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2021 Ratings

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February 2022


The Worst Person
In The World

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Joachim Trier

Starring:
Renate Reinsve
Anders Danielsen Lie
Maria Grazia Di Meo

January 2022


Eternals

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Chloé Zhao

Starring:
Gemma Chan
Richard Madden
Kumail Nanjiani

Munich:
The Edge Of War

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Christian Schwochow

Starring:
George MacKay
Jannis Niewöhner
Jeremy Irons

Queenpins

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Aron Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly

Starring:
Kristen Bell
Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Paul Walter Hauser

The Tragedy of Macbeth

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Joel Coen

Starring:
Denzel Washington
Francis McDormand
Corey Hawkins

December 2021


Spider-Man: No Way Home

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Jon Watts

Starring:
Tom Holland
Zendaya
Benedict Cumberbatch

Licorice Pizza

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring:
Alana Haim
Cooper Hoffman
Bradley Cooper

Encanto

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Jared Bush, Byron Howard

Starring:
Stephanie Beatriz
María Cecilia Botero
Diane Guerrero

Don't Look Up

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Adam McKay

Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jennifer Lawrence
Meryl Streep

Being The Ricardos

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Aaron Sorkin

Starring:
Nicole Kidman
Javier Bardem
J.K. Simmons

Nightmare Alley

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Guillermo del Toro

Starring:
Bradley Cooper
Rooney Mara
Cate Blanchett

The Hand Of God

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Paolo Sorrentino

Starring:
Toni Servillo
Teresa Saponangelo
Luisa Ranieri

West Side Story

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Steven Spielberg

Starring:
Rachel Zegler
Ansel Elgort
Ariana DeBose

The Power Of The Dog

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Jane Campion

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Kirsten Dunst
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Drive My Car

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Starring:
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Toko Miura
Reika Kirishima

November 2021


The Humans

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Stephen Karam

Starring:
Richard Jenkins
Jayne Houdyshell
Beanie Feldstein

King Richard

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Reinaldo Marcus Green

Starring:
Will Smith
Saniyya Sidney
Aunjanue Ellis

Belfast

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Kenneth Branagh

Starring:
Jude Hill
Caitriona Balfe
Jamie Dornan

Shang-Chi and the
Legend of the Ten Rings

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Destin Daniel Cretton

Starring:
Simu Liu
Awkwafina
Tony Leung

Spencer

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Pablo Larraín

Starring:
Kristen Stewart
Timothy Spall
Sally Hawkins

Passing

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Rebecca Hall

Starring:
Tessa Thompson
Ruth Negga
André Holland

The French Dispatch

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Wes Anderson

Starring:
Léa Seydoux
Adrien Brody
Tilda Swinton

The Electric Life of
Louis Wain

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Will Sharpe

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Claire Foy
Andrea Riseborough

Attica

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Stanley Nelson

Starring:
Clarence Jones
George Che Nieves
John Johnson

The Harder They Fall

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Jeymes Samuel

Starring:
Jonathan Majors
Idris Elba
Regina King

October 2021


Dune

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Denis Villeneuve

Starring:
Timothée Chalamet
Rebecca Ferguson
Zendaya

The Forgotten Battle

(Netflix - Dutch)

Directed by:
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Starring:
Susan Radder
Gijs Blom
Jamie Flatters

The Last Duel

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Julie Comer
Matt Damon
Adam Driver

No Time To Die

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Cary Joji Fukunaga

Starring:
Daniel Craig
Léa Seydoux
Ana de Armas

Titane

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Julia Ducournau

Starring:
Agathe Rousselle
Vincent Lindon
Garance Marillier

Free Guy

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Shawn Levy

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds
Jodie Comer
Joe Keery

The Guilty

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Antoine Fuqua

Starring:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Riley Keough
Ethan Hawke

The Many Saints of Newark

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Alan Taylor

Starring:
Alessandro Nivola
Leslie Odom Jr.
Ray Liotta

September 2021


The Mad Women's Ball

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Mélanie Laurent

Starring:
Lou de Laâge
Mélanie Laurent
Emmanuelle Bercot

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Michael Showalter

Starring:
Jessica Chastain
Andrew Garfield
Cherry Jones

Worth

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Sara Colangelo

Starring:
Michael Keaton
Amy Ryan
Stanley Tucci

Annette

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Leos Carax

Starring:
Adam Driver
Marion Cotillard
Simon Helberg

August 2021


Pig

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Michael Sarnoski

Starring:
Nicolas Cage
Alex Wolff
Adam Arkin

The Green Knight

(Streaming)

Directed by:
David Lowery

Starring:
Dev Patel
Alicia Vikander
Joel Edgerton

Cruella

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Craig Gillespie

Starring:
Emma Stone
Emma Thompson
Mark Strong

The Courier

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Dominic Cooke

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Merab Ninidze
Rachel Brosnahan

Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0:
Thrice Upon A Time

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Hideaki Anno

Starring:
Akira Ishida
Yuko Miyamura
Megumi Hayashibara

The Suicide Squad

(Theatre)

Directed by:
James Gunn

Starring:
Idris Elba
Margot Robbie
John Cena

Vivo

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Kirk DeMicco

Starring:
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Zoe Saldana
Ynairaly Simo

July 2021


The Last Letter
From Your Lover

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Augustine Frizzell

Starring:
Shailene Woodley
Felicity Jones
Callum Turner

Gunpowder Milkshake

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Navot Papushado

Starring:
Karen Gillan
Chloe Coleman
Lena Headey

Black Widow

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Cate Shortland

Starring:
Scarlett Johansson
Florence Pugh
David Harbour

June 2021


A Quiet Place Part II

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
John Krasinski

Starring:
Millicent Simmonds
Emily Blunt
Cillian Murphy

No Sudden Move

(Crave / HBO Max)

Directed by:
Steven Soderbergh

Starring:
Don Cheadle
Benicio Del Toro
David Harbour

Luca

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Enrico Casarosa

Starring:
Jacob Tremblay
Jack Dylan Grazer
Emma Berman

May 2021


Oxygen

(Netflix - French)

Directed by:
Alexandre Aja

Starring:
Mélanie Laurent
Mathieu Amalric
Malik Zidi

Eat Wheaties

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Scott Abramovitch

Starring:
Tony Hale
Danielle Brooks
Paul Walter Hauser

The Mitchells vs.
The Machines

(Netflix - Animated)

Directed by:
Michael Rianda

Starring:
Abbi Jacobson
Danny McBride
Maya Rudolph

April 2021


Stowaway

(Amazon-Prime)

Directed by:
Joe Penna

Starring:
Anna Kendrick
Daniel Dae Kim
Toni Collette

New Gods: Nezha Reborn

(Netflix - Mandarin)

Directed by:
Ji Zhao

Starring:
Xiaoming Xuan
Tianxiang Yang
He Zhang

The Soul

(Netflix - Mandarin)

Directed by:
Wei-hao Cheng

Starring:
Chen Chang
Janine Chun-Ning Chang
Christopher Ming-Shun Lee

Nomadland

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Chloé Zhao

Starring:
Frances McDormand
Linda May
David Strathairn

The Father

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Karen Maine

Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
Olivia Colman
Olivia Williams

Concrete Cowboy

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Ricky Staub

Starring:
Idris Elba
Caleb McLaughlin
Jharrel Jerome

March 2021


Raya and the Last Dragon

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Hall, López Estrada

Starring:
Kelly Marie Tran
Awkwafina
Gemma Chan

Yes, God, Yes

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Karen Maine

Starring:
Natalia Dyer
Francesca Reale
Alisha Boe

Judas And The
Black Messiah

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Shaka King

Starring:
Daniel Kaluuya
LaKeith Stanfield
Dominique Fishback

February 2021


Minari

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Lee Isaac Chung

Starring:
Steven Yeun
Yeri Han
Yuh-Jung Youn

I Care A Lot

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
J Blakeson

Starring:
Rosamund Pike
Peter Dinklage
Eiza González

The Dig

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Simon Stone

Starring:
Carey Mulligan
Ralph Fiennes
Lily James

Malcolm & Marie

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Sam Levinson

Starring:
John David Washington
Zendaya

The White Tiger

(Netflix)

Directed by:
Ramin Bahrani

Starring:
Adarsh Gourav
Rajkummar Rao
Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Notturno

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Gianfranco Rosi


January 2021


Promising Young Woman

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Emerald Fennell

Starring:
Carey Mulligan
Bo Burnham
Laverne Cox

One Night In Miami

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Regina King

Starring:
Kingsley Ben-Adir
Leslie Odom Jr.
Eli Goree

Soul

(Disney+)

Directed by:
Pete Docter

Starring:
Jamie Foxx
Tina Fey
Phylicia Rashad

MLK / FBI

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Samuel D. Pollard

Starring:
Martin Luther King
Benjamin Hedin
Laura Tomaselli

Sound of Metal

(Streaming)

Directed by:
Darius Marder

Starring:
Riz Ahmed
Olivia Cooke
Paul Raci

Red, White and Blue

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
John Boyega
Nathan Vidal
Steve Toussaint

Alex Wheatle

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Sheyi Cole
Jonathan Jules
Johann Myers

Education

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Kenyah Sandy
Sharlene Whyte
Tamara Lawrance

December 2020


Wonder Woman

(Theatre)

Directed by:
Patty Jenkins

Starring:
Gal Gadot
Chris Pine
Kristen Wiig

Mangrove

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Shaun Parkes
Letitia Wright
Malachi Kirby

Lovers Rock

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Steve McQueen

Starring:
Shaniqua Okwok
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn
Kadeem Ramsay

The Midnight Sky

(Netflix)

Directed by:
George Clooney

Starring:
Goerge Clooney
Caoilinn Springall
Felicity Jones

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

(Netflix)

Directed by:
George C. Wolfe

Starring:
Viola Davis
Chadwick Boseman
Glynn Thurmin

Palm Springs

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Max Barbakow

Starring:
Andy Samberg
Cristin Milioti
J.K. Simmons

I'm Your Woman

(Amazon Prime)

Directed by:
Julia Hart

Starring:
Rachel Brosnahan
Arinze Kene
Marsha Stephanie Blake

Mank

(Netflix)

Directed by:
David Fincher

Starring:
Gary Oldman
Amanda Seyfried
Lily Collins

Funny Boy

(CBC Gem)

Directed by:
Deepa Mehta

Starring:
Brandon Ingram
Agam Darshi
Nimmi Harasgama

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