"Empire" magazine recently released the selection of the 2021 "Best Movie of the Year", "Dune" topped, "Canine Power" in a number of authoritative lists, this time will take stock of the top ten best movies of the year, let's take a look at it.
1. "Dune"
Douban score: 7.8
Reason for Inventory: Prologue to the Magnificent Series.
Synopsis: The gifted teenager Paul Erridi is guided by fate and, in order to defend his family and people, is determined to embark on a thrilling adventure on the most dangerous planet in the vast universe. At the same time, various forces have joined the battlefield in order to seize a precious resource on the planet that can unleash the greatest potential of humanity. Ultimately, only those who can overcome their inner fears will survive.
2. "The Sound of Metal"
Douban score: 7.4
Take stock of the reason: self-redemption.
Synopsis: A rock band drummer (Ritz Ahmed) suddenly discovers that he is deaf, and his bandmate Lu (Olivia Cook) and he are both frustrated but have to face this harsh reality.
3. "Minari"
Douban score: 7.3
Reason for inventory: The subject of new immigrants.
Synopsis: Set in the United States in the 1980s, Korean-American man Jacob (Steven Won) moves from the familiar West Coast to remote and unfamiliar Arkansas with his wife Monica (Han Yili) and two children, David (Alan S. Kim) and Anne (Noel Cho). Although Monica was very opposed to her husband's decision, she could not resist Jacob's resoluteness and stubbornness, and had to force her husband to sing with her wife. Life in the Wildlands was neither comfortable nor interesting, and after the initial freshness passed, David and Anne soon began to miss their old lives. Later, the children's grandmother also came to their side, bringing a touch of liveliness to the family. What Jacob didn't notice was that as he devoted more and more time and energy to developing the farm, the distance between him and his wife grew farther and farther.
4. "The Land of No One"
Douban score: 8.2
Reason for inventory: Drifting trip.
Synopsis: Under the financial crisis in 2008, the gypsum factory, an important economic pillar of the small town of Amphier, Nevada, collapsed, and people went to the town empty, and the zip code here was also cancelled. After the death of her husband, Fern (Francis McDormand), who spent almost his entire life in the small town of Lampier, is unable to support himself. In order to keep the cost of living to a minimum, she moved her humble belongings into a modified van and began a road life of working and traveling west. She works as a temporary worker on the Amazon assembly line, in an amusement park café, and at National Forest Park. Along the way, she met, met, helped, and forged friendships with many van hermits.
5. "West End Story"
Douban score: 6.9
Reason for inventory: Gorgeous additions.
Synopsis: "West Side Story" was originally a Classic Broadway musical that premiered in 1957, and the creative idea is derived from "Romeo and Juliet", but the place and time of the story are changed to contemporary New York, telling the love story of two young men and women in different gangs who cross the chasm and bravely fall in love.
6. Palm Springs
Douban score: 6.7
Reason for taking stock: déjà vu.
Synopsis: Niles (Andy Samberg) and his girlfriend's relationship has come to an end, but even so, he reluctantly follows her to a wedding. At the wedding scene, Neils, who no one knows, is bored, and a bohemian girl named Sarah (Christine Miriotti) attracts Niles's attention. Sarah is the bride's sister, and in fact, she and the groom have been in a long-term physical relationship, even the night before the wedding, she spent the groom's bed! Such a girl who caused headaches to the whole family was particularly attractive in Niles's eyes, and after breaking up with his girlfriend, Niles and Sarah gradually came together. Sarah's pungent personality surprises Niles's life, but it also creates all kinds of troubles, and when Niles discovers that he is really deeply in love with Sarah, the latter does not say goodbye.
7. "Intelligent Counteroffensive"
Reason for inventory: The producer surprised Gu Tianle.
Synopsis: Maverick and creative Katie Mitchell is admitted to the film school of her dreams. She had planned to fly to school, but her father, Rick, who loves nature, decided to drive the whole family to college to promote her family before she left. In addition to Katie and Rick, the Mitchell family includes Lotte's mother Linda and eccentric brother Alan, as well as the chubby cute pug Munch, who embarks on an exciting family road road trip. But an accident happened, and smart technology suddenly launched a counterattack against humanity, completely disrupting the Mitchell family's plans. The most commonly used electronic devices, from cell phones to household appliances to a range of the latest range of private robots, have decided to attack humans on a global scale. With the help of two friendly malfunctional robots, the Mitchell family worked together to help each other face this extraordinary challenge!
8. "Titanium"
Douban score: 6.4
Reasons for taking stock: a very raw movie.
Synopsis: The story takes place at an airport where customs inspectors find a young man with a blue nose and swollen face. The young man claimed to be a child who disappeared a decade ago, Adrien Legrand. For his father, Vincent, it marked the end of a long nightmare that finally brought his son home. Meanwhile, a series of horrific murders have put enormous pressure on the area, while alexia, the model in the car showroom, has all the characteristics of a targeted victim.
9. Alcohol Project
Reason for taking stock: It's okay to have a drink.
Synopsis: The film revolves around Martin (Mikkelson) and three of his friends, who begin a continuous drunken experiment to get rid of the usual conformity. Although the plan was initially successful, it ultimately failed.
10. "The Power of Dogs"
Douban score: 7.6
Reasons to take stock: Be patient, the middle and later sections will tell you what gentle killing is.
Synopsis: The charismatic rancher Phil Burbank makes those around him fearful and fearful. When his brother brings home his new wife and her son, Phil torments them in every way until one day he discovers that he also has a glimmer of longing for love.