Skip to main content Currently Reading The best movies of 2021 so far on Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, Hulu and Amazon From 'Judas and the Black Messiah' to 'Justice League' FacebookTwitterEmail Adarsh Gourav (Balram) and Rajkummar Rao (Ashok) in "The White Tiger."Tejinder Singh Khamkha/Netflix The way we consumed movies fundamentally changed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, but even as theaters have slowly begun to reopen, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video remain a primary way most people watch films in 2021. The shift led to studios postponing many 2020 blockbusters, and although the critical favorites for 2020 reflect a less spectacle-filled slate of films than in 2019, this year, studios have begun to unleash the cache of IMAX-friendly material that had been building up in the vaults. But among the superheroes and monsters, plenty of intimate sleeper hits have broken through.