Best American Movies of 2021 – page 3

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 6.3
 61K
Love Hard (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who ...
Style: romantic, rom com, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens
Plot: christmas, online dating, looking for love, happy ending, friendship, holiday, social media, friend, love interest, couple relations, love affair, fall in love ...
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The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot: mafia, criminal, gangster, mob boss, mobster, gang war, mafioso, black man white woman sex, cosa nostra, organized crime, criminal underworld, crime boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1971, 70s, year 1967, year 1972
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district ...
Style: anime, tense, captivating, suspense, perverse ...
Plot: halloween, batman, superhero, organized crime, investigation, murder investigation, gang, fighting crime, gang war, showdown, murder mystery, heroes ...
Time: 2020s, 20th century, 90s
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 5.5
 60K
Infinite (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are ...
Style: suspense, spiritual, captivating, tense, philosophical ...
Plot: reincarnation, schizophrenia, struggle, final battle, destruction, russian roulette, secret, back from the dead, final showdown, anti heroine, dark hero, jet plane ...
Time: 2020s, year 1985, 80s
Place: north america, new york, scotland, himalaya, mexico city ...
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 6.8
 17K
Swan Song (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
Style: psychological, futuristic, disturbing, captivating, existential ...
Plot: love, illness, clone, moral dilemma, terminator, dystopian future, love and romance, father son relationship, father, husband wife relationship, cloning, family relations ...
Time: future
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Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.
Style: anime, tense, captivating, exciting, perverse ...
Plot: superhero, batman, mother's day, independence day, criminal, murder investigation, organized crime, showdown, good versus evil, murder mystery, fighting crime, murder ...
Time: 2020s
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 8.0
 162K
CODA (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Style: psychological, teen, sad, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: deaf, sign language, mute or deaf, musician, coming of age, family relations, disability, teenager, deafness, fisherman, women, parents and children ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: persia, hawaii, massachusetts
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 5.6
 35K
Jolt (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, smart, perverse ...
Plot: female vigilante, female assassin, anger management, cia, murder, female protagonist, strong female lead, revenge, murder mystery, chase, anger, fight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The film tells the story of quick-witted teen Mark, contentedly living the same day in an endless loop whose world is turned upside-down when he meets mysterious Margaret also stuck in the time loop. Mark and Margaret form a magnetic partnership, ...
Style: romantic comedy, sincere, suspenseful, psychological, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, love, alternate reality, dog, student, teenager, time, friendship, supernatural, coming of age, repeated scene ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.2
 70K
Kate (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style: suspense, cult classic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female assassin, murder, revenge, assassin, female protagonist, woman, yakuza, fight, poison, strong female lead, murderer, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: tokyo, japan, osaka japan
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 6.7
 29K
Moxie (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Style: teen, captivating, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: feminist, teenager, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, revolution, coming of age, feminism, youth, rebel, rebellious youth, rebelliousness ...
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 6.1
 30K
The Voyeurs (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young couple, find themselves becoming interested in the sex life of their neighbors across the street. What starts as an innocent curiosity turns into an unhealthy obsession.
Style: erotic, suspense, psychological, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot: voyeurism, female voyeur, infidelity, hot and sexy, voyeur, peeping, young couple, erotica, cheating wife, porn, exhibitionist, watching sex ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: montreal
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Vacation Friends (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.
Style: funny, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: vacation, wedding, friendship, friend, couples, satire, travel, chaos, love and romance, male female relationship, couple relations, family relations ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mexico
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The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After Katie Mitchell is accepted into the film school of her dreams, her family decides to use this opportunity to drive Katie to school as a road trip. When their plans are interrupted by a tech uprising, the Mitchells realize that they must work ...
Style: funny, feel good, road movie, light, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, preschool
Plot: robot, father daughter relationship, parents and children, road trip, dog, family relations, family life, pug, fish out of water, journey, wife, husband ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
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 5.4
 44K
Snake Eyes (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is taught the ways of the ninja warrior. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' ...
Style: suspense, saga, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: ninja, snake, ninja warrior, female warrior, martial arts, master warrior, mysterious character, fight, giant snake, ninja master, female ninja, showdown ...
Time: 2020s
Place: japan, los angeles, washington state, tokyo
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Come From Away (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 7,000 passengers are stranded in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland after all flights into the US are grounded on September 11, 2001. Filmed live on stage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater in New York City.
Style: captivating, psychological, sincere, humorous, disturbing
Plot: problem solving, small town, coping, society, problem, love, music, experiment, gay, based on broadway musical, stage musical, stranded ...
Time: september 11 2001
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 6.5
 27K
Bad Trip (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrages misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.
Style: light, funny, road movie, dark comedy, buddy comedy ...
Plot: gorilla, humour, road trip, car, prank, friends, stoner, road accident, travel, escapades, satire, drunk ...
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 6.2
 38K
Copshop (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: jail cell, hitman, police, assassin, black cop, female warrior, gunfight, arrest, prison, murder, rookie, small town ...
Time: future
Place: nevada
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 7.1
 139K
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style: period piece, captivating, comedy drama, teen, independent film ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, actor, first love, teenage boy, jealousy, closeted homosexual, political campaign, age difference, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, friendship, wrongful arrest ...
Time: year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, pasadena california, new york
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The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Templeton brothers—Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted—have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married stay-at-home dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do ...
Style: humorous, funny, anime, allegory, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: baby, children, boss, sibling rivalry, child, kids and family, baby girl, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, talking animal, animal, little boy ...
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 6.4
 15K
The Starling (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional
Plot: unlikely friendships, bird, grief, loss, human animal relationship, animal human communication, love, psychology, bereavement, loss of family, animal attack, family crisis ...
Time: 2020s
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 5.7
 33K
Cry Macho (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing, road movie ...
Plot: cowboy, bad mother, parents and children, father son relationship, redemption, father and son, family relations, travel, competition, old man, kidnapping, horse ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, year 1978
Place: mexico, mexico city
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 6.4
 22K
Queenpins (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bored and frustrated suburban homemaker Connie and her best pal JoJo, a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million-dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box of cereal gone stale, and ...
Style: entertaining, buddy comedy, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot: female criminal, housewife, women, caper, cons and scams, escapades, female protagonist, female friendship, partners in crime, swindle, scam, partner ...
Time: 21st century
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Single All the Way (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date ...
Style: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, gay cinema ...
Plot: gay, holiday, christmas, lgbt, gay interest, gay relationship, gay romance, lgbtq, interracial love relationship, father son relationship, friendship, dating ...
Place: new hampshire
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On the Count of Three (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is ...
Style: dark comedy, suspense, psychological, disturbing, dark ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: friends, suicide, friendship between men, depression, problem, death wish, self discovery, wanting to die, friend, brotherhood, mental health, suicide attempt ...
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The Earthrealm heroes must journey to the Outworld and fight for the survival of their homeland, invaded by the forces of evil warlord Shao Kahn, in the tournament to end all tournaments: the final Mortal Kombat.
Style: anime, intense, adult animation, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: master warrior, martial artist, female warrior, kung fu, martial arts, intense violence, graphic violence, bloody violence, mortal combat, contests and competitions, warrior, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.0
 3K
Swan Song (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.
Style: disturbing, sincere, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, homosexual, gay bar, small town, drag queen, gay friend, gay father, gay interest, gay couple, lgbt, retirement home ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio
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Girl in the Basement (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, dark, mindfuck ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: basement, abusive father, domineering father, hostage, captivity, father and daughter, father, rescue, strict father, violent father, bomb shelter, hidden room ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
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 6.5
 7K
The Novice (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Style: suspense, emotional, romantic, touching, talky ...
Plot: obsession, college freshman, crew, chore, elite, rivalry, newcomer, champion, talented, squad, ambition, training ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 16K
Injustice (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Style: anime, disturbing, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: superhero, villain, female warrior, alternate reality, batman, battles, superman, fight, superpower, showdown, justice, superheroine ...
Time: 2020s
Place: washington d.c., pentagon
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