Films of 2021
2021 was the most melancholy year of its era.
Across 454 well-known films, 2021 reads higher on melancholy than the decade around it — 43.2 against 41.7, a gap of 1.5. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 2021
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
8.2 / 10
Zack Snyder's Justice League
8.1 / 10
Palmer
8.1 / 10
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
8.1 / 10
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
8.1 / 10
Cruella
8.0 / 10
Bo Burnham: Inside
8.0 / 10
Spider-Man: No Way Home
7.9 / 10
Nobody
7.9 / 10
CODA
7.9 / 10
Ron's Gone Wrong
7.9 / 10
Miraculous World: Shanghai - The Legend of Ladydragon
7.9 / 10
The most singular films of 2021
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 2021 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
Girl in the Basement
Cinnamon 93
Friends: The Reunion
Cinnamon 89
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Cinnamon 86
Dune
Cinnamon 85
Godzilla vs. Kong
Cinnamon 85
The Tomorrow War
Cinnamon 85
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
Cinnamon 84
The Suicide Squad
Cinnamon 83
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Cinnamon 83
Fear Street: 1978
Cinnamon 83
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Cinnamon 81
A Quiet Place Part II
Cinnamon 80