After the film industry was hit hard by the events of 2020, many of us were more than keen to return to the cinema this year.
And, luckily for us all, the movie world made an epic comeback, with some embracing streaming, and some sticking to exclusive cinema releases, making for a vintage year in Hollywood and beyond.
While we still faced some delays (who knows when we’ll see Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 at this point?!), some long, long awaited releases finally saw the light of day.
We’ve had gorgeous independent movies, Oscar-worthy performances, and big-screen spectacles.
We’ve had superhero blockbusters, the end of an era when it comes to James Bond, and plenty of stories remade for the modern age.
As we look back on film in 2021, here are the absolute best big-screen offerings from the past 12 months.