Posted on Jan 31, 2022

30 Criminally Underwatched And Underappreciated Movies From 2021

The Harder They Fall with Regina King and Idris Elba is a top-tier film.

by Dana Elle Salzberg

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A white man and woman couple stare happily out a window. He has his arm around her

Billie Eilish, a white teenage girl, stands in a room looking at her phone. She wears a bandana in her hair and has many silver rings. A woman holding a movie camera shoots her

A white girl with brown hair sits in the passengers seat of a car. She looks back out the window signing, "I love you" in sign language

A white man in a black suite and a Black woman in black suite look at each other across a table in a dark casino

A Black man rides a horse through a street in Philadelphia; he wears a cowboy hat and bandana — and a Black teenage boy rides another horse next to him

A white man with a beard drives an RV. His dog rides next to him

A white man with short brown hair sits wearing a headset. He looks down at a screen concerned.

A white teenage boy with shaggy brown hair sits outside; he turns around smiling

A Black man stands in a prison uniform, he holds a black hat and gun. A Black woman and Black man both in hats and guns stand on either side

A white family, two adult sisters, one with an Asian boyfriend, their father, mother, and grandmother sit around a Thanksgiving table. Some laugh, some smile

A white man in a suit stands on a ladder leading against a wooden wall on a stage. Surrounding him are six boxes open in the wall with various items — a bottle, a scale, broken glass, a fox, a puppet, and mail

A Latin man and woman dance together in the street. A crown of Latin men and women cheer them on and dance

A white man with brown hair and a white woman with blonde hair lie in a field. They look at each other

A white man in a robe looks at the screen on a video call. In the corner of the video call is who he is talking to — a Latin woman sitting at her desk. She looks at the screen

A white girl with brown hair sits on her bed in her bedroom with her young grandmother. The grandmother's arm is around the girl. They look at a book, both emotional but happy

A white mother and daughter, both blonde, stand in the doorway of their home's front door, looking at a man with brown hair. They both are smiling

The image is perfectly mirrored vertically with a close-up of a white woman's face in the shower.

Black and White: Two Black women walk down the 1920s New York City street. They both hold flowers

A white man sits on a porch of a run-down cabin he feeds a pig

A white man with a cowboy hat rides a brown horse. He looks back

Animation: a Southeast Asian girl smiles at a blue and purple dragon. The dragon smiles back

A white woman with brown curly hair chugs red wine looking anxious

A white man with brown hair stands looking happy but confused. His aunt, dressed in a leopard-print dress and coat, stands with her arm on his shoulder. She wears Christmas ornament gold stars as earrings

A stage at the Harlem Culture Festival in 1969. The stage is colorful with a backdrop of colorful squares with the word "Festival." A band performs

Two identical Black men stand staring at each other in a spare room. One wears white one wears navy blue

A white man with frizzy brown hair stands with his back to a diner counter. He looks outside in amazement. His hands are raised

A white blonde young woman dances on a car. She is dressed in a gold bikini and gold fishnet stockings

A teenage couple slow dances at their prom. Tall with dark brown hair, the boy wears a Prom King sash. The girl, with long black hair, looks at him smiling. He wears a suit. She wears a pink dress with embroidered flowers

A man and a woman with dark hair sit across a table at a restaurant. He has red wine. She has a glass of water. They cheers

A white girl with two blonde French braids and a Black woman with a high ponytail stand behind bright green lights. They both have their own pointer finger in their mouth

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