶然と想像 | Gûzen to sôzô)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021, Japan

121 mins
8.4 / 10 (4701)
6 countries
9 months
Drama Romance

Patrida

Ayça Damgacı Tümay Göktepe, 2021, Turkey

67 mins
8.6 / 10 (484)
1 country
9 months
Documentary

Strike (Grev)

Metin Yeğin, 2021, Turkey

120 mins
6.4 / 10 (301)
1 country
9 months
Drama

Vortex

Gaspar Noé, 2021, France

148 mins
8.6 / 10 (10866)
23 countries
9 months
Drama

Before the Night (Beriya Şevê)

Ali Kemal Çınar, 2021, Turkey

60 mins
7.4 / 10 (344)
8 countries
8 months
Drama

The Night (良夜不能留 Liang ye bu neng liu)

Tsai Ming-liang, 2021, Taiwan

20 mins
6.4 / 10 (2543)
128 countries
8 months
Short Documentary

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc)

Radu Jude, 2021, Romania

106 mins
7.4 / 10 (5000)
1 country
8 months
Comedy Drama Erotica

Jane by Charlotte (Jane par Charlotte)

Charlotte Gainsbourg, 2021, France

92 mins
8 / 10 (445)
1 country
8 months
Documentary

God Has AIDS (Deus tem AIDS)

Gustavo Vinagre Fábio Leal, 2021, Brazil

82 mins
8.2 / 10 (374)
1 country
7 months
Documentary LGBTQ+ Avant-Garde

The Sleeping Negro

Skinner Myers, 2021, United States

72 mins
7.6 / 10 (211)
2 countries
7 months
Drama

Introduction (인트로덕션 | Inteurodeoksyeon)

Hong Sang-soo, 2021, South Korea

66 mins
6.6 / 10 (392)
1 country
7 months
Drama

Incurable (Dermansız)

Melik Saraçoğlu Hakkı Kurtuluş, 2021, Turkey

79 mins
8.8 / 10 (427)
1 country
7 months
Documentary

Deception (Tromperie)

Arnaud Desplechin, 2021, France

103 mins
7.2 / 10 (5890)
95 countries
7 months
Drama Romance

Transviar

Maíra Tristão, 2021, Brazil

13 mins
8.2 / 10 (397)
1 country
7 months
Documentary Short LGBTQ+

The Joy of Things (A Felicidade das Coisas)

Thais Fujinaga, 2021, Brazil

87 mins
7.6 / 10 (502)
1 country
7 months
Drama

When The Olympus Collides with The Pampas (Cuando el Olimpo choca con la pampa)

Sol Miraglia Hugo Manso, 2021, Argentina

72 mins
8.6 / 10 (70)
1 country
6 months
Documentary

Aloners (혼자 사는 사람들 | Honja saneun saramdeul)

Hong Sung-eun, 2021, South Korea

91 mins
8 / 10 (12532)
119 countries
6 months
Drama

Meet Doug (Le Boug Doug)

Théo Jollet, 2021, France

26 mins
7.2 / 10 (2362)
124 countries
6 months
Short Drama

Language Lessons

Natalie Morales, 2021, United States

91 mins
8.6 / 10 (494)
1 country
6 months
Drama Comedy LGBTQ+

Plastic Dream (Plastik Rüya)

Merve Bozcu, 2021, Turkey

21 mins
7.2 / 10 (4257)
1 country
6 months
Short Drama

Lucienne in a World Without Solitude (Lucienne dans un monde sans solitude)

Geordy Couturiau, 2021, France

31 mins
7.8 / 10 (183)
1 country
6 months
Fantasy Drama Short

The Girl and the Spider (Das Mädchen und die Spinne)

Ramon Zürcher Silvan Zürcher, 2021, Switzerland

98 mins
6.8 / 10 (1665)
29 countries
6 months
Drama

Together, We Shall Die (Birlikte Öleceğiz)

Hakkı Kurtuluş Melik Saraçoğlu, 2021, Turkey

159 mins
7 / 10 (1380)
1 country
6 months
Drama Romance

Flag (Bayrak)

Pınar Göktaş, 2021, Turkey

11 mins
6.4 / 10 (1256)
1 country
5 months
Short Drama Comedy

Spencer

Pablo Larraín, 2021, United Kingdom

112 mins
7.2 / 10 (1959)
1 country
5 months
Biography Drama

The Green Knight

David Lowery, 2021, United States

124 mins
7.2 / 10 (1751)
1 country
5 months
Fantasy Drama Romance Adventure

Expecting a Grain of Sand (Bekleyiş)

Aslı Akdağ, 2021, Turkey

67 mins
8.6 / 10 (607)
1 country
5 months
Documentary

The Lost Daughter

Maggie Gyllenhaal, 2021, United States

117 mins
7.6 / 10 (2962)
1 country
5 months
Drama

Fabian: Going to the Dogs (Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde)

Dominik Graf, 2021, Germany

179 mins
8.4 / 10 (738)
1 country
5 months
Drama

Mariner of the Mountains (Marinheiro das Montanhas)

Karim Aïnouz, 2021, Brazil

98 mins
8.8 / 10 (2825)
116 countries
4 months
Documentary

Lost Illusions (Illusions perdues)

Xavier Giannoli, 2021, France

150 mins
8.2 / 10 (932)
2 countries
4 months
Drama History

The Tsugua Diaries (Diários de Otsoga)

Miguel Gomes Maureen Fazendeiro, 2021, Portugal

102 mins
6.8 / 10 (698)
116 countries
4 months
Drama

Bachelorette Party (Enterrement de vie de jeune fille)

Lola Cambourieu Yann Berlier, 2021, France

30 mins
7.8 / 10 (325)
1 country
4 months
Short Drama LGBTQ+

Nosema

Etna Özbek, 2021, Turkey

32 mins
8.6 / 10 (264)
1 country
4 months
Documentary Short

Luzifer

Peter Brunner, 2021, Austria

103 mins
7 / 10 (1682)
108 countries
4 months
Drama

Brother's Keeper (Okul Tıraşı)

Ferit Karahan, 2021, Turkey

115 mins
8.8 / 10 (7260)
1 country
3 months
Drama

Teenage Emotions

Frederic Da, 2021, United States

71 mins
7.4 / 10 (169)
2 countries
3 months
Drama

Kerr

Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, 2021, Turkey

114 mins
6.8 / 10 (1154)
1 country
3 months
Thriller

In Front of Your Face (당신얼굴 앞에서 | Dangsin-eolgul-apeseo)

Hong Sang-soo, 2021, South Korea

86 mins
7.6 / 10 (544)
2 countries
3 months
Drama

A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (Uma Paciência Selvagem Me Trouxe Até Aqui)

Érica Sarmet, 2021, Brazil

26 mins
7.8 / 10 (2147)
126 countries
2 months
Short LGBTQ+

Ski (Esquí)

Manque La Banca, 2021, Brazil

75 mins
7.4 / 10 (243)
4 countries
2 months
Documentary Avant-Garde

Glass Life

Sara Cwynar, 2021, United States

19 mins
7.6 / 10 (3696)
128 countries
2 months
Short Documentary

Strive, Strive, Strive (Lutar, lutar, lutar)

Sérgio Borges Helvécio Marins Jr., 2021, Brazil

111 mins
8.6 / 10 (145)
1 country
2 months
Documentary Sport

Feast

Tim Leyendekker, 2021, Netherlands

85 mins
5.8 / 10 (693)
121 countries
2 months
Drama

The Diamond Sea (Akıntı)

Arda Ekşigil, 2021, Turkey

18 mins
6.6 / 10 (498)
1 country
2 months
Comedy Short

The Palace (Il palazzo)

Federica Di Giacomo, 2021, Italy

100 mins
7.2 / 10 (98)
1 country
2 months
Documentary

Les Enfants Terribles (Yaramaz Çocuklar)

Ahmet Necdet Çupur, 2021, France

89 mins
8.4 / 10 (452)
1 country
2 months
Documentary

Ein Sof

Orly Anan, 2021, Mexico

4 mins
8 / 10 (1572)
128 countries
2 months
Short Avant-Garde Music

López

Ulises Rosell, 2021, Argentina

92 mins
8.2 / 10 (477)
15 countries
60 days
Documentary

Outside Noise

Ted Fendt, 2021, Germany

60 mins
6.8 / 10 (1574)
1 country
59 days
Drama

The Automat

Lisa Hurwitz, 2021, United States

79 mins
7.6 / 10 (85)
1 country
58 days
Documentary History

The Witches of the Orient (Les sorcières de l'Orient)

Julien Faraut, 2021, France

100 mins
7.8 / 10 (223)
1 country
46 days
Documentary

Two Girls Gone Dancing (Elles allaient danser)

Laïs Decaster, 2021, France

30 mins
7.8 / 10 (593)
1 country
43 days
Short Comedy Drama

My Mother's Girlfriend (Mazhya Aaichi Girlfriend)

Arun Fulara, 2021, India

15 mins
8.6 / 10 (288)
6 countries
42 days
Short Drama LGBTQ+

Playground (Un monde)

Laura Wandel, 2021, Belgium

73 mins
8 / 10 (835)
1 country
40 days
Drama

Întregalde

Radu Muntean, 2021, Romania

104 mins
7 / 10 (393)
3 countries
38 days
Drama Comedy

Madeleine Collins

Antoine Barraud, 2021, France

107 mins
7.2 / 10 (221)
1 country
33 days
Thriller Drama

What Will Summer Bring (Qué será del verano)

Ignacio Ceroi, 2021, Argentina

86 mins
8.4 / 10 (599)
15 countries
29 days
Drama

Moneyboys (金錢男孩)

C.B. Yi, 2021, Austria

120 mins
7.6 / 10 (2107)
109 countries
29 days
Drama LGBTQ+

We (Nous)

Alice Diop, 2021, France

115 mins
7.6 / 10 (1063)
124 countries
29 days
Documentary

Black Medusa (Ma tasmaa ken errih)

Ismaël Youssef Chebbi, 2021, Tunisia

96 mins
6.2 / 10 (1059)
110 countries
29 days
Drama Thriller

Actual People

Kit Zauhar, 2021, United States

84 mins
7.4 / 10 (6645)
128 countries
29 days
Drama

Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy (Rosa Rosae. La guerra civil)

Carlos Saura, 2021, Spain

6 mins
8 / 10 (2530)
127 countries
29 days
Documentary Short

Happening (L'événement)

Audrey Diwan, 2021, France

100 mins
8.6 / 10 (9225)
1 country
28 days
Drama

Beba

Rebeca Huntt, 2021, United States

80 mins
8 / 10 (77)
1 country
12 days
Documentary

Parallel Mothers (Madres paralelas)

Pedro Almodóvar, 2021, Spain

124 mins
7.8 / 10 (3964)
2 countries
9 days
Drama

Project Space 13

Michael M. Bilandic, 2021, United States

67 mins
6.6 / 10 (153)
7 countries
7 days
Comedy