Another year, another overlong list trying to rank all the new films I’ve seen. But 2021 brings on a few new twists. By far, this will go down as the most films I’ve seen in a given year, as halfway through 2021 I’m already inching close to the number I reached for all of 2020. Additionally, I’ve taken the extra step of linking all my reviews below, so you can read my thoughts on each film that is hyperlinked.
I hope you enjoy this list, and as always, it’s subject to change at any given moment. I like to tinker with it quite a bit as time progresses. Sometimes I think of a film more fondly a few months later, other times…well, the opposite happens. Either way, here are all the films I’ve seen in 2021, ranked.
JON NEGRONI’S TOP FILMS OF 2021
- Red Rocket (December 10)
- One for the Road (January 28)
- Licorice Pizza (November 26)
- The Green Knight (July 30)
- Cryptozoo (January 29)
- The Worst Person in the World (February 4)
- Pig (July 16)
- Luca (June 18)
- Parallel Mothers (December 24)
- The Killing of Two Lovers (May 14)
- Drive My Car (November 24)
- Summer of Soul (February 3)
- The French Dispatch (October 22)
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines (April 23)
- Plan B (May 28)
- Benedetta (December 3)
- Spencer (November 5)
- Encanto (November 24)
- On the Count of Three (January 29)
- Superior (January 30)
- The Summit of the Gods (November 24)
- Riders of Justice (February 18)
- King Richard (November 19)
- Petite Maman (June 2)
- The Suicide Squad (August 6)
- Shiva Baby (April 2)
- Bergman Island (October 15)
- Bo Burnham: Inside (May 30)
- The Power of the Dog (November 17)
- Judas and the Black Messiah (February 1)
- West Side Story (December 10)
- I’m Your Man (September 24)
- No Sudden Move (June 18)
- Ninjababy (January 18)
- The Harder They Fall (October 22)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 6)
- Belle (July 15)
- In the Heights (June 11)
- Derek DelGaudio’s In & of Itself (January 22)
- C’mon C’mon (November 19)
- The Lost Daughter (December 17)
- Wild Indian (February 1)
- Sophie Jones (March 2)
- President (January 29)
- Dune (October 22)
- Language Lessons (March 1)
- The Last Duel (October 15)
- Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (February 12)
- Slalom (April 9)
- CODA (January 28)
- The Matrix Resurrections (December 22)
- Nightmare Alley (December 17)
- Monday (April 16)
- Recovery (March 17)
- Nine Days (July 30)
- Aloners (April 30)
- Swan Song (December 17)
- Belfast (November 12)
- The Dry (May 21)
- Violet (March 18)
- I Care a Lot (February 19)
- 7 Prisoners (November 5)
- Finch (November 5)
- The Sparks Brothers (June 18)
- Afterlife of the Party (September 2)
- Mare of Easttown (April 18)
- I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) (March 17)
- Summer of 85 (June 18)
- tick, tick…BOOM! (November 12)
- The Souvenir Part II (July 8)
- Swan Song (August 6)
- The Disciple (April 30)
- No Time to Die (October 8)
- I Carry You with Me (June 25)
- Memoria (December 26)
- Our Friend (January 22)
- Try Harder! (February 2)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (September 17)
- The Beta Test (November 5)
- Titane (October 1)
- The Wheel
- Werewolves Within (June 16)
- The Last Right (April 6)
- A Quiet Place Part II (May 28)
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (March 16)
- Raya and the Last Dragon (March 5)
- Flee (January 28)
- Limbo (April 30)
- Ahed’s Knee (September 15)
- Dear Mr. Brody (March 16)
- Together Together (January 31)
- Mass (January 31)
- The Velvet Underground (October 15)
- Where is Anne Frank (July 9)
- Wrath of Man (May 7)
- The Fallout (March 17)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3)
- Free Guy (August 13)
- Cruella (May 28)
- Mainstream (May 7)
- Bad Trip (March 26)
- Respect (August 13)
- Ron’s Gone Wrong (October 22)
- Fear Street Part 3: 1666 (July 16)
- Fear Street Part 1: 1994 (July 2)
- Wolf (December 3)
- Night Teeth (October 20)
- Till Death (July 1)
- Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (March 17)
- kid 90 (March 12)
- Nobody (March 26)
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (August 23)
- The Outside Story (April 30)
- Annette (August 6)
- Malignant (September 10)
- Beckett (August 4)
- Jagged (September 13)
- Cyrano (December 31)
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage (October 1)
- Halloween Kills (October 15)
- Oxygen (May 12)
- False Positive (June 18)
- Jockey (February 1)
- Homeroom (January 28)
- John and the Hole (January 29)
- Alone Together (March 18)
- Passing (January 30)
- Loki (June 9)
- The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (January 31)
- All Light, Everywhere (February 2)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (December 25)
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League (March 18)
- Under the Volcano (March 20)
- Those Who Wish Me Dead (May 14)
- WandaVision (January 15)
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (February 1)
- Last Night in Soho (October 29)
- Here Before (March 17)
- Hawkeye (November 24)
- Don’t Look Up (December 5)
- The Card Counter (September 10)
- Muppets Haunted Mansion (October 8)
- The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (February 12)
- The Many Saints of Newark (October 1)
- In the Same Breath (January 29)
- My Name is Pauli Murray (February 3)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (November 19)
- Love Hard (November 5)
- 8-Bit Christmas (November 24)
- Allen v. Farrow (February 21)
- Sing 2 (December 22)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (July 16)
- Little Fish (February 5)
- The Djinn (May 14)
- Come True (March 12)
- F9 (June 25)
- The Tomorrow War (July 2)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (March 31)
- The Tender Bar (December 17)
- Mischa and the Wolves (February 2)
- Life in a Day 2020 (February 1)
- Mayday (February 2)
- We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (January 31)
- We Broke Up (April 23)
- The Voyeurs (September 10)
- Black Widow (July 9)
- Wish Dragon (June 11)
- The Night House (August 20)
- Stowaway (April 22)
- Jakob’s Wife (April 16)
- The King’s Man (December 22)
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (July 23)
- Eternals (November 5)
- Vacation Friends (August 27)
- Long Weekend (March 12)
- Jungle Cruise (July 30)
- Fear Street Part 2: 1978 (July 9)
- Pink Skies Ahead (May 8)
- Broadcast Signal Intrusion (March 16)
- Eight for Silver (January 30)
- Searchers (January 28)
- House of Gucci (November 24)
- Lakewood (September 12)
- The Courier (March 19)
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (June 11)
- Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil (March 23)
- To All the Boys: Always and Forever (February 12)
- The World to Come (February 2)
- Reminiscence (August 20)
- Vivo (August 6)
- Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (March 17)
- Kate (September 10)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (March 19)
- The Boss Baby: Family Business (July 2)
- Own the Room (March 12)
- Audrey (January 5)
- Yes Day (March 12)
- The White Tiger (January 13)
- In the Earth (January 30)
- I Was a Simple Man (January 29)
- Candyman (August 27)
- WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (March 17)
- Red Notice (November 5)
- Chaos Walking (March 5)
- Behind Her Eyes (February 17)
- Framing Britney Spears (February 5)
- The Dig (January 15)
- Best Summer Ever (March 19)
- Without Remorse (April 30)
- Holler (June 11)
- Old (July 23)
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (June 4)
- Boogie (March 5)
- Dear Evan Hansen (September 24)
- Army of the Dead (May 21)
- Gunpowder Milkshake (July 14)
- Mortal Kombat (April 23)
- The Woman in the Window (May 14)
- Monster (May 7)
- The Violent Heart (February 19)
- Concrete Cowboy (April 2)
- He’s All That (August 25)
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday (February 26)
- The Ice Road (June 25)
- Good on Paper (June 23)
- Arlo the Alligator Boy (April 16)
- Voyagers (April 9)
- Silk Road (February 19)
- Ayar (March 16)
- Prisoners of the Ghostland (January 31)
- Knocking (January 29)
- Censor (January 28)
- Marvelous and the Black Hole (January 31)
- Cry Macho (September 17)
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (March 4)
- Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (February 10)
- A Glitch in the Matrix (February 5)
- Moxie (March 3)
- Sweet Girl (August 20)
- Flora & Ulysses (February 19)
- The Starling (September 17)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (November 10)
- Land (January 31)
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (March 1)
- Malcolm & Marie (January 29)
- Coming 2 America (March 4)
- Women is Losers (March 16)
- Tom & Jerry (February 26)
- Cherry (February 26)
- Bliss (February 5)
- Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (June 16)
- Locked Down (January 14)
- Thunder Force (April 9)
- The Misfits (June 11)
- Cinderella (September 3)
- Sound of Violence (May 21)
- Mother Schmuckers (January 29)