Pieces Of A Woman & 9 Other Female-Led Movies To Watch Out For In 2021

Pieces of A Woman is one of the rawest and most genuine accounts of a woman’s experience with a tragic birth, and the relationships around her that unfold. With Vanessa Kirby at the forefront, this female-led flick is a powerful tale of womanhood and life.

For those looking for some more stunning female leads, it’s time to get excited about some 2021 movies that are looking to put women in the spotlight. From dramas to comedies to thrillers, look out for these female-dominated flicks and all their feminine brilliance.

10 The Dig (2021)

Carey Mulligan might just be the queen of 2021. In this new Netflix drama, The Dig, the story takes place in 1938 when a rich landowner hires an excavator to search through her property.

With stunning finds, more archaeologists find themselves in on the dig, and their dramas unfold around them. It’s subtle but stunning, and Mulligan is brilliant.

9 A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

All fans love John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, but now is the time to just focus on the latter. For this horror sequel, Blunt takes the reins, and the movie dives back into her family’s life.

A Quiet Place Part II will follow her family leaving the “safe zone” and entering into a world with far more than the terrifying creatures they have known.

8 Black Widow (2021)

Black Widow might just be the most anticipated flick on this list, and it’s also because fans have been waiting a long time for it, as its release keeps getting pushed back.

After Marvel fans fell in love with Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, it was time to give her an entire flick of her own. Full of action and powerful female leads, Florence Pugh will also join Johansson in the flick.

7 Malcolm & Marie (2021)

Technically, Zendaya shares the spotlight with John David Washington, but people already can’t stop talking about her as the lead of this romance drama, which is one of Netflix’s Flick of the Week.

A director and his wife return home from a movie premiere and the drama unfolds at their house as they wait for the critics’ results. Malcolm & Marie is raw and personal and a 2021 flick that can’t be missed.

6 Nomadland (2020)

If there’s one woman in the business that has proven time and time again that females are powerful and mesmerizing leads, it’s Frances McDormand. But Nomadland isn’t hitting most of the world until the end of February.

This drama stars McDormand, a woman that lives out of her van after the Great Recession. She travels through the west of America – and the movie follows her adventure and the people she meets along the way.

5 Raya And The Last Dragon (2021)

With Kelly Marie Train and Awkwafina, this Disney flick will be an animated delight on the big screen. Following a Southeast Asian heroine, the movie centers around the female warrior and her quest to find a dragon – in order to make a peaceful world.

Disney is giving fans the strong female leads that everyone wants, and Raya And The Last Dragon is highly anticipated, especially for its Southeast Asian story.

4 Promising Young Woman (2020)

Promising Young Woman was released right at the end of 2020 and has just recently begun to hit streaming services. This drama-thriller takes an interesting spin.

Starring Carey Mulligan, a young woman decides to take fate into her own hands and turns the tables on her male suitors after a tragedy happens to her best friend. It’s thrilling and bizarre and the empowering revenge drama everyone needed.

3 Cruella (2021)

For both Disney fans and Emma Stone lovers, this movie might just be a dream come true. Cruella de Vil is joining the roster of Disney’s live-action flicks, and Emma Stone plays a younger version of this iconic villain.

Taking place in 1970s London, Cruella will have all the bells and whistles that will make this movie a perfect nod to the original that everyone knows and loves. Plus, fans can’t think of anyone better to take on the role of Cruella than Emma Stone.

2 Last Night In Soho (2021)

Anya Taylor-Joy has broken out of her shell by starring in The Queen’s Gambit, so it’s no wonder fans are excited about her new 2021 flick. She’s starring in this drama turned horror movie in which a young fashion designer travels back to the 1960s.

There, she delves into the life of a famous singer, but there are horrific things that she never saw coming. With Taylor-Joy as the lead, Last Night in Soho is bound to be entertaining.

1 Pieces Of A Woman (2020)

Pieces of a Woman was released on the verge of 2021, and in most countries, it wasn’t released until the new year. It set the perfect tone for the female-led powerful stories that are obviously going to be dominating 2021 movie releases.

Starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf, a couple’s home birth ends in tragedy and the film follows the aftermath with the courts, their relationship, and their family. It’s as raw and emotional as they come.

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