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With haunting dramas, stellar action, and films from international masters, these are the best movies of 2021 so far.

The sci-fi series' social commentary has only become more relevant. However, above all, these are action films, and they’re a bloody good time.

The Father (Cert 12, 97 mins, Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK Ltd, Drama/Romance, available from August 27 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from August 30 on DVD £19.

  Should we be surprised it has taken Robin Wright this long to direct a feature film? She has been in or adjacent to the business for about 40 years. Raised in San Diego in the US, Wright did some modelling in her early teens before securing a role in the daytime soap Santa Barbara. The international breakthrough came in 1987 with her role as Buttercup – “probably the most beautiful woman in the world” – in the immortal Princess Bride. She has never gone away. A famously on-off-on-off marriage to Sean Penn came to an end in 2010. You can see her in Forrest Gump, Unbreaka...

“Land” (M) *** and a half THIS is a “nice” movie. What’s nice about it? Its dramatic structure is simple. It’s credible. It doesn’t demand more of the filmgoer than the filmgoer might be prepared to give.  It doesn’t emblazon the screen with over-the-top, adrenalin-stimulating, look-at-me moments. And its run-time including closing credits is a comfy 89 minutes. That’s not to say that it lacks conflict or its own kind of excitement.  So what’s it about? Edee (producer/director Robin Wright) has bought herself a remote Wyoming bush block (it’s actually in Alberta, Canad...