The Best Of 2021
by Petra_Goring-deBruin | created - 01 Jul 2020 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicUnsure what to watch online or in the movie theaters? Introducing a list of upcoming/new TV Series, Documentaries and Films for 2021.
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1. 1883 (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Western
Follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west.
Stars: Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Isabel May
Votes: 52,217
2. Clarkson's Farm (2021– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Comedy, Reality-TV
Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he attempts to run a farm in the countryside.
Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Kaleb Cooper, Charlie Ireland, Gerald Cooper
Votes: 32,588
3. Mayor of Kingstown (2021– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The McLusky family are power brokers tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa
Votes: 20,055
4. Jai Bhim (2021)
TV-MA | 164 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a tribal man is arrested for a case of alleged theft, his wife turns to a human-rights lawyer to help bring justice.
Director: T.J. Gnanavel | Stars: Suriya, Lijo Mol Jose, Manikandan K., Rajisha Vijayan
Votes: 189,199
5. Arcane (2021– )
TV-14 | 41 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart.
Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Kevin Alejandro, Jason Spisak, Remy Hii
Votes: 177,557
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon
Votes: 638,257
7. Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 529 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, he is now living under an assumed name in Upstate New York, Iron Lake, far from his original home in Miami.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jack Alcott, Julia Jones, Johnny Sequoyah
Votes: 80,971
8. Sardar Udham (2021)
TV-MA | 164 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A biopic detailing the 2 decades that Punjabi Sikh revolutionary Udham Singh spent planning the assassination of the man responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Director: Shoojit Sircar | Stars: Vicky Kaushal, Shaun Scott, Stephen Hogan, Amol Parashar
Votes: 39,418
9. It's a Sin (2021)
TV-MA | 239 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
Stars: Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Shaun Dooley, Omari Douglas
Votes: 29,371
10. Dopesick (2021)
TV-MA | 492 min | Drama
The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
Stars: Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter
Votes: 46,669
11. Young Royals (2021– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Stars: Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Felicia Truedsson, Malte Gårdinger
Votes: 27,351
12. Passport to Freedom (2021– )
Biography, Drama, War
Aracy de Carvalho is a young clerk at the Brazilian Consulate. For two years, she has been secretly issuing passports to Jews without the dreaded "J" stamp, which not only won't allow them ... See full summary »
Stars: Sophie Charlotte, Aryè Campos, Peter Ketnath, Stefan Weinert
Votes: 197
13. The Book of Boba Fett (2021– )
TV-14 | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
Stars: Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Abdullah Saeed Fawaz Al-Kubaisi, Frank Trigg
Votes: 119,149
14. Mare of Easttown (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Stars: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice
Votes: 143,028
15. Maid (2021)
TV-MA | 545 min | Drama
After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
Stars: Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Rylea Nevaeh Whittet, Andie MacDowell
Votes: 76,101
16. Licorice Pizza (2021)
R | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits
Votes: 82,358
17. Richard Hammond's Workshop (2021– )
60 min | Documentary
Richard Hammond starts a prestige classic car restoration and repair business near his hometown in Herefordshire.
Stars: Richard Hammond, Anthony Greenhouse, Neil Greenhouse, Mindy Hammond
Votes: 541
18. Seaspiracy (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
Director: Ali Tabrizi | Stars: Ali Tabrizi, Richard O'Barry, Lucy Tabrizi, Lori Marino
Votes: 29,906
19. Time (2021– )
59 min | Crime, Drama
Eric is a prison officer who tries to protect those in his charge. When one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice between his principles and his love for his family.
Stars: Sean Bean, Stephen Graham, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters
Votes: 19,278
20. Only Murders in the Building (2021– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves caught up in one.
Stars: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Aaron Dominguez
Votes: 67,465
21. The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (2021– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Reality-TV
Iconic members of the "Real Housewives" franchise from coast-to-coast unite on a luxurious getaway filled with unexpected friendships, fun in the sun and plenty of drama.
Stars: Cynthia Bailey, Kenya Moore, Kyle Richards, Luann de Lesseps
Votes: 359
22. Joe Pickett (2021– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Follows a game warden and his family during a changing political and socioeconomic climate in a small rural town.
Stars: Julianna Guill, Michael Dorman, Sharon Lawrence, Skywalker Hughes
Votes: 1,209
23. Hawkeye (2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Series based on the Marvel Comics superhero Hawkeye, centering on the adventures of Young Avenger, Kate Bishop, who took on the role after the original Avenger, Clint Barton.
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 156,824
24. Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
TV-MA | 296 min | Drama
Television drama miniseries which re-examines the original's iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple, played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Sophia Kopera, Nicole Beharie
Votes: 19,807
25. The Billion Dollar Code (2021)
TV-MA | 267 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Marius Ahrendt, Mark Waschke, Misel Maticevic
Votes: 7,887
26. West Side Story (2021)
PG-13 | 156 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez
Votes: 71,937
27. WandaVision (2021)
TV-PG | 350 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris
Votes: 290,314
28. Resident Alien (2021– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A crash-landed alien takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.
Stars: Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund
Votes: 35,465
29. Heels (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sport
Two brothers and rivals - one a villain, or "heel," in the ring; the other a hero, or "face," war over their late father's wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia.
Stars: Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Mary McCormack
Votes: 6,438
30. Reservation Dogs (2021– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime
Comedy series about four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma.
Stars: Devery Jacobs, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis
Votes: 10,774
31. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 570,231
32. Yellowjackets (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wildly talented high school girl soccer team becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse
Votes: 38,179
33. True Story (III) (2021)
TV-MA | 260 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A tour stop in Kid's hometown of Philadelphia becomes a matter of life and death for one of the world's most famous comedians.
Stars: Kevin Hart, Wesley Snipes, William Catlett, Paul Adelstein
Votes: 17,016
34. The Father (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Director: Florian Zeller | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams
Votes: 136,200
35. Mass (2021)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
Aftermath of a violent tragedy that affects the lives of two couples in different ways.
Director: Fran Kranz | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd, Reed Birney
Votes: 11,786
36. C'mon C'mon (2021)
R | 109 min | Drama
When his sister asks him to look after her son, a radio journalist embarks on a cross-country trip with his energetic nephew to show him life away from Los Angeles.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy
Votes: 23,175
37. Hit-Monkey (2021– )
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
It tells the tale of a wronged Japanese snow monkey, mentored by the ghost of an American assassin, as he cuts a wide swath through the Tokyo underworld.
Stars: Fred Tatasciore, Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Munn, George Takei
Votes: 6,097
38. The Wheel of Time (2021– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey. Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Madeleine Madden, Zoë Robins
Votes: 94,947
39. BMF (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980's and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
Stars: Russell Hornsby, Da'Vinchi, Michole Briana White, Eric Kofi-Abrefa
Votes: 3,379
40. Vigil (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Paterson Joseph
Votes: 19,628
41. Kin (2021– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama
Kin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.
Stars: Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Emmett J Scanlan
Votes: 4,577
42. Dr. Death (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
As patients entering the operating room of Dr. Christopher Duntsch for routine spinal surgeries start leaving permanently maimed or end up dead, two fellow surgeons and a young Assistant District Attorney set out to stop him.
Stars: Joshua Jackson, Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, Dominic Burgess
Votes: 11,734
43. Loki (2021– )
TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series that takes place after the events of “Avengers: Endgame.”
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino
Votes: 283,961
44. The White Lotus (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama