50 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2021

42. Judas & The Black Messiah

Judas And The Black Messiah Movie Daniel Kaluuya
Warner Bros. Pictures

With the 2021 Oscar release deadline extended to February 28 this year, Judas and the Black Messiah will be one of the awards season's final prestige releases.

Daniel Kaluuya stars as Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton, who was assassinated by the FBI in 1969 with the help of William O'Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), a petty criminal who went undercover and infiltrated the group.

The dramatic urgency of the material speaks for itself and should give Kaluuya a platform to add another superb performance to his growing cachet, and possibly even net himself a second Oscar nomination in the process.

Release Date: February 12

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