Movies watched in 2021
by MissSimonetta | created - 02 Jan 2021 | updated - 09 Apr 2021 | PublicExactly what it says on the tin: these are movies I watched for the first time in 2021.
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1. Barbary Coast (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Mary Rutledge arrives from the East, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Louis Charnalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling house in 1850s San Francisco.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan
Votes: 2,051
2. Easy Virtue (1927)
Not Rated | 80 min | Romance, Thriller
A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter
Votes: 3,061
3. Society Dog Show (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out Pluto rescues Fifi and is proclaimed a hero.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Billy Bletcher, John McLeish, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 1,162
4. Fun in a Bakery Shop (1902)
1 min | Short, Comedy
A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental use of stop motion.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 443
5. Attack on a China Mission (1900)
4 min | Short, Action, Crime
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and ... See full summary »
Director: James Williamson | Stars: Mr. James, Mr. Lepard, Florence Williamson
Votes: 680
6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 137,935 | Gross: $8.18M
7. The Seven Ages (1905)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Reveals the most important stages of life, through one couple.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 201
8. The Hayseed (1919)
27 min | Short, Comedy
Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Jack Coogan Sr.
Votes: 965
9. Remember (I) (2015)
R | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person he believes to be responsible for the death of his family in the death camp to kill him himself.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith, Martin Landau
Votes: 27,857 | Gross: $0.64M
10. Queen Kelly (1932)
Passed | 101 min | Drama
A convent girl is abducted and seduced by a prince before being sent off to a brothel in East Africa.
Directors: Erich von Stroheim, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sylvia Ashton
Votes: 3,365
11. The Parallax View (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn
Votes: 21,790 | Gross: $2.15M
12. Lupin III: The First (2019)
Not Rated | 93 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin III goes on a grand adventure to uncover the secrets of the Bresson Diary, which is tied to the legacy of his famous grandfather.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Sawashiro
Votes: 3,775
13. A Holiday Pageant at Home (1901)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A family of seven entertain themselves by putting on a pageant on Christmas Eve.
Votes: 279
15. Man Walking Around the Corner (1887)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Votes: 1,566
16. Dishonored (1931)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland
Votes: 3,200
17. Through the Breakers (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard, Adele DeGarde, Kate Bruce
Votes: 46
18. Wishmaster (1997)
R | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror
A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth.
Director: Robert Kurtzman | Stars: Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Angus Scrimm, Ari Barak
Votes: 25,429 | Gross: $15.72M
19. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Not Rated | 128 min | Fantasy, Music, Musical
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars
Votes: 3,945 | Gross: $0.09M
20. The Oath and the Man (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Before the revolution in France the nobility exercised a most despotic rule over the peasants, subjecting them to abject slavery. Not only did they suffer pecuniary oppression, but their ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Florence Barker, W. Chrystie Miller, Francis J. Grandon
Votes: 105
21. Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Reliable authority states that nine million human lives were sacrificed through the zeal of fanatical reformers during the Christian epoch. Religious fanaticism was in most cases the cause,... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy, Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols
Votes: 98
22. A Cave Man Wooing (1912)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
George, an "unathletic" young man, falls for Clarice, a healthy, athletically-inclined young woman. Unfortunately for George, a strapping, muscle-bound stud is also after Clarice, and she ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Turner | Stars: King Baggot, Violet Horner, William Robert Daly, William E. Shay
Votes: 23
23. The Days of Terror; or, in the Reign of Terror (1912)
16 min | Drama, Short
Director: Charles Kent | Stars: Charles Kent, Julia Swayne Gordon, Leo Delaney, Leah Baird
Votes: 15
24. The Heart of the King's Jester (1912)
15 min | Short, Drama
The Jester falls in love with the Princess. The Princess cannot abide him and when he declares his love, she laughs derisively and points to the water of the fountain at which he is sitting... See full summary »
Director: William Humphrey | Stars: Earle Williams, Edith Storey, William Humphrey, Rose Tapley
Votes: 23
25. Her Child's Honor (1911)
16 min | Drama, Short
A mother unknowingly commits bigamy when her first husband, who was supposed to be dead, unexpectedly returns. She makes the ultimate sacrifice in order to preserve her innocent child's legitimacy.
Director: Harry Solter | Stars: Florence Lawrence, Arthur V. Johnson, Albert McGovern, Harry Myers
Votes: 23
26. Oh, You Ragtime! (1912)
5 min | Comedy, Short
This is the story of a great musician who tries out a popular ragtime classic with such telling effect that he nearly puts the entire neighborhood out of commission. Businessmen, laborers, ... See full summary »
Director: Étienne Arnaud | Stars: Alec B. Francis, Julia Stuart, Guy Oliver, Muriel Ostriche
Votes: 24
27. The Ranchman's Vengeance (1911)
10 min | Short, Western
Lorenz Pedro, a Mexican half-breed, owns a small sheep ranch, and lives happily with his wife Marie and little daughter Lois. One exceedingly hot afternoon, Tom Flint, riding across the ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Dot Farley, George Periolat, Gilbert P. Hamilton
Votes: 49
28. Psychic Confession (1982)
Documentary
Professional magician Danny Korem speaks to purported telekinetic/martial arts instructor James Hydrick, who admits his powers are a sham.
Director: Danny Korem | Stars: Billy Hydrick, James Hydrick, Lois Hydrick, Ray Hyman
29. Blue Wing's Revenge (1924)
8 min | Short, Western
A story of an Indian girl's love for a white man. In this instance, the hero, although he loves a girl of his own race, agrees to marry the Indian girl in order to save his people from ... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: W.E. Lawrence, Ruth Royce, Lola Todd, Albert J. Smith
30. Billy's Séance (1911)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A man follows a woman into a spiritualist's parlor and experiences a seance. He decides to hold a do-it-yourself seance, with shocking results.
Stars: John R. Cumpson, Charles Arling
Votes: 19
31. Felidae (1994)
TV-MA | 82 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A cat must investigate brutal murders of other cats in a neighborhood he has moved into with his owner.
Director: Michael Schaack | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf, Helge Schneider, Wolfgang Hess
Votes: 4,957
32. They Live (1988)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower
Votes: 145,578 | Gross: $13.01M
33. Watership Down (1978)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
Directors: Martin Rosen, John Hubley | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox
Votes: 39,442
34. THX 1138 (1971)
R | 86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie
Votes: 54,638 | Gross: $2.44M
35. Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967)
15 min | Sci-Fi, Short
While monitored and pursued, a man races to escape through a futuristic labyrinth.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Dan Nachtsheim, Joy Carmichael, David Munson, Marvin Bennett
Votes: 2,682
36. Persepolis (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands, Danielle Darrieux
Votes: 100,211 | Gross: $4.45M
37. Saboteur (1942)
Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Votes: 27,992
38. The Little Mermaid (1968)
29 min | Animation, Short, Family
Based on the fairy tale by Andersen. A film about love and friendship. The little mermaid falls in love with a handsome prince and saves him from death. To be with him, the Little Mermaid loses her voice in exchange for a human form.
Director: Ivan Aksenchuk | Stars: Nina Gulyaeva, Anatoliy Papanov, Vladimir Troshin, Viktoriya Ivanova
Votes: 563
39. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
R | 117 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow
Votes: 62,608 | Gross: $41.51M
40. Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
Directors: Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Winsor McCay, John Bunny, Maurice Costello, George McManus
Votes: 1,849
41. How a Mosquito Operates (1912)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
Director: Winsor McCay | Star: Winsor McCay
Votes: 1,346
42. The Centaurs (1921)
Not Rated | 3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 475
43. Flip's Circus (1921)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short
Circus owner Flip entertains with balancing tricks and then tames an exotic beast.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 360
44. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville (1921)
12 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
After eating a cheese cake, a hobo falls asleep and dreams of a vaudeville show performed by bugs.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 380
45. Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Approved | 141 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young man loved by two sisters becomes a naval officer and sails to New Zealand, where he drunkenly writes a marriage proposal to the wrong sister, profoundly affecting the life of the other.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Van Heflin, Lana Turner, Donna Reed, Richard Hart
Votes: 1,807
46. Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
Alice, at the beach with her cat, tries to solve a crossword puzzle, when Woodleg Pete, a ruthless collector of rare crossword puzzles, sees that Alice's one is missing in his collection. ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Margie Gay
Votes: 222
47. The Kleptomaniac (1905)
Not Rated | 8 min | Crime, Drama, Short
A well-dressed woman steals several items from a department store. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two small children steals a loaf of bread out of desperation, and she is quickly caught and arrested. In court, what penalty will each face?
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Aline Boyd, Phineas Nairs, Jane Stewart, George Voijere
Votes: 417
48. Alice's Wonderland (1923)
12 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Alice visits an animation studio, where the animators show her various scenes on their drawing boards. A few of them: a cat dancing to a cat band; a mouse poking at a (live) cat until it ... See full summary »
Directors: Walt Disney, Hugh Harman, Carman Maxwell | Stars: Virginia Davis, Walt Disney, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising
Votes: 829
49. Psycho II (1983)
R | 113 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia
Votes: 31,093 | Gross: $34.73M
50. I Live in Fear (1955)
103 min | Drama
An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 5,545
51. Diner (1982)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern
Votes: 22,836 | Gross: $14.10M
52. Beowulf (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright
Votes: 174,190 | Gross: $82.16M
53. Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Riki-Oh, a young man who has superhuman strength, is incarcerated in a private prison, where inmates are treated like slaves. He is forced to use his unstoppable form of martial arts to destroy the corrupt officials and their lackeys.
Director: Ngai Choi Lam | Stars: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima
Votes: 15,042
54. Alice the Whaler (1927)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
Alice is dancing aboard her ship with a veritable zoo of a crew. Meanwhile, in the galley, the chef (a cat) is preparing food while his assistant, a mouse, is peeling potatoes. When the ... See full summary »
Director: Walt Disney | Star: Lois Hardwick
Votes: 234
55. Tartuffe (1925)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Votes: 2,713
56. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya (1924)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A tale about Comrade Kominternov, the Red Army Warrior, who flew to Mars and vanquished all the capitalists on the planet. The film is a parody on the famous SF film "Aelita" from the same year.
Directors: Nikolay Khodataev, Zenon Komissarenko, Youry Merkulov
Votes: 231
57. The Story of the Fox (1937)
63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.
Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive
Votes: 1,554
58. 1001 Nights (1998)
23 min | Animation, Short, Romance
Princess Budu sleeps, and dreams. She dreams of whimsical fairies and a wicked, restless beastial spirit. Her dream is one unmoored from identity and self - perhaps she is the fairy, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Mike Smith
Votes: 389
59. Legend of a Ghost (1908)
9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He ... See full summary »
Director: Segundo de Chomón | Star: Julienne Mathieu
Votes: 225
60. DragonHeart (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite
Votes: 101,830 | Gross: $51.37M
61. Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan
Votes: 1,361 | Gross: $0.81M
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