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2021 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming.

Contents

Evaluation of the year

In his article highlighting the best movies of 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "From an artistic perspective, 2021 has been an excellent cinematic vintage, yet the bounty is shadowed by an air of doom. The reopening of theatres has brought many great movies—some of which were postponed from last year—to the big screen, but fewer people to see them. The biggest successes, as usual, have been superhero and franchise films. The French Dispatch has done respectably in wide release, and Licorice Pizza is doing superbly on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, but few, if any, of the year’s best films are likely to reach high on the box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a paradoxical effect on movies. On the one hand, a streaming release is a wide release, happily accessible to all (or to all subscribers). On the other, an online release usually registers as a nonevent, and many of the great movies hardly make a blip on the mediascape despite being more accessible than ever." [1]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2021 [2] [3]
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures $1,912,233,593 [nb 1]
2 The Battle at Lake Changjin Bona $909,596,236
3 Hi, Mom Lian Ray$841,674,419
4 No Time to Die MGM / Universal $774,253,007
5 F9 Universal $726,229,501
6 Detective Chinatown 3 Wanda $686,257,563
7 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony Pictures $506,863,592
8 Godzilla vs. Kong Warner Bros. / Toho $470,116,094
9 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Disney $432,243,292
10 Dune Warner Bros $431,000,000
  1. Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

2021 box office records

Film records

Events

Award ceremonies

2021 film award ceremonies
DateEventHostLocation(s)
January 16 26th Forqué Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain
February 28 [17] 78th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
March 2 8th Feroz Awards Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España Madrid, Spain
March 6 35th Goya Awards Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences Málaga, Spain
March 7 [18] 26th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, California, U.S.
March 12 46th César Awards Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma Paris, France
March 21 13th Gaudí Awards Catalan Film Academy Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
March 21 73rd Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America, East
Writers Guild of America West
Ceremony held virtually
March 24 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards Producers Guild of America Ceremony held virtually
April 4 [19] 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
April 10 73rd Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Ceremony held virtually
April 11 [20] 74th British Academy Film Awards [21] British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England, UK
April 16 [22] 48th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
April 22 36th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
April 24 41st Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation Los Angeles, California, U.S.
April 25 [23] 93rd Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Los Angeles, California, U.S.
May 3 67th National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals New Delhi, India
May 11 [24] 66th David di Donatello Accademia del Cinema Italiano Rome, Italy
May 13 57th Baeksang Arts Awards Ilgan Sports Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
September 18–19 [25] 9th South Indian International Movie Awards Vibri Media Group Hyderabad, Telangana, India
October 3 [26] 8th Platino Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain
October 7 [27] 30th Buil Film Awards Busan Ilbo Busan, South Korea
October 8 15th Asian Film Awards The Asian Film Awards Academy Busan, South Korea
October 26 46th Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Los Angeles, California, U.S.
November 14 [28] 20th Santosham Film Awards Santosham Magazine Hyderabad, Telangana, India
November 26 [29] 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Sports Chosun Seoul
November 27 58th Golden Horse Awards Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C. Taipei, Taiwan
December 11 [30] 34th European Film Awards European Film Academy Berlin, Germany
December 11 27th Forqué Awards Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales Madrid, Spain

Film festivals

List of some of the film festivals for 2021 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).

2021 film festivals
DateEventHostLocation
January 28 – February 3 2021 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah, United States
March 1–5 71st Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germany
July 6–17 2021 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France
August 4–14 74th Locarno Film Festival Locarno Film Festival Locarno, Switzerland
September 1–11 78th Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy
September 9–18 2021 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 17–25 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián, Spain
October 6–15 26th Busan International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival Busan, South Korea
November 20–28 52nd International Film Festival of India Directorate of Film Festivals Goa, India

Awards

Category/Organization 79th Golden Globe Awards
January 9, 2022
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards
February 27 – March 20, 2022
75th BAFTA Awards
March 13, 2022
27th Critics' Choice Awards
March 13, 2022
94th Academy Awards
March 27, 2022
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Picture The Power of the Dog West Side Story CODA The Power of the Dog CODA
Best Director Jane Campion
The Power of the Dog
Best Actor Will Smith
King Richard
Andrew Garfield
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Will Smith
King Richard
Best Actress Nicole Kidman
Being the Ricardos
Rachel Zegler
West Side Story
Jessica Chastain
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Joanna Scanlan
After Love
Jessica Chastain
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best Supporting Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee
The Power of the Dog
Troy Kotsur
CODA
Best Supporting Actress Ariana DeBose
West Side Story
Best Screenplay, Adapted Kenneth Branagh
Belfast
Sian Heder
CODA
Jane Campion
The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder
CODA
Best Screenplay, Original Adam McKay & David Sirota
Don't Look Up
Paul Thomas Anderson
Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh
Belfast
Best Animated Film Encanto The Mitchells vs. the Machines Encanto
Best Original Score Hans Zimmer
Dune
Hans Zimmer
Dune
Best Original Song"No Time to Die"
No Time to Die
"No Time to Die"
No Time to Die
Best Foreign Language Film Drive My Car Drive My Car
Best Documentary [lower-alpha 1] Summer of Soul

2021 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 3 Barbara Shelley 88UKActress
4 Tanya Roberts 71USActress
4 Gregory Sierra 83USActor
5 James Greene 89IrelandActor
5 John Richardson 86UKActor
6 Antonio Sabàto Sr. 77ItalyActor
7 Michael Apted 79UKDirector
7 Val Bettin 97USVoice Actor
7 Marion Ramsey 73USActress, Singer
8 Steve Carver 75USDirector
8 Mike Henry 84USActor
9 John Reilly 86USActor
11 Tord Peterson 94SwedenActor
11 Stacy Title 56USDirector
12 Mona Malm 85SwedenActress
14 Peter Mark Richman 93USActor
15 Dale Baer 70USAnimator
16 Charlotte Cornwell 71UKActress
18 Jean-Pierre Bacri 69FranceActor, Screenwriter
18 Perry Botkin Jr. 87USComposer
18 Juan Carlos Tabío 77CubaDirector, Screenwriter
20 Ian Wilson 81UKCinematographer
21 Nathalie Delon 79FranceActress
21 Rémy Julienne 90FranceStuntman
23 Walter Bernstein 101USScreenwriter, Director
23 Tony Ferrer 86PhilippinesActor
23 Alberto Grimaldi 95ItalyProducer
23 Hal Holbrook 95USActor
23 Trisha Noble 76AustraliaActress, Singer
24 Bruce Kirby 95USActor
24 Gunnel Lindblom 89SwedenActress
27 Cloris Leachman 94USActress
28 Vasily Lanovoy 87RussiaActor
28 Cicely Tyson 96USActress
30 Allan Burns 85USScreenwriter
February 1 Jonas Gricius 92LithuaniaCinematographer
1 Robert C. Jones 84USFilm Editor, Screenwriter
3 Haya Harareet 89IsraelActress
5 Christopher Plummer 91CanadaActor
7 Giuseppe Rotunno 97ItalyCinematographer
7 Moufida Tlatli 73TunisiaDirector, Film Editor
8 Jean-Claude Carrière 89FranceScreenwriter, Actor
9 John Hora 80USCinematographer
11 Joan Weldon 90USActress
12 Antonio Giménez-Rico 82SpainDirector, Screenwriter
12 Christopher Pennock 76USActor
12 Lynn Stalmaster 93USCasting Director
15 Lucía Guilmáin 83MexicoActress
17 Martha Stewart 98USActress
18 Andrey Myagkov 82RussiaActor
20 David de Keyser 93UKActor
22 Giancarlo Santi 81ItalyDirector
24 Alan Robert Murray 66USSound Engineer
24 Ronald Pickup 80UKActor
27 Ng Man-tat 70Hong KongActor
March 1 Enrique San Francisco 65SpainActor
2 Gil Rogers 87USActor
3 Nicola Pagett 75EgyptActress
4 Tony Hendra 79UKScreenwriter
6 David Bailie 83South AfricaActor
8 Leon Gast 85USDocumentarian
8 Trevor Peacock 89UKActor
9 Biff McGuire 94USActor
9 Isela Vega 81MexicoActress
11 Isidore Mankofsky 89USCinematographer
11 Peter Patzak 76AustriaDirector, Screenwriter
11 Norman J. Warren 78UKDirector
14 Henry Darrow 87USActor
15 Yaphet Kotto 81USActor
17 Antón García Abril 87SpainComposer
18 Richard Gilliland 71USActor
22 Susana Canales 87SpainActress
22 Tatyana Lolova 87BulgariaActress
22 May Wynn 93USActress
23 George Segal 87USActor
24 Craig Grant 52USActor
24 Kunie Tanaka 88JapanActor
24 Jessica Walter 80USActress
25 Larry McMurtry 84USScreenwriter
25 Bertrand Tavernier 79FranceDirector, Screenwriter
28 Liu Kai-chi 67Hong KongActor
April 1 Lee Aaker 77USActor
3 Lois de Banzie 90USActress
3 Gloria Henry 98USActress
3 John Paragon 66USActor, Director
4 Zygmunt Malanowicz 83PolandActor
5 Robert Fletcher 98USCostume Designer
5 Paul Ritter 54UKActor
6 Walter Olkewicz 72USActor
7 James Hampton 84USActor
8 Richard Rush 91USDirector, Screenwriter
9 Earl "DMX" Simmons 50USActor, Rapper
11 Giannetto De Rossi 78ItalyMakeup Artist
11 Joseph Siravo 66USActor
12 André Maranne 94FranceActor
16 Helen McCrory 52UKActress
16 Anthony Powell 85UKCostume Designer
16 Felix Silla 84ItalyStuntman, Actor
16 Mari Törőcsik 85HungaryActress
19 Emília Došeková 83SlovakiaAcrtress, Screenwritter, Singer
20 Monte Hellman 91USDirector, Film Editor
22 Charles Fries 92USProducer, Executive
29 Johnny Crawford 75USActor, Singer
29 Billie Hayes 96USActress
29 Frank McRae 80USActor
May 1 Olympia Dukakis 89USActress
1 Willy Kurant 87BelgiumCinematographer
2 Jacques d'Amboise 86USChoreographer, Actor
4 Chuck Hicks 93USStuntman, Actor
7 Tawny Kitaen 59USActress
8 Graeme Ferguson 91CanadaProducer, Cinematographer
9 Neil Connery 83UKActor
11 Norman Lloyd 106USActor
11 Buddy Van Horn 92USStuntman, Director
15 Roy Scammell 88UKStuntman
18 Charles Grodin 86USActor
19 Paul Mooney 79USActor
24 Desiree Gould 76USActress
24 Robert Green Hall 47USMakeup Artist
24 Samuel E. Wright 74USActor, Singer
26 Jerome Hellman 92USProducer
26 Paul Soles 90CanadaActor
27 Lorina Kamburova 29BulgariaActress
27 Shane Briant 74UKActor
29 Gavin MacLeod 90USActor
31 Peter Del Monte 77ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
31 Arlene Golonka 85USActress
June 3 Ernie Lively 74USActor
4 Clarence Williams III 81USActor
5 Paulo Thiago 75BrazilDirector, Screenwriter
9 Cynthia Hargrave 64USProducer
9 Libuše Šafránková 68Czech RepublicActress
10 Joyce MacKenzie 95USActress
11 John Gabriel 90USActor
12 Dennis Berry 76USActor, Director
13 Ned Beatty 83USActor
13 David Lightfoot 61AustraliaProducer
14 Lisa Banes 65USActress
16 Frank Bonner 79USActor
16 Allen Midgette 82USActor
19 Leon Greene 89UKActor
20 Joanne Linville 93USActress
21 Nina Divíšková 84Czech RepublicActress
22 Antonio Salines 84ItalyActor
23 Clare Peploe 79TanzaniaScreenwriter, Director
23 Robert Sacchi 89USActor
25 Olga Barnet 69RussiaActress
25 John Erman 85USActor, Director
25 June Kenney 87USActress
27 Alison Greenspan 48USProducer
July 4 Luminița Gheorghiu 71RomaniaActress
5 Raffaella Carrà 78ItalyActress, Singer
5 Richard Donner 91USDirector, Producer
5 Vladimir Menshov 81RussiaDirector, Actor
5 William Smith 88USActor
6 Suzzanne Douglas 64USActress
7 Dilip Kumar 98IndiaActor
7 Robert Downey Sr. 85USDirector, Screenwriter, Actor
7 Chick Vennera 74USActor
11 Charlie Robinson 75USActor
15 Libero De Rienzo 44ItalyActor
17 Pilar Bardem 82SpainActress
17 Jacqueline Sassard 81FranceActress
20 Françoise Arnoul 90FranceActress
23 John Cornell 80AustraliaScreenwriter, Producer, Director
24 Jackie Mason 93USActor, Comedian
25 Doug Falconer 69CanadaProducer
26 Rick Aiello 65USActor
27 Saginaw Grant 85USActor
27 Jean-François Stévenin 77FranceActor, Director, Screenwriter
30 Jack Couffer 96USCinematographer
31 Alvin Ing 89USActor
31 Mark Tarlov 69USProducer, Director
August 3 Jean Hale 82USActress
3 Jørgen Langhelle 55NorwayActor
3 Marcia Nasatir 95USProducer, Executive
7 Brad Allan 48AustraliaStuntman
7 Markie Post 70USActress
7 Jane Withers 95USActress
9 Alex Cord 88USActor
9 Pat Hitchcock 93UKActress
9 Ken Hutchison 72UKActor
12 Una Stubbs 84UKActress
14 Piera Degli Esposti 83ItalyActress
15 Gianfranco D'Angelo 84ItalyActor
17 Rock Demers 87CanadaProducer
19 Sonny Chiba 82JapanActor
19 Li Hsing 91TaiwanDirector
23 Brick Bronsky 57USActor
23 Michael Nader 76USActor
23 Rosita Quintana 96ArgentinaActress, Singer
25 Zdenka Procházková 95Czech RepublicActress
29 Ed Asner 91USActor
29 Peggy Farrell 89USCostume Designer
31 Michael Constantine 94USActor
31 Ferhan Şensoy 70TurkeyActor
September 1 George Martin 83SpainActor
2 Mikis Theodorakis 96GreeceComposer
4 Mort Ransen 88CanadaDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
5 Ion Caramitru 79RomaniaActor
6 Jean-Paul Belmondo 88FranceActor
6 Nino Castelnuovo 84ItalyActor
6 Anthony Johnson 56USActor
6 Michael K. Williams 54USActor
7 Eiichi Yamamoto 80JapanDirector, Screenwriter
8 Art Metrano 84USActor
9 Jon Gregory 77UKFilm Editor
11 Fran Bennett 84USActress
11 Gloria Warren 95USActress, Singer
12 Ben Best 46USActor, Screenwriter
12 Sondra James 82USActress, Casting Director
13 Don Collier 92USActor
14 Norm Macdonald 61CanadaActor
15 Gavan O'Herlihy 70USActor
16 Jane Powell 92USActress, Singer
17 Basil Hoffman 83USActor
18 Mario Camus 86SpainDirector, Screenwriter
21 Willie Garson 57USActor
21 Melvin Van Peebles 89USDirector, Actor, Screenwriter
22 Roger Michell 65UKDirector
23 David H. DePatie 91USProducer
26 Kjersti Holmen 65NorwayActress
27 Heinz Lieven 93GermanyActor
28 Tommy Kirk 79USActor
29 Ravil Isyanov 59RussiaActor
October 3 Cynthia Harris 87USActress
3 Tomas Norström 65SwedenActor
3 Marc Pilcher 53UKMakeup Artist
8 Chang Yung-hsiang 91TaiwanScreenwriter
10 Bob Herron 97USStuntman
10 Luis de Pablo 91SpainComposer
10 Ruthie Tompson 111USAnimator
12 Brian Goldner 58USProducer
14 Diane Weyermann 66USProducer
15 Dorothy Steel 95USActress
16 Felipe Cazals 84MexicoDirector, Screenwriter
16 Geoffrey Chater 100UKActor
16 Betty Lynn 95USActress
18 Val Bisoglio 95USActor
18 Ralph Carmichael 94USComposer
18 Jo-Carroll Dennison 97USActress
18 William Lucking 80USActor
19 Leslie Bricusse 90UKComposer
19 Jack Angel 90USVoice Actor
20 Michael Laughlin 82USDirector, Screenwriter, Producer
21 George Butler 78UKDocumentarian
21 Halyna Hutchins 42UkraineCinematographer
22 Peter Scolari 66USActor
26 Mort Sahl 94USActor
28 Camille Saviola 71USActress
29 Puneeth Rajkumar 46IndiaActor
31 Dean Shek 72Hong KongActor, Producer
November 1 Yuri Klepikov 86RussiaScreenwriter
4 Lionel Blair 92UKActor
6 Peter Aykroyd 65CanadaActor
6 Clifford Rose 92UKActor
7 Dean Stockwell 85USActor
9 Jerry Douglas 88USActor
9 Roy Holder 75UKActor
11 Henry Woolf 91UKActor
13 Emi Wada 84JapanCostume Designer
14 Bobby Clark 77USActor
17 Art LaFleur 78USActor
17 Igor Savochkin 58RussiaActor
19 Will Ryan 72USVoice Actor
21 Lou Cutell 91USActor
22 Marie Versini 81FranceActress
24 Yvonne Wilder 84USActress
25 Don Phillips 80USCasting Director, Producer
26 Stephen Sondheim 91USComposer, Songwriter
27 Eddie Mekka 69USActor
29 Arlene Dahl 96USActress
29 David Gulpilil 68AustraliaActor
December 2 Antony Sher 72UKActor
3 Denis O'Brien 80USProducer
4 Martha De Laurentiis 67USProducer
9 Carmen Salinas 82MexicoActress
9 Larry Sellers 72USActor
9 Lina Wertmüller 93ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
9 Cara Williams 96USActress
10 Michael Nesmith 78USSinger, Actor, Producer
11 Jack Hedley 92UKActor
12 Vicente Fernández 81MexicoSinger, Actor
13 Verónica Forqué 66SpainActress
13 Sergei Solovyov 77RussiaDirector, Screenwriter
17 Chen Sung-young 80TaiwanActor
19 Sally Ann Howes 91UKActress, Singer
20 Pierre Cassignard 56FranceActor
21 Jaime Comas 85SpainScreenwriter, Producer
22 Richard Conway 79USSpecial Effects Artist
23 Joan Didion 87USScreenwriter
24 Harvey Evans 83USActor, Dancer
25 Jean-Marc Vallée 58CanadaDirector, Producer, Film Editor
30 Stephen J. Lawrence 82USComposer
30 Denis O'Dell 98UKProducer
30 Renato Scarpa 82ItalyActor
31 Betty White 99USActress

Film debuts

Notes

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