Sundance 2021 Flee
Documentary, Animation · 1h 29m
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
The Best of 2021
27 films and 56 series from 2021, ranked by Celluloid Score. Strongest output: United States (6), Japan (4), France (3).
The highest-rated 2021 film on Celluloid is Flee with a 87% Celluloid Score — Recommended. It is followed by Drive My Car (86%), out of 27 films from 2021 ranked from five public rating sources. On television, Arcane is the best series to premiere that year (91%).
Films of 2021
Sundance 2021 
Cannes 2021 Drive My Car
Drama · 2h 59m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 82% Audience
Cannes 2021 The Worst Person in the World
Drama, Romance · 2h 8m
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
Venice 2021 Happening
Drama · 1h 39m
85%
Celluloid Score Recommended 84% Audience
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Action, Adventure · 2h 28m
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended 98% Audience
Venice 2020 Nomadland
Drama · 1h 48m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 82% Audience
Tokyo 2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Action, Adventure · 2h 18m
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended 91% Audience
Sundance 2021 CODA
Drama, Music · 1h 52m
82%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
Venice 2021 Dune
Science Fiction, Adventure · 2h 35m
81%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
Tokyo 2021 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Action, Adventure · 2h 18m
81%
Celluloid Score Recommended 90% Audience
A Quiet Place Part II
Science Fiction, Thriller · 1h 37m
80%
Celluloid Score Recommended 92% Audience
FeaturedAntalya 2021 Brother's Keeper
Drama · 1h 25m
80%
Celluloid Score Recommended 84% Audience
TIFF 2021 Belfast
Drama, History · 1h 38m
78%
Celluloid Score Recommended 92% Audience
Master
Action, Thriller · 2h 59m
77%
Celluloid Score Recommended 91% Audience
IFFI 2022 Pushpa: The Rise
Action, Drama · 2h 59m
77%
Celluloid Score Recommended 92% Audience
Tokyo 2021 Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Animation, Action · 1h 45m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 81% Audience
No Time to Die
Action, Thriller · 2h 43m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
Raging Fire
Action, Crime · 2h 5m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 88% Audience
Cannes 2021 Titane
Drama, Thriller · 1h 48m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 72% Audience
Festival Film Indonesia 2022 Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Action, Comedy · 1h 54m
76%
Celluloid Score Recommended 74% Audience
FeaturedJAFF 2021 Taste
Drama · 1h 37m
73%
Celluloid Score Recommended 72% Audience
Busan 2021 The Medium
Horror, Mystery · 2h 11m
73%
Celluloid Score Recommended 70% Audience
Demon Hunter Yan Chixia
Action, Adventure · 1h 36m
70%
Celluloid Score Recommended 76% Audience
Don't Look Up
Comedy, Science Fiction · 2h 18m
64%
Celluloid Score Recommended 77% Audience
The 8th Night
Mystery, Thriller · 1h 55m
64%
Celluloid Score Recommended 70% Audience
Shanghai 2021 The Battle at Lake Changjin
War, Action · 2h 56m
63%
Celluloid Score Recommended 85% Audience
The Matrix Resurrections
Science Fiction, Action · 2h 28m
62%
Celluloid Score Recommended 63% Audience
Series that premiered in 2021 — top 24 of 56
Netflix Arcane
Animation, Action
91%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick Netflix Stream on
Netflix Move to Heaven
Drama
90%
Celluloid Score Celluloid Pick Netflix Stream on
iQIYI Editor's Pick Mao Xue Woof
Reality
89%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
iQIYI Editor's Pick One and Only
Drama
89%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
Viki Editor's Pick Parizaad
Drama, Romance
89%
Celluloid Score Recommended Viki Stream on
Prime Video Clarkson's Farm
Reality, Comedy
88%
Celluloid Score Recommended Prime Video Stream on
Tencent Video Editor's Pick The Long Ballad
Action, War & Politics
88%
Celluloid Score Recommended Tencent Video Stream on
iQIYI Editor's Pick Awakening Age
Drama
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
BBC Time
Drama
87%
Celluloid Score Recommended BBC Stream on
Netflix My Name
Action, Crime
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
Netflix Vincenzo
Comedy, Crime
86%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
iQIYI Editor's Pick Minning Town
Drama, History
85%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
Netflix Our Beloved Summer
Comedy, Drama
85%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
Netflix Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Romance, Comedy
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
Netflix Lupin
Crime, Drama
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
Viki Editor's Pick Mere Humsafar
Drama, Family
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Viki Stream on
Viki Editor's Pick Sinf-e-Aahan
Drama
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Viki Stream on
iQIYI Stand By Me
Drama
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
Netflix The Club
Drama, History
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Netflix Stream on
Tencent Video You Are My Glory
Comedy, Drama
84%
Celluloid Score Recommended Tencent Video Stream on
Viki Editor's Pick Raqeeb Se
Drama
83%
Celluloid Score Recommended Viki Stream on
iQIYI Call Me By Fire
Reality
82%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
iQIYI Faith Makes Great
Drama
82%
Celluloid Score Recommended iQIYI Stream on
Viki Khuda Aur Mohabbat
Drama, Romance
82%
Celluloid Score Recommended Viki Stream on