The Cannes 2021 Movie Scorecard

Cannes made its splashy in-person return for 2021! The fest hosted the debuts of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, Leos Carax’s Annette, and the Palme d’Or winner: Julia Ducournau’s Titane. See every movie that screened that got a Tomatometer (from in-competition to gala entries like F9) with our Cannes 2021 Scorecard!

#36
#36
Adjusted Score: 108440%
Critics Consensus: The Worst Person in the World concludes Joachim Trier's Oslo Trilogy with a romantic comedy that delightfully subverts the genre's well-worn tropes.
Synopsis: The Worst Person in the World is a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo.... [More]
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Renate Reinsve, Herbert Nordrum
Directed By: Joachim Trier

#35
#35
Adjusted Score: 103706%
Critics Consensus: The Velvet Underground takes a fittingly idiosyncratic approach to delivering a rock documentary that captures the band as well as its era.
Synopsis: The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock... [More]
Starring: Mary Woronov, Jonathan Richman, John Cale, Maureen Ann Tucker
Directed By: Todd Haynes

#34

A Hero (2021)
96%

#34
Adjusted Score: 104932%
Critics Consensus: A Hero finds writer-director Asghar Farhadi once again grappling with weighty themes -- with the audience emerging as the winner.
Synopsis: Rahim (Amir Jadidi) is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he... [More]
Starring: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi
Directed By: Asghar Farhadi

#33

Clara Sola (2021)
87%

#33
Adjusted Score: 75328%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: CLARA, 40, is believed to have a special connection to God. As a "healer", she sustains a family and a... [More]
Starring: Daniel Castañeda Rincón, Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Ana Julia Porras Espinoza, Wendy Chinchilla
Directed By: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

#32
#32
Adjusted Score: 97606%
Critics Consensus: Drawing on another terrific performance from Honor Swinton Byrne, The Souvenir Part II continues its story with profound emotional complexity and elegant storytelling.
Synopsis: An ambitious film student enters an intoxicating world of unpredictable romantic entanglements in 1980s London.... [More]
Starring: Honor Swinton Byrne, Jaygann Ayeh, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade
Directed By: Joanna Hogg

#31

Titane (2021)
89%

#31
Adjusted Score: 101896%
Critics Consensus: Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau's delightfully disturbing vision.
Synopsis: Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due... [More]
Starring: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Lais Salameh
Directed By: Julia Ducournau

#30

Red Rocket (2021)
90%

#30
Adjusted Score: 99719%
Critics Consensus: Led by Simon Rex's magnetic performance, Red Rocket is another vibrant, ground-level look at modern American life from director/co-writer Sean Baker.
Synopsis: The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance,... [More]
Starring: Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod, Brenda Deiss
Directed By: Sean Baker

#29
#29
Adjusted Score: 95226%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After a stroke leaves him paralyzed in one arm, 85-year-old André Bernheim (André Dussolier) demands that his eldest daughter, Emmanuèle... [More]
Starring: Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte Rampling
Directed By: François Ozon

#28
#28
Adjusted Score: 98094%
Critics Consensus: Lingui, the Sacred Bonds uses one family's fraught story to offer a forceful rejoinder to the oppressive norms of patriarchal culture.
Synopsis: On the outskirts of N'Djamena in Chad, Amina lives alone with her only 15-year-old daughter Maria. Her already fragile world... [More]
Starring: Achouackh Abakar, Rihane Khalil Alio, Youssouf Djaoro, Briya Gomdigue
Directed By: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

#27

Val (2021)
93%

#27
Adjusted Score: 99118%
Critics Consensus: An absorbingly reflective documentary that benefits from its subject's self-chronicling, Val offers an intimate look at a unique life and career.
Synopsis: For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer
Directed By: Ting Poo, Leo Scott

#26

Mothering Sunday (2021)
77%

#26
Adjusted Score: 83380%
Critics Consensus: Mothering Sunday works at a frustratingly chilly remove, but involving performances and solid overall craft mean it's rarely less than engaging.
Synopsis: On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's... [More]
Starring: Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman
Directed By: Eva Husson

#25

Annette (2021)
71%

#25
Adjusted Score: 84937%
Critics Consensus: Annette's experimental approach to its emotional extremes marks an ambitious, if not peculiar, return for director Leos Carax.
Synopsis: Los Angeles, today. Henry (Adam Driver) is a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor who falls in love... [More]
Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell
Directed By: Leos Carax

#24

Memoria (2021)
88%

#24
Adjusted Score: 92910%
Critics Consensus: Memoria finds writer-director Apichatpong Weerasethakul branching out into English-language filmmaking without forsaking any of his own lyrical cinematic vocabulary.
Synopsis: Ever since being startled by a loud 'bang' at daybreak, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) is unable to sleep. In Bogotá to... [More]
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego
Directed By: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

#23
#23
Adjusted Score: 90753%
Critics Consensus: A loving ode to the spirit of journalism, The French Dispatch will be most enjoyed by fans of Wes Anderson's meticulously arranged aesthetic.
Synopsis: A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that... [More]
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux
Directed By: Wes Anderson

#22

Stillwater (2021)
74%

#22
Adjusted Score: 84124%
Critics Consensus: Stillwater isn't perfect, but its thoughtful approach to intelligent themes -- and strong performances from its leads -- give this timely drama a steadily building power.
Synopsis: Unemployed roughneck Bill Baker (Academy Award® winner Matt Damon) travels from Oklahoma to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter Allison... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Lilou Siauvaud
Directed By: Tom McCarthy

#21

Benedetta (2021)
85%

#21
Adjusted Score: 93979%
Critics Consensus: Precariously walking a tightrope of varying genres and tones, Benedetta provokes salient questions about sexual freedom and its relationship to faith.
Synopsis: A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair, but it's her shocking religious visions that threaten to shake... [More]
Starring: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Daphné Patakia
Directed By: Paul Verhoeven

#20

Cow (2021)
96%

#20
Adjusted Score: 99489%
Critics Consensus: A stark and emotionally resonant look at the life of a farm animal, Cow simply yet insistently asks the viewer to reconsider their relationship with their food.
Synopsis: Academy Award-winner Andrea Arnold returns with an intimate portrait of one dairy cow's life. The film highlights the beauty and... [More]
Starring:
Directed By: Andrea Arnold

#19

After Yang (2021)
88%

#19
Adjusted Score: 97469%
Critics Consensus: Although its reach occasionally exceeds its grasp, After Yang yields rich rewards for those willing to settle into its low-key wavelength.
Synopsis: When his young daughter's beloved companion -- an android named Yang -- malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way... [More]
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja
Directed By: Kogonada

#18

Aline (2020)
58%

#18
Adjusted Score: 62841%
Critics Consensus: An unforgettable blend of the conventional and the singularly strange, Aline is definitely odd, but it's also oddly entertaining.
Synopsis: For Aline Dieu, nothing in the world matters more than music, family and love. Her powerful and emotional voice captivates... [More]
Starring: Valérie Lemercier, Sylvain Marcel, Danielle Fichaud, Roc Lafortune
Directed By: Valérie Lemercier

#17
#17
Adjusted Score: 40869%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Famed journalist Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche) goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of cleaning people in the north of France,... [More]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Hélène Lambert, Louise Pociecka, Steve Papagiannis
Directed By: Emmanuel Carrère

#16

Bergman Island (2021)
87%

#16
Adjusted Score: 92414%
Critics Consensus: Minor but charming, the well-acted Bergman Island uses the titular filmmaker's legacy as the launchpad for a dreamlike rumination on romance and creativity.
Synopsis: BERGMAN ISLAND follows a couple of American filmmakers, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), who retreat to the mythical... [More]
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps, Anders Danielsen Lie
Directed By: Mia Hansen-Løve

#15

Ahed's Knee (2021)
74%

#15
Adjusted Score: 76688%
Critics Consensus: An occasionally uneasy blend of human drama and message movie, Ahed's Knee forcefully reaffirms that the personal is political.
Synopsis: A celebrated Israeli filmmaker named Y arrives in a remote desert village to present one of his films at a... [More]
Starring: Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Lidor Edri, Yoram Honig
Directed By: Nadav Lapid

#14

Nitram (2021)
91%

#14
Adjusted Score: 94178%
Critics Consensus: Nitram asks viewers to face a gut-wrenchingly grim moment in Australian history -- but rewards that effort with a gripping, well-acted character study.
Synopsis: Nitram (Caleb Landry-Jones) lives with his mother (Judy Davis) and father (Anthony LaPaglia) in suburban Australia in the Mid 1990s.... [More]
Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis
Directed By: Justin Kurzel

#13
#13
Adjusted Score: 87165%
Critics Consensus: Minor but engaging Audiard, Paris, 13th District explores millennial love through a visually compelling lens that's partly undercut by its episodic narrative structure.
Synopsis: Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy -- they're... [More]
Starring: Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noémie Merlant, Jehnny Beth
Directed By: Jacques Audiard

#12
#12
Adjusted Score: 62400%
Critics Consensus: Although it's frustratingly casual with the line between facts and conjecture, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass reaffirms Oliver Stone's gifts as an engaging raconteur.
Synopsis: Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the... [More]
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Cyril H. Wecht, Gary Aguilar
Directed By: Oliver Stone

#11

F9 The Fast Saga (2021)
59%

#11
Adjusted Score: 75977%
Critics Consensus: F9 sends the franchise hurtling further over the top than ever, but director Justin Lin's knack for preposterous set pieces keeps the action humming.
Synopsis: Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but... [More]
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson
Directed By: Justin Lin

#10

Blue Bayou (2021)
74%

#10
Adjusted Score: 78710%
Critics Consensus: Blue Bayou can be indelicate in its attempts to tug the heartstrings, but solid acting and a genuinely affecting story make this drama difficult to ignore.
Synopsis: From award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for... [More]
Starring: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh Dan Pham
Directed By: Justin Chon

#9

France (2021)
66%

#9
Adjusted Score: 67808%
Critics Consensus: France might have benefited from a more passionate approach to its themes, but Léa Seydoux leads an amusing send-up of celebrity culture.
Synopsis: In FRANCE, a satirical drama set in contemporary Paris, Léa Seydoux stars as France de Meurs, a seemingly unflappable superstar... [More]
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Blanche Gardin, Benjamin Biolay, Emanuele Arioli
Directed By: Bruno Dumont

#8

Flag Day (2021)
40%

#8
Adjusted Score: 43959%
Critics Consensus: Flag Day benefits from powerful performances and a moving fact-based story, but it's largely lost in the movie's melodramatic din.
Synopsis: Jennifer Vogel's father John was larger than life. As a child, Jennifer marveled at his magnetizing energy and ability to... [More]
Starring: Dylan Penn, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Norbert Leo Butz
Directed By: Sean Penn

#7

Three Floors (2021)
50%

#7
Adjusted Score: 50284%
Critics Consensus: Lacking the essential spark of director Nanni Moretti's best work, Three Floors does a dreary disservice to its laudable themes.
Synopsis: The lives of three families living in the same apartment building in Rome's Prati neighbourhood.... [More]
Starring: Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini
Directed By: Nanni Moretti

#6

Rehana (2021)
100%

#6
Adjusted Score: 35029%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, strains to combine her complex roles as a teacher, doctor, sister, daughter,... [More]
Starring: Azmeri Haque Badhon
Directed By: Abdullah Mohammad Saad

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