Best movies of 2021
We dissect the cinema of 2021. Here is our top ranking from best to worst based strictly on our editorial autopsies.
What happens when childhood cruelty runs wild without adult supervision? Eskil Vogt plunges us into a suffocating daylight nightmare with *The Innocents*, a masterclass in psychological horror that spits in the face of Hollywood’s flashy gimmicks. Forget saccharine kid superheroes—here, psychic gifts are filmed with unflinching, skin-crawling realism. We dissect one of contemporary genre cinema’s boldest, most magnetic, and squirm-inducing offerings. A work of art or pretentious discomfort? Step right up and find out. 💀
Julia Ducournau shocked and captivated the Cannes Film Festival with a hypnotic, violent, and tender odyssey about human hybrids, cars, and familial redemption.
Rob Jabbaz detonates the infected-cinema genre with a torrent of ultraviolent, depraved destruction that redefines the boundaries of contemporary gore.
A scathing critique of the Icelandic film that will leave you speechless
Prano Bailey-Bond crafts a mesmerizing psychological and metacinematic journey into the heart of 1980s British censorship hysteria.
Paul Thomas Anderson gifts us a nostalgic trip to '73 that reeks of gasoline, teenage sweat, and missed opportunities. A masterpiece or just a self-indulgent wank?
A scathing, no-holds-barred evisceration of Damian McCarthy’s 2021 psychological horror *Caveat*
Fabrice Du Welz crafts an obsessive, elegant, and relentless psychological thriller set in a mansion hiding unspeakable creative secrets.
James Wan demolishes the codes of modern horror with 'Malignant', a hilarious, delirious madness that unashamedly embraces Giallo and B-movies.
Ben Wheatley shoots a pandemic-era trip—equal parts lysergic, hallucinatory, and horrifying—blending folk horror, sci-fi, and mutilation deep in the woods.
A lonely teen uncovers her family’s dark ties to witchcraft in this 2021 indie darling—if ‘darling’ means ‘a hot mess with delusions of grandeur.’
Bustillo & Maury dive into a secluded French lake to film one of the most visually complex and intriguing horror propositions in recent memory.
A half-working Airbnb horror comedy. Brandon Christensen captures the traveler's paranoia, but the script falls halfway. Rating: 5.8.
M. Night Shyamalan delivers a beachside thriller that ages worse than its own protagonists—a feast of predictable twists and self-help manual dialogue set against a tropical backdrop.
