Best 2021 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2021 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. The Fallout
- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 40,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Megan Park
- Actors: Jenna Ortega, Maddie Ziegler, Niles Fitch
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#19. Dune: Part One
- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 974,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
- Runtime: 2 hours 35 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $108,897,830

#18. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Morgan Neville
- Actors: Asia Argento, Anthony Bourdain, Ariane Bourdain
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,354,970

#17. C'mon C'mon
- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 42,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Mike Mills
- Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Woody Norman
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,863,674

#16. Vortex
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Gaspar Noé
- Actors: Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz
- Runtime: 2 hours 22 minutes
- Rating: Unrated
- Box office: $145,708

#15. Memoria
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (votes: 12,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Actors: Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Runtime: 2 hours 16 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $52,656

#14. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
- Actors: Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer Camp, Isabella Rossellini
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $6,333,702

#13. In the Heights
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 55,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Jon M. Chu
- Actors: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace
- Runtime: 2 hours 23 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $29,975,167

#12. West Side Story
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 103,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Actors: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose
- Runtime: 2 hours 36 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $38,530,322

#11. Mass
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Fran Kranz
- Actors: Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $145,174

#10. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 137,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
- Actors: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#9. The Power of the Dog
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 202,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Jane Campion
- Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Stacker score: 89.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 43,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: Joel Coen
- Actors: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

#7. Judas and the Black Messiah
- Stacker score: 89.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 96,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Shaka King
- Actors: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,478,009

#6. Licorice Pizza
- Stacker score: 91.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 151,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Actors: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $17,318,007

#5. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
- Stacker score: 93.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki
- Actors: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura
- Runtime: 2 hours 35 minutes
- Rating: TV-MA
- Box office: $810,744

#4. Drive My Car
- Stacker score: 94.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 74,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- Actors: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima
- Runtime: 2 hours 59 minutes
- Rating: Unrated
- Box office: $2,352,240

#3. The Rescue
- Stacker score: 94.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 23,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Actors: Bancha Duriyapunt, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Anan Surawan
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $1,060,556

#2. Flee
- Stacker score: 96.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Actors: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $339,754

#1. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 15,000)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: Hal Tulchin
- Actors: The 5th Dimension, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Jesse Jackson
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: N/A