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Overview of the events of 2021 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2021 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming. The release of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of West Side Story coincided with the 60th anniversary of the musical's 1961 film adaptation. A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "From an artistic perspective, 2021 has been an excellent cinematic vintage, yet the bounty is shadowed by an air of doom. The reopening of theatres has brought many great movies—some of which were postponed from last year—to the big screen, but fewer people to see them. The biggest successes, as usual, have been superhero and franchise films. The French Dispatch has done respectably in wide release, and Licorice Pizza is doing superbly on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, but few, if any, of the year’s best films are likely to reach high on the box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a paradoxical effect on movies. On the one hand, a streaming release is a wide release, happily accessible to all (or to all subscribers). On the other, an online release usually registers as a nonevent, and many of the great movies hardly make a blip on the mediascape despite being more accessible than ever."[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony Pictures | $1,912,233,593[nb 1] |
2 | The Battle at Lake Changjin | Bona | $909,596,236 |
3 | Hi, Mom | Lian Ray | $841,674,419 |
4 | No Time to Die | MGM / Universal | $774,253,007 |
5 | F9 | Universal | $726,229,501 |
6 | Detective Chinatown 3 | Wanda | $686,257,563 |
7 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony Pictures | $506,863,592 |
8 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Warner Bros. / Toho | $470,116,094 |
9 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Disney | $432,243,292 |
10 | Sing 2 | Universal | $408,402,685 |
List of some of the film festivals for 2021 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
Date | Event | Host | Location |
---|---|---|---|
January 28 – February 3 | 2021 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Film Festival | Park City, Utah, United States |
March 1–5 | 71st Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany |
July 6–17 | 2021 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France |
August 4–14 | 74th Locarno Film Festival | Locarno Film Festival | Locarno, Switzerland |
September 1–11 | 78th Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy |
September 9–18 | 2021 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
September 17–25 | 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival | San Sebastián International Film Festival | San Sebastián, Spain |
October 6–15 | 26th Busan International Film Festival | Busan International Film Festival | Busan, South Korea |
November 20–28 | 52nd International Film Festival of India | Directorate of Film Festivals | Goa, India |
Palme d'Or (74th Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Lion (78th Venice International Film Festival):
Golden Bear (71st Berlin International Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 3 | Barbara Shelley | 88 | UK | Actress | |
4 | Tanya Roberts | 71 | US | Actress | ||
4 | Gregory Sierra | 83 | US | Actor | ||
5 | James Greene | 89 | Ireland | Actor | ||
5 | John Richardson | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Antonio Sabàto Sr. | 77 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | Michael Apted | 79 | UK | Director | ||
7 | Val Bettin | 97 | US | Voice Actor | ||
7 | Marion Ramsey | 73 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
8 | Steve Carver | 75 | US | Director | ||
8 | Mike Henry | 84 | US | Actor | ||
9 | John Reilly | 86 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Tord Peterson | 94 | Sweden | Actor | ||
11 | Stacy Title | 56 | US | Director | ||
12 | Mona Malm | 85 | Sweden | Actress | ||
14 | Peter Mark Richman | 93 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Dale Baer | 70 | US | Animator | ||
16 | Charlotte Cornwell | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
18 | Jean-Pierre Bacri | 69 | France | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
18 | Perry Botkin Jr. | 87 | US | Composer | ||
18 | Juan Carlos Tabío | 77 | Cuba | Director, Screenwriter | ||
20 | Ian Wilson | 81 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
21 | Nathalie Delon | 79 | France | Actress | ||
21 | Rémy Julienne | 90 | France | Stuntman | ||
23 | Walter Bernstein | 101 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
23 | Tony Ferrer | 86 | Philippines | Actor | ||
23 | Alberto Grimaldi | 95 | Italy | Producer | ||
23 | Hal Holbrook | 95 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Trisha Noble | 76 | Australia | Actress, Singer | ||
24 | Bruce Kirby | 95 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Gunnel Lindblom | 89 | Sweden | Actress | ||
27 | Cloris Leachman | 94 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Vasily Lanovoy | 87 | Russia | Actor | ||
28 | Cicely Tyson | 96 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Allan Burns | 85 | US | Screenwriter | ||
February | 1 | Jonas Gricius | 92 | Lithuania | Cinematographer | |
1 | Robert C. Jones | 84 | US | Film Editor, Screenwriter | ||
3 | Haya Harareet | 89 | Israel | Actress | ||
5 | Christopher Plummer | 91 | Canada | Actor | ||
7 | Giuseppe Rotunno | 97 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
7 | Moufida Tlatli | 73 | Tunisia | Director, Film Editor | ||
8 | Jean-Claude Carrière | 89 | France | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
9 | John Hora | 80 | US | Cinematographer | ||
11 | Joan Weldon | 90 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Antonio Giménez-Rico | 82 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Christopher Pennock | 76 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Lynn Stalmaster | 93 | US | Casting Director | ||
15 | Lucía Guilmáin | 83 | Mexico | Actress | ||
17 | Martha Stewart | 98 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Andrey Myagkov | 82 | Russia | Actor | ||
20 | David de Keyser | 93 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Giancarlo Santi | 81 | Italy | Director | ||
24 | Alan Robert Murray | 66 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
24 | Ronald Pickup | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | Ng Man-tat | 70 | Hong Kong | Actor | ||
March | 1 | Enrique San Francisco | 65 | Spain | Actor | |
2 | Gil Rogers | 87 | US | Actor | ||
3 | Nicola Pagett | 75 | Egypt | Actress | ||
4 | Tony Hendra | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
6 | David Bailie | 83 | South Africa | Actor | ||
8 | Leon Gast | 85 | US | Documentarian | ||
8 | Trevor Peacock | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Biff McGuire | 94 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Isela Vega | 81 | Mexico | Actress | ||
11 | Isidore Mankofsky | 89 | US | Cinematographer | ||
11 | Peter Patzak | 76 | Austria | Director, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Norman J. Warren | 78 | UK | Director | ||
14 | Henry Darrow | 87 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Yaphet Kotto | 81 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Antón García Abril | 87 | Spain | Composer | ||
18 | Richard Gilliland | 71 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Susana Canales | 87 | Spain | Actress | ||
22 | Tatyana Lolova | 87 | Bulgaria | Actress | ||
22 | May Wynn | 93 | US | Actress | ||
23 | George Segal | 87 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Craig Grant | 52 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Kunie Tanaka | 88 | Japan | Actor | ||
24 | Jessica Walter | 80 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Larry McMurtry | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
25 | Bertrand Tavernier | 79 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Liu Kai-chi | 67 | Hong Kong | Actor | ||
April | 1 | Lee Aaker | 77 | US | Actor | |
3 | Lois de Banzie | 90 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Gloria Henry | 98 | US | Actress | ||
3 | John Paragon | 66 | US | Actor, Director | ||
4 | Zygmunt Malanowicz | 83 | Poland | Actor | ||
5 | Robert Fletcher | 98 | US | Costume Designer | ||
5 | Paul Ritter | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Walter Olkewicz | 72 | US | Actor | ||
7 | James Hampton | 84 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Richard Rush | 91 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Earl "DMX" Simmons | 50 | US | Actor, Rapper | ||
11 | Giannetto De Rossi | 78 | Italy | Makeup Artist | ||
11 | Joseph Siravo | 66 | US | Actor | ||
12 | André Maranne | 94 | France | Actor | ||
16 | Helen McCrory | 52 | UK | Actress | ||
16 | Anthony Powell | 85 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
16 | Felix Silla | 84 | Italy | Stuntman, Actor | ||
16 | Mari Törőcsik | 85 | Hungary | Actress | ||
19 | Emília Došeková | 83 | Slovakia | Acrtress, Screenwritter, Singer | ||
20 | Monte Hellman | 91 | US | Director, Film Editor | ||
22 | Charles Fries | 92 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
29 | Johnny Crawford | 75 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
29 | Billie Hayes | 96 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Frank McRae | 80 | US | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Olympia Dukakis | 89 | US | Actress | |
1 | Willy Kurant | 87 | Belgium | Cinematographer | ||
2 | Jacques d'Amboise | 86 | US | Choreographer, Actor | ||
4 | Chuck Hicks | 93 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
7 | Tawny Kitaen | 59 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Graeme Ferguson | 91 | Canada | Producer, Cinematographer | ||
9 | Neil Connery | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Norman Lloyd | 106 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Buddy Van Horn | 92 | US | Stuntman, Director | ||
15 | Roy Scammell | 88 | UK | Stuntman | ||
18 | Charles Grodin | 86 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Paul Mooney | 79 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Desiree Gould | 76 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Robert Green Hall | 47 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
24 | Samuel E. Wright | 74 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
26 | Jerome Hellman | 92 | US | Producer | ||
26 | Paul Soles | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
27 | Lorina Kamburova | 29 | Bulgaria | Actress | ||
27 | Shane Briant | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Gavin MacLeod | 90 | US | Actor | ||
31 | Peter Del Monte | 77 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
31 | Arlene Golonka | 85 | US | Actress | ||
June | 3 | Ernie Lively | 74 | US | Actor | |
4 | Clarence Williams III | 81 | US | Actor | ||
5 | Paulo Thiago | 75 | Brazil | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Cynthia Hargrave | 64 | US | Producer | ||
9 | Libuše Šafránková | 68 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
10 | Joyce MacKenzie | 95 | US | Actress | ||
11 | John Gabriel | 90 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Dennis Berry | 76 | US | Actor, Director | ||
13 | Ned Beatty | 83 | US | Actor | ||
13 | David Lightfoot | 61 | Australia | Producer | ||
14 | Lisa Banes | 65 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Frank Bonner | 79 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Allen Midgette | 82 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Leon Greene | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
20 | Joanne Linville | 93 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Nina Divíšková | 84 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
22 | Antonio Salines | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
23 | Clare Peploe | 79 | Tanzania | Screenwriter, Director | ||
23 | Robert Sacchi | 89 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Olga Barnet | 69 | Russia | Actress | ||
25 | John Erman | 85 | US | Actor, Director | ||
25 | June Kenney | 87 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Alison Greenspan | 48 | US | Producer | ||
July | 4 | Luminița Gheorghiu | 71 | Romania | Actress | |
5 | Raffaella Carrà | 78 | Italy | Actress, Singer | ||
5 | Richard Donner | 91 | US | Director, Producer | ||
5 | Vladimir Menshov | 81 | Russia | Director, Actor | ||
5 | William Smith | 88 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Suzzanne Douglas | 64 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Dilip Kumar | 98 | India | Actor | ||
7 | Robert Downey Sr. | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
7 | Chick Vennera | 74 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Charlie Robinson | 75 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Libero De Rienzo | 44 | Italy | Actor | ||
17 | Pilar Bardem | 82 | Spain | Actress | ||
17 | Jacqueline Sassard | 81 | France | Actress | ||
20 | Françoise Arnoul | 90 | France | Actress | ||
23 | John Cornell | 80 | Australia | Screenwriter, Producer, Director | ||
24 | Jackie Mason | 93 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
25 | Doug Falconer | 69 | Canada | Producer | ||
26 | Rick Aiello | 65 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Saginaw Grant | 85 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Jean-François Stévenin | 77 | France | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
30 | Jack Couffer | 96 | US | Cinematographer | ||
31 | Alvin Ing | 89 | US | Actor | ||
31 | Mark Tarlov | 69 | US | Producer, Director | ||
August | 3 | Jean Hale | 82 | US | Actress | |
3 | Jørgen Langhelle | 55 | Norway | Actor | ||
3 | Marcia Nasatir | 95 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
7 | Brad Allan | 48 | Australia | Stuntman | ||
7 | Markie Post | 70 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Jane Withers | 95 | US | Actress | ||
9 | Alex Cord | 88 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Pat Hitchcock | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
9 | Ken Hutchison | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Una Stubbs | 84 | UK | Actress | ||
14 | Piera Degli Esposti | 83 | Italy | Actress | ||
15 | Gianfranco D'Angelo | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
17 | Rock Demers | 87 | Canada | Producer | ||
19 | Sonny Chiba | 82 | Japan | Actor | ||
19 | Li Hsing | 91 | Taiwan | Director | ||
23 | Brick Bronsky | 57 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Michael Nader | 76 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Rosita Quintana | 96 | Argentina | Actress, Singer | ||
25 | Zdenka Procházková | 95 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
29 | Ed Asner | 91 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Peggy Farrell | 89 | US | Costume Designer | ||
31 | Michael Constantine | 94 | US | Actor | ||
31 | Ferhan Şensoy | 70 | Turkey | Actor | ||
September | 1 | George Martin | 83 | Spain | Actor | |
2 | Mikis Theodorakis | 96 | Greece | Composer | ||
4 | Mort Ransen | 88 | Canada | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
5 | Ion Caramitru | 79 | Romania | Actor | ||
6 | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 88 | France | Actor | ||
6 | Nino Castelnuovo | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
6 | Anthony Johnson | 56 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Michael K. Williams | 54 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Eiichi Yamamoto | 80 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | ||
8 | Art Metrano | 84 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Jon Gregory | 77 | UK | Film Editor | ||
11 | Fran Bennett | 84 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Gloria Warren | 95 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
12 | Ben Best | 46 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Sondra James | 82 | US | Actress, Casting Director | ||
13 | Don Collier | 92 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Norm Macdonald | 61 | Canada | Actor | ||
15 | Gavan O'Herlihy | 70 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Jane Powell | 92 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
17 | Basil Hoffman | 83 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Mario Camus | 86 | Spain | Director, Screenwriter | ||
21 | Willie Garson | 57 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Melvin Van Peebles | 89 | US | Director, Actor, Screenwriter | ||
22 | Roger Michell | 65 | UK | Director | ||
23 | David H. DePatie | 91 | US | Producer | ||
26 | Kjersti Holmen | 65 | Norway | Actress | ||
27 | Heinz Lieven | 93 | Germany | Actor | ||
28 | Tommy Kirk | 79 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Ravil Isyanov | 59 | Russia | Actor | ||
October | 3 | Cynthia Harris | 87 | US | Actress | |
3 | Tomas Norström | 65 | Sweden | Actor | ||
3 | Marc Pilcher | 53 | UK | Makeup Artist | ||
8 | Chang Yung-hsiang | 91 | Taiwan | Screenwriter | ||
10 | Bob Herron | 97 | US | Stuntman | ||
10 | Luis de Pablo | 91 | Spain | Composer | ||
10 | Ruthie Tompson | 111 | US | Animator | ||
12 | Brian Goldner | 58 | US | Producer | ||
14 | Diane Weyermann | 66 | US | Producer | ||
15 | Dorothy Steel | 95 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Felipe Cazals | 84 | Mexico | Director, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Geoffrey Chater | 100 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Betty Lynn | 95 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Val Bisoglio | 95 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Ralph Carmichael | 94 | US | Composer | ||
18 | Jo-Carroll Dennison | 97 | US | Actress | ||
18 | William Lucking | 80 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Leslie Bricusse | 90 | UK | Composer | ||
19 | Jack Angel | 90 | US | Voice Actor | ||
20 | Michael Laughlin | 82 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
21 | George Butler | 78 | UK | Documentarian | ||
21 | Halyna Hutchins | 42 | Ukraine | Cinematographer | ||
22 | Peter Scolari | 66 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Mort Sahl | 94 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Camille Saviola | 71 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Puneeth Rajkumar | 46 | India | Actor | ||
31 | Dean Shek | 72 | Hong Kong | Actor, Producer | ||
November | 1 | Yuri Klepikov | 86 | Russia | Screenwriter | |
4 | Lionel Blair | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Peter Aykroyd | 65 | Canada | Actor | ||
6 | Clifford Rose | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
7 | Dean Stockwell | 85 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Jerry Douglas | 88 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Roy Holder | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Henry Woolf | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Emi Wada | 84 | Japan | Costume Designer | ||
14 | Bobby Clark | 77 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Art LaFleur | 78 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Igor Savochkin | 58 | Russia | Actor | ||
19 | Will Ryan | 72 | US | Voice Actor | ||
21 | Lou Cutell | 91 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Marie Versini | 81 | France | Actress | ||
24 | Yvonne Wilder | 84 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Don Phillips | 80 | US | Casting Director, Producer | ||
26 | Stephen Sondheim | 91 | US | Composer, Songwriter | ||
27 | Eddie Mekka | 69 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Arlene Dahl | 96 | US | Actress | ||
29 | David Gulpilil | 68 | Australia | Actor | ||
December | 2 | Antony Sher | 72 | UK | Actor | |
3 | Denis O'Brien | 80 | US | Producer | ||
4 | Martha De Laurentiis | 67 | US | Producer | ||
5 | Mirelle Hernández | 46 | Mexico | Makeup artist | ||
9 | Carmen Salinas | 82 | Mexico | Actress | ||
9 | Larry Sellers | 72 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Lina Wertmüller | 93 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
9 | Cara Williams | 96 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Michael Nesmith | 78 | US | Singer, Actor, Producer | ||
11 | Jack Hedley | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Vicente Fernández | 81 | Mexico | Singer, Actor | ||
13 | Verónica Forqué | 66 | Spain | Actress | ||
13 | Sergei Solovyov | 77 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter | ||
17 | Chen Sung-young | 80 | Taiwan | Actor | ||
19 | Sally Ann Howes | 91 | UK | Actress, Singer | ||
20 | Pierre Cassignard | 56 | France | Actor | ||
21 | Jaime Comas | 85 | Spain | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
22 | Richard Conway | 79 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
23 | Joan Didion | 87 | US | Screenwriter | ||
24 | Harvey Evans | 83 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
25 | Jean-Marc Vallée | 58 | Canada | Director, Producer, Film Editor | ||
30 | Stephen J. Lawrence | 82 | US | Composer | ||
30 | Denis O'Dell | 98 | UK | Producer | ||
30 | Renato Scarpa | 82 | Italy | Actor | ||
31 | Betty White | 99 | US | Actress |
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