20 Best Movies Of 2021 (So Far)
4. Judas & The Black Messiah
A stunning, infuriating history lesson and transfixing actors' showcase, Judas and the Black Messiah rightly won Daniel Kaluuya the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his peerless performance as Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Black Panther Party's Illinois chapter in the late 1960s.
Captured through the lens of FBI informant Bill O'Neal (a brilliant, Oscar-nominated Lakeith Stanfield), Shaka King delivers one of cinema's all-time great undercover crime thrillers here, and one elevated by the soul-searing tragedy of its real-life inspiration.
Exquisitely crafted in its every moment, tenaciously acted by its entire ensemble - also including Jesse Plemons as FBI agent Roy Mitchell - and nerve-shreddingly tense whether you know the outcome or not, this is top-level filmmaking in every regard.