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31. Space Sweepers (2021)

Space in the year 2092 is littered with deadly floating junk, such as derelict satellites and abandoned spaceships. The crew of The Victory travels across space searching for the garbage they may profit from while competing with junk-collecting ships from other countries and using their craft’s speed to destroy their opponents.

Director: Jo Sung-hee
Language: Korean and English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Song Joong-ki
  • Kim Tae-ri
  • Jin Seon-kyu
  • Hae-jin Yoo 

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 136 minutes
Movie Trailer: Space Sweepers (2021) – movie trailer

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32. Stowaway (2021)

Shortly after departure, the spaceship crew bound for Mars discovers an unintentional stowaway. The ship’s medical researcher becomes the only person opposing the group consensus that has already voted in favor of a bleak conclusion, as they are too far from Earth to turn back, and resources are swiftly running out.

Director: Joe Penna
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Anna Kendrick
  • Daniel Dae Kim
  • Shamier Anderson
  • Toni Collette

IMDb Rating: 5.6
Running Time: 116 minutes
Movie Trailer: Stowaway (2021) – Movie Trailer

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33. The Dig (2021)

In 1938, an archaeologist began the historically significant excavation of Sutton Hoo.

Director: Simon Stone
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, and History
Main Cast: 

  • Carey Mulligan
  • Ralph Fiennes
  • Lily James
  • Johnny Flynn

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 112 minutes
Box Office: $693
Movie Trailer: The Dig Trailer (2021) – Movie Trailer 

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34. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)

An animated action comedy about an ordinary family who is thrust into their biggest family adventure yet: defending the world from the robot apocalypse. I mean, what’s the big deal? It all starts when Katie Mitchell, a creative outsider who is eager to leave home and find “her people,” is accepted into the film school of her dreams, and her nature-loving father insists on having the entire family drive her to school and bond during one last non-awkward and forced road trip. But when the family thinks things can’t get any worse, they find themselves in the heart of a robot rebellion.

Director: Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-fi, and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Abbi Jacobson
  • Danny McBride
  • Maya Rudolph
  • Eric André

IMDb Rating: 7.7
Running Time: 114 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Mitchells VS. The Machines (2021) – Movie Trailer 

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35. The Starling (2021)

When a married couple goes through a difficult time, Jack leaves to cope with his loss while Lilly stays in the “actual” world to deal with her guilt. As if Lilly’s problems weren’t terrible enough, a starling that has taken up residence in her backyard begins to annoy and attack her, prompting her to become humorously obsessed with destroying it. 

Larry, a quirky psychologist-turned-veterinarian with a rough background, eventually helps Lilly. As they assist each other in exploring, acknowledging, and confronting their challenges, the two create an unusual and improbable friendship.

Director: Theodore Melfi
Language: English and Spanish
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Melissa McCarthy
  • Chris O’Dowd
  • Kevin Kline
  • Timothy Olyphant

IMDb Rating: 5.6
Running Time: 103 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Starling (2021) – Movie Trailer 

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36. The White Tiger (2021)

Balram Halwai tells the story of his journey from an impoverished villager to a wealthy entrepreneur in modern India, which is both epic and darkly comic. Our young, cunning, and ambitious hero plots to become a driver for Ashok and Pinky, who have recently returned from America. Balram has been socialized to be a servant and has made himself useful to his wealthy masters. However, after a night of betrayal, he discovers the extremes to which they will go to capture him and rescue themselves. Balram rises and becomes a new kind of master by rebelling against a rigged and unjust system.

Director: Ramin Bahrani
Language: English and Hindi
Genre: Crime and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Adarsh Gourav
  • Priyanka Chopra-Jonas
  • Rajkummar Rao

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 125 minutes
Movie Trailer: The White Tiger (2021) – Movie Trailer 

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37. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)

In this anime-origin narrative, the universe of The Witcher expands: Before Geralt, there was Vesemir, a swashbuckling young Witcher who fled poverty by slaying monsters for a living. When a weird new creature terrorizes a politically troubled kingdom, Vesemir is thrust into a terrifying quest that requires him to confront his past demons.

Director: Kwang Il Han
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, and Adventure
Main Cast: 

  • Theo James
  • Lara Pulver
  • Graham McTavish
  • Mary McDonnell

IMDb Rating: 7.4
Running Time: 83 minutes
Movie Trailer: The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021) – Movie Trailer

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38. Untold: Crime and Penalties (2021)

They were hockey’s bad boys, a team acquired by a mobster and run by his 17-year-old son, with a reputation for being as aggressive as they were good. The Trashers of Danbury is a true story.

Director: Chapman Way and Maclain Way
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Crime, and Sport
Main Cast: 

  • Richard Brosal
  • James Galante
  • A.J. Galante
  • Ed Adams

IMDB: 7.4
Running Time: 85 minutes
Movie Trailer: Untold: Crime & Penalties (2021) – Movie Trailer
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39. Vivo (2021)

Vivo is about a one-of-a-kind kinkajou who spends his days with his adoring owner Andrés performing music for the audience in a bustling square. Even though they don’t speak the same language, Vivo, and Andrés are the ideal pair since they have a passion for music. Still, tragedy occurs soon after Andrés receives a letter from Marta Sandoval, inviting her old partner to her last show in the hopes of reconciling, and it’s up to Vivo to give a message that Andrés could never deliver: A lyrical love letter to Marta, composed many years ago.


Director: Kirk DeMicco
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Drama, Musical, and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Zoe Saldana
  • Juan de Marcos
  • Brian Tyree Henry

IMDb Rating: 6.7
Running Time: 99 minutes
Movie Trailer: Vivo (2021) – Movie Trailer

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40. Wish Dragon (2021)

When Din meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities, he is determined to reconnect with his boyhood best buddy.

Director: Chris Appelhans
Language: Mandarin and English
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure, Family, Romance, and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Jimmy Wong
  • John Cho
  • Constance Wu
  • Natasha Liu Bordizzo

IMDb Rating: 7.2
Running Time: 98 minutes
Box Office: $21,120,000
Movie Trailer: Wish Dragon (2021) – Movie Trailer

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41. A Secret Love (2020)

Two ladies, Pat Henschel, and pro baseball player Terry Donahue, fall in love in 1947 and embark on a 65-year odyssey of love and discrimination.

Director: Chris Bolan
Language: English
Genre: Documentary and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Terry Donahue
  • Diana Bolen
  • Pat Hensche

IMDb Rating: 7.8
Running Time: 81 minutes
Movie Trailer: A Secret Love (2020) – Movie Trailer

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42. Athlete A (2020)

Follow the reporters from the Indianapolis Star who broke the story on USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s abuse and know more from gymnasts such as Maggie Nichols.

Director: Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Crime, and Sport
Main Cast: 

  • Maggie Nichols
  • Gina Nichols
  • John Nichols

IMDb Rating: 7.6
Running Time: 104 minutes
Movie Trailer: Athlete A (2020) – Movie Trailer

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43. Becoming (2020)

Based on Michelle Obama’s book Tour for Becoming, the movie is an intimate documentary about her life, hopes, and connections with others.

Director: Nadia Hallgren
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Main Cast: 

  • Elizabeth Alexander
  • Adrian K. Collins (credit only)
  • Valerie Jarrett

IMDb Rating: 7.0
Running Time: 89 minutes
Movie Trailer: Becoming (2020) – Movie Trailer 

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44. Concrete Cowboy (2020)

Cole, 15, is taken to live with his estranged father, Harp, in North Philadelphia in this drama based on the real-life Fletcher Street Stables. He uncovers the city’s struggling urban cowboy subculture, which has thrived for over a century and provides a safe refuge for the neighborhood despite the poverty, violence, and gentrification surrounding it.

Director: Ricky Staub
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

  • Idris Elba
  • Caleb McLaughlin
  • Jharrel Jerome
  • Byron Bowers

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 111 minutes
Movie Trailer: Concrete Cowboy (2020) – Movie Trailer 

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45. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)

Teenagers with disabilities faced a future determined by isolation, prejudice, and institutionalization in the early 1970s. Camp Jened, a rundown “for the handicapped” camp in the Catskills, blew those walls down. Jened was their carefree utopia, where campers could engage in summertime sports, smoke and make out sessions, and feel fulfilled as human beings.

Director: Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht
Language: English
Genre: Documentary and History
Main Cast: 

  • James Lebrecht
  • Lionel Je’Woodyard
  • Joseph O’Conor

IMDb Rating: 7.7
Running Time: 106 minutes
Movie Trailer: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) – Movie Trailer

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46. DA 5 Bloods (2020)

The narrative of four African American vets – Paul, Otis, Eddie, and Melvin – who return to Vietnam is directed by Academy Award® winner Spike Lee. Our heroes, joined by Paul’s concerned son, search for the remains of their slain Squad Leader and the promise of buried gold – all while dealing with the long-term effects of the Vietnam War’s immorality.

Director: Spike Lee
Language: English, French, Vietnamese
Genre: Adventure, Drama, and War
Main Cast: 

  • Delroy Lindo
  • Jonathan Majors
  • Clarke Peters
  • Norm Lewis

IMDb Rating: 6.8
Running Time: 156 minutes
Movie Trailer: Da 5 Bloods (2020) – Movie Trailer

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47. Dick Johnson is Dead (2020)

Richard Johnson is a dementia-stricken retired clinical psychiatrist. Kirsten Johnson, his daughter, engages him in a series of creative reenactments of his approaching death, including “falling down a flight of stairs, getting struck in the neck, and bleeding out.  She also has him stage his own funeral and fantasizes about him passing through the gates of heaven. Dick is amenable to her dark humor; in one scene, he suggests, “You can euthanize me.”

Director: Kirsten Johnson
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Biography, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Michael Hilow
  • Ana Hoffman
  • Dick Johnson

IMDb Rating: 7.4
Running Time: 89 minutes
Movie Trailer: Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) – Movie Trailer

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48. Enola Holmes (2020)

The year is 1884, and the world is on the verge of change. Enola Holmes, waking up on her 16th birthday, discovers that her mother has vanished, leaving behind an odd variety of gifts but no obvious hint about her whereabouts. After an untroubled upbringing, Enola is cared for by her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft, who intend to send her to a finishing school for “decent” young girls. Instead, Enola flees to London in quest of her mother, defying their desires and threatening to change the course of history.

Director: Harry Bradbeer
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Mystery, and Crime
Main Cast: 

  • Millie Bobby Brown
  • Sam Claflin
  • Henry Cavill
  • Helena Bonham Carter

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 123 minutes
Movie Trailer: Enola Holmes (2020) – Movie Trailer

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49. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

When budding artists Lars and Sigrid get an opportunity to portray their country at the world’s most prestigious song competition, they finally have a chance to show that every ambition worth having is a dream worth fighting for.

Director: David Dobkin
Language: English, Icelandic, Portuguese
Genre: Comedy and Music
Main Cast: 

  • Will Ferrell
  • Rachel McAdams
  • Dan Stevens
  • Melissanthi Mahut

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Running Time: 123 minutes
Movie Trailer: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

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50. His House (2020)

A refugee couple flees war-torn South Sudan, but they soon find it difficult to adjust to their new life in an English village where evil lurks beneath the surface.

Director: Remi Weekes
Language: English and Dinka
Genre: Drama, Horror, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Wunmi Mosaku
  • Sope Dirisu
  • Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba
  • Matt Smith

IMDb Rating: 6.5
Running Time: 93 minutes
Movie Trailer: His House (2020) – Movie Trailer 

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51. I Care a Lot (2020)

Marla Grayson, a skilled, court-appointed guardian for scores of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly tricks through dubious but legal means, is poised with sharklike self-assurance. Marla and her business partner and girlfriend, Fran, have a well-oiled racket that they apply ruthlessly on their latest “cherry,” Jennifer Peterson, a wealthy retiree with no live heirs or relatives. But, unfortunately, Marla is forced to level up in a game that only predators can play – one that is neither fair nor square – when their target turns out to have a dirty secret of her own and connections to a dangerous mafia.

Director: J Blakeson
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Rosamund Pike
  • Peter Dinklage
  • Eiza González
  • Chris Messina

IMDb Rating: 6.3
Running Time: 118 minutes
Box Office: $1,351,662
Movie Trailer: I Care a Lot Trailer (2020) – Movie Trailer

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52. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

A young woman goes on a road trip with her new lover to his family farm, despite having second thoughts about their relationship. While stuck at the farm with Jake’s mother and father during a snowstorm, the young woman doubts everything she thought she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.

Director: Charlie Kaufman
Language: English, Spanish
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Jesse Plemons
  • Jessie Buckley
  • Toni Collette
  • David Thewlis

IMDb Rating: 6.6
Running Time: 134 minutes
Movie Trailer: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) – Movie Trailer

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53. If Anything Happens I Love You (2020)

If Anything Happens I Love You is a wonderfully designed animated short film that takes us on an astonishing emotional journey with two parents struggling to overcome the pain caused by a sad occurrence that forever changes their family. The film is a remarkable story that contrasts the horrific suffering one might experience with the human spirit’s resiliency. It is an emotional journey for everybody who has ever loved and lost.

Director: Will McCormack and Michael Govier
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Short, and Drama
Main Cast: Unknown
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Running Time: 13 minutes
Movie Trailer: If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) – Movie Trailer

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54. Lost Girls (2020)

When Mari Gilbert’s daughter goes missing, she inquires into the Long Island gated neighborhood where Shannan was last seen. Mari will not let the world forget about the over a dozen deceased sex workers as a result of her hunt.

Director: Liz Garbus
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, and Thriller
Main Cast: 

  • Amy Ryan
  • Thomasin McKenzie
  • Lola Kirke
  • Oona Laurence

IMDb Rating: 6.1
Running Time: 95 minutes
Movie Trailer: Lost Girls (2020) – Movie Trailer

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55. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

Tensions and emotions rise during an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians awaits the arrival of trailblazing vocalist Ma Rainey, the famed “Mother of the Blues.” The fearless, feisty Ma arrives late to the studio and immediately engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her song. While the band waits in the cramped rehearsal room of the studio, ambitious trumpeter Levee – who has a thing for Ma’s girlfriend and is anxious to make his mark in the music industry – inspires his fellow musicians to tell stories that disclose facts that will permanently alter their lives.

Director: George C. Wolfe
Language: English
Genre: Drama and Music
Main Cast: 

  • Viola Davis
  • Chadwick Boseman
  • Glynn Turman
  • Colman Domingo

IMDb Rating: 6.9
Running Time: 94 minutes
Movie Trailer: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Movie Trailer

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56. Mank (2020)

RKO recruits Orson Welles, a 24-year-old wunderkind, on a contract that allows him to complete creative authority over his films. He hires washed-up alcoholic Herman J Mankiewicz to write the screenplay for his first picture. The film in question is “Citizen Kane,” and this is the story behind its creation.

Director: David Fincher
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Crime, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Gary Oldman
  • Amanda Seyfried
  • Lily Collins
  • Arliss Howard

IMDb Rating: 6.9
Running Time: 131 minutes
Box Office: $122,252
Movie Trailer: Mank (2020) – Movie Trailer

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57. My Octopus Teacher (2020)

Craig Foster encounters an odd teacher, a young octopus that demonstrates incredible curiosity, after years of swimming every day in the frigid seas off the coast of Africa. After months of visiting her den and watching her activities, he gradually earns the animal’s trust, and the two form a never-before-seen human-wild animal friendship.

Director: Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Main Cast: 

  • Craig Foster
  • Tom Foster

IMDb Rating: 8.1
Running Time: 85 minutes
Movie Trailer: My Octopus Teacher – Movie Trailer 

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58. News of the World (2020)

Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran of three wars, now travels from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, telling news of presidents and queens, magnificent feuds, tragic disasters, and exciting adventures from the farthest reaches of the planet. Then, he meets Johanna, a 10-year-old who was taken in by the Kiowa people six years ago and nurtured as one of their own on the plains of Texas. Johanna is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her choice, hostile to a world she’s never known. That either can call home.

Director: Paul Greengrass
Language: English and German
Genre: Action, Adventure, and Drama
Main Cast: 

  • Tom Hanks
  • Helena Zengel
  • Tom Astor
  • Travis Johnson

IMDb Rating: 6.8
Running Time: 118 minutes
Box Office: $12,668,325
Movie Trailer: News of the World (2020) – Movie Trailer 

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59. Over the Moon (2020)

Fei Fei, the clever thirteen-year-old girl who grew up hearing her mother’s favorite mythology about Chang’e, the pale moon’s goddess who dwells alone on the silent celestial body longing for Hou Yi, her long-lost lover, is in for an unpleasant surprise. As if that weren’t enough, Fei Fei’s entire world comes crashing down when her adoring father surprises her with a life-changing bombshell. So Fei Fei sets out to build a homemade rocket and blast out to the stars, eager to prove him incorrect.

Director: Glen Keane
Language: English, Chinese, Hindi
Genre: Musical, Animation, Sci-fi, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, and Comedy
Main Cast: 

  • Glen Keane
  • Brycen Hall
  • Ruthie Anne Miles
  • John Cho

IMDb Rating: 6.4
Running Time: 100 minutes
Box Office: $860,000
Movie Trailer: Over the Moon (2020) – Movie Trailer

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60. Pieces of a Woman (2020)

Martha and Sean are a Boston couple on the verge of starting a family, but their lives are forever changed when a home birth ends in tragedy. Thus starts Martha’s year-long journey, during which she must work through her grief while navigating tumultuous relationships with her husband and dominating mother, as well as the widely despised midwife, whom she must face in court. The narrative of a woman learning to live with her loss is extremely intimate, harrowing, and eventually sublime.

Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Language: English
Genre: Drama
Main Cast:

  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Ellen Burstyn
  • Sarah Snook

IMDb Rating: 7.1
Running Time: 128 minutes
Movie Trailer: Pieces of a Woman (2020) – Movie Trailer 

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