Audience
74.8
Critics
94.6
Award
70.0
●BERLIN 2021
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films released in 2021 with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Only films with a known Critics Score of 85+ are included, ordered by Critics Score.
2021 is the release year; 2021–2026 is the recognition period. 22 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | PM Céline Sciamma · France | 2021 | 89.8 | 74.8 | 94.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Fantasy | 73 min | |
| 2 | DM Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 94.0 | 77.2 | 93.3 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2021●OSCAR 2022 | Drama | 179 min | |
| 3 | TW Joachim Trier · Norway; France; Denmark; Sweden | 2021 | 90.4 | 78.0 | 93.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 128 min | |
| 4 | MB Maria Speth · Germany | 2021 | 92.9 | 81.5 | 92.6 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2021 | Documentary | 217 min | |
| 5 | M Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thailand; Colombia; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Mexico; China; Taiwan; United States; Switzerland | 2021 | 91.6 | 65.8 | 92.4 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 136 min | |
| 6 | TP Jane Campion · New Zealand; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Canada | 2021 | 94.6 | 70.9 | 91.2 | 94.0 | ●VENICE 2021🏆BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Drama, Western | 126 min | |
| 7 | PM Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2021 | 89.4 | 72.5 | 91.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 8 | LP Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2021 | 93.7 | 73.2 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 133 min | |
| 9 | H Audrey Diwan · France | 2021 | 94.6 | 75.7 | 90.3 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 10 | WO Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 92.0 | 76.2 | 90.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Romance | 121 min | |
| 11 | TL Maggie Gyllenhaal · Greece; United States | 2021 | 88.8 | 68.7 | 89.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 12 | R Valentyn Vasyanovych · Ukraine | 2021 | 89.0 | 70.8 | 88.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, War | 125 min | |
| 13 | JA Shaka King · United States; Canada | 2021 | 92.9 | 76.1 | 88.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 126 min | |
| 14 | CV Alexey Chupov; Natasha Merkulova · Russia; Estonia; France | 2021 | 89.3 | 73.5 | 87.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Thriller | 126 min | |
| 15 | WS Steven Spielberg · United States | 2021 | 92.5 | 73.1 | 87.9 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Crime, Drama, Musical | 156 min | |
| 16 | L Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · France; Chad; Germany; Belgium | 2021 | 89.1 | 70.7 | 87.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 17 | AH Asghar Farhadi · Iran; France | 2021 | 92.4 | 76.6 | 87.2 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama | 127 min | |
| 18 | AW Stéphane Brizé · France | 2021 | 88.9 | 72.2 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 96 min | |
| 19 | LI Xavier Giannoli · France | 2021 | 89.4 | 76.5 | 85.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Romance | 149 min | |
| 20 | WD Aleksandre Koberidze · Germany; Georgia | 2021 | 88.6 | 70.9 | 85.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 150 min | |
| 21 | N Justin Kurzel · Australia; Germany | 2021 | 89.2 | 73.2 | 85.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 22 | TB Lorenzo Vigas · Mexico; USA | 2021 | 88.7 | 70.8 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 92 min |
This collection contains 22 films released in 2021 with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film has a known Critics Score of at least 85. Missing critics’ ratings are excluded. Critics Score combines ratings from trusted sources; it is not an individual Rotten Tomatoes percentage or Metacritic score. Release year and recognition year are separate: a film can receive recognition at a later ceremony or festival.
Petite Maman leads this Critics Score ranking with 94.6. Mr. Bachmann and His Class has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (81.5). Petite Maman has one of the highest known Critics scores (94.6). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Céline Sciamma · 2021 · 73 min
Audience 74.8 · Critics 94.6 · Total 89.8
Berlin 2021: Main Competition
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · 2021 · 179 min
Audience 77.2 · Critics 93.3 · Total 94.0
Cannes 2021: Main Competition
Oscar 2022: Nominee (Best Picture)
Joachim Trier · 2021 · 128 min
Audience 78.0 · Critics 93.0 · Total 90.4
Cannes 2021: Main Competition
Films are ordered by their known Critics Score. The 85-point minimum is applied before ranking. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.