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The Best Movies of 2021, Ranked by Tomatometer. Rotten Tomatoes is collecting every new Certified Fresh movie into one list, creating our guide to the best movies of 2021. Among them you’ll find...
Best Movies 2021. The Best Movies category awards the best-reviewed film regardless of their release, whether they went straight to streaming or swung onto the silver screen. Spider-Man: No...
Rotten Tomatoes is collecting every new Certified Fresh movie into one list, creating our guide to the best movies of 2021. Among them you’ll find blockbusters (Shang-Chi), documentaries (Lily Topples the World), awards contenders (The Green Knight), the cutting-edge in horror (The Night House).
- West Side Story
- Gintama: The Very Final
- Encanto
- C’mon C’mon
- Introducing, Selma Blair
- Belfast
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Harder They Fall
- The French Dispatch
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Not everything works in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story — how could it, when the 1961 classic is nigh unimpeachable? — but his visual translation of some of the original’s latent ideas makes it a complementary piece. At once rougher and more dazzling, it has tremendous high points that seldom overlap with its predecessor, resulting in a remake that feels both hyper-charged and wholly justified. A true thing of beauty.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Gintama: The Very Final is exemplary of what a series swan song should look like. It gives all of its personalities a chance to shine, serves up satisfying battles, and retains its signature humor all the way to the end. Fans will undoubtedly wish they had a bit more time with Gintoki and the crew, but this is an ending anyone could be satisfied with.” - Brittany Vincent
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Encanto dazzles both visually and narratively, with vibrant songs and stellar animation. Stephanie Beatriz leads a superb voice cast who help bring a film to life that is grounded but also feels like a magical delight.” - Andrea Towers
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Writer-director Mike Mills gets the very best from Joaquin Phoenix by pairing him with the young Woody Norman. Their pitch-perfect chemistry enlivens this quiet road drama about the perspectives of our youth with emotionality that won’t leave a dry eye in the house.“ - Matt Dougherty
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Introducing, Selma Blair is a deeply impactful documentary that works on many levels. It functions as a coming out party for the real woman behind the roles that have mostly defined her public persona, and as a “gloves off” informational journey about living with, and trying to combat the symptoms of, multiple sclerosis. The doc accomplishes both with humor, honesty, dignity, and a staggering level of vulnerability from Blair.” - Tara Bennett
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Belfast is a love letter to both a city, and the ghosts of Kenneth Branagh’s past. There’s clearly soul-searching going on as he re-examines events from his childhood, and how they affected those he loved, and the decisions they made. Yet that story is told with a lightness of touch that belies the serious subject matter, making for a sometimes sad, frequently tender, and often joyous affair that celebrates family, film, and the people and places that turned Branagh into the...
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“Director Jason Reitman does his father and fans proud with a funny, sweet, and spooky family movie that proudly takes on the legacy of Ghostbusters, while also introducing something exciting and new. It helps that Mckenna Grace is the kind of talent that only comes around once in a generation: charming, authentic, and the beating heart of this already heartfelt movie. Get ready to fall in love with the Ghostbusters all over again.” - Rosie Knight
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“The Harder They Fall both subverts and embraces the Western tradition with some spectacular shootouts, slick dialogue, and a top-notch ensemble cast firing on all cylinders. Add a rollicking soundtrack to all of that and you’ve got fun and suave modern Western that smartly places a Black narrative squarely at its center.” - Hanna Ines Flint
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“The French Dispatch is both an ode to print journalism and one of Wes Anderson’s most richly detailed films. While based on real journalists and articles, each of its smaller segments is painted in Anderson’s signature whimsical style, culminating in one of the most effective and thoughtful stories of his career.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Grade: 9
Read the Review:“A gorgeous black-and-white film that harkens back to several cinematic eras, Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth twists an old tale just enough to keep it fresh, but relies on tremendous lead performances by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand to make the familiar feel exciting.” - Siddhant Adlakha
Dec 6, 2021 · Our critics' picks for the best films of 2021 range from 'House of Gucci' to 'Dune' to 'Zack Snyder's Justice League.'.
Mar 9, 2021 · Metacritic's list of the best movies of 2021 is already very long and full of suggestions for a viewer looking for something critics have deemed worth a watch.
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Dec 14, 2021 · Some of the best living filmmakers released new masterpieces while new voices joined them, giving us all hope for the next generation. Whether it's on a small or big screen, it's about the films themselves, movies that move us, transport us, and challenge us. And there were a LOT of those this year.
