This is a list of American films released in 2021.
The 2021 release schedule includes numerous notable films that were originally scheduled for release in 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | |
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J A N U A R Y | 1 | Shadow in the Cloud | | | |
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5 | Hacksaw | Leone Films / Midnight Releasing | Anthony Leone (director/screenplay); Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess, Cortney Palm, George Jac, Sadie Katz, Jayce Venditti | |
12 | Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets | | | |
13 | The White Tiger | | | |
14 | Locked Down | | | |
15 | The Dig | | | |
Outside the Wire | | | |
The Marksman | | | |
The Ultimate Playlist of Noise | | | |
American Skin | | | |
Don't Tell a Soul | | | |
22 | Our Friend | | | |
No Man's Land | | | |
Born a Champion | | | |
26 | Wrong Turn | | | |
27 | Penguin Bloom | | | |
29 | The Little Things | | | |
Finding ʻOhana | | | |
Nomadland | | | |
Malcolm & Marie | | | |
Palmer | | Fisher Stevens (director) Cheryl Guerriero (screenplay); Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Alisha Wainwright, June Squibb, Ryder Allen | |
F E B R U A R Y | 5 | Falling | Quiver Distribution | | |
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Bliss | | | |
Little Fish | | | |
Son of the South | | | |
PVT Chat | Dark Star Pictures | | |
9 | Music | | | |
12 | Judas and the Black Messiah | | | |
The Mauritanian | | | |
Breaking News in Yuba County | | | |
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | | | |
Minari | | | |
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The World to Come | | | |
French Exit | | | |
Land | | | |
Willy's Wonderland | | | |
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things | | | |
Fear of Rain | | | |
19 | I Care a Lot | | | |
Flora & Ulysses | | | |
Silk Road | | | |
26 | Tom & Jerry | | | |
The United States vs. Billie Holiday | | Lee Daniels (director); Suzan-Lori Parks (screenplay); Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell, Blake DeLong, Randy Davison, Dana Gourrier, Melvin Gregg, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ray Shell | |
Cherry | | Anthony and Joe Russo (directors); Angela Russo-Otstot, Jessica Goldberg (screenplay); Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg | |
Crisis | Quiver Distribution | | |
| | R. J. Cutler (director/screenplay); Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, Maggie Baird, Patrick O'Connell | |
The Vigil | | | |
M A R C H | 3 | Moxie | | | |
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4 | Coming 2 America | | | |
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5 | Raya and the Last Dragon | | | |
Chaos Walking | | | |
Boss Level | | | |
Boogie | | | |
12 | Yes Day | | | |
Long Weekend | | | |
Cosmic Sin | | | |
Trust | | | [2] |
18 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | | | |
19 | The Courier | | | |
City of Lies | | | [3] |
Happily | | | |
26 | Nobody | | | |
Bad Trip | | | |
The Seventh Day | | | |
Senior Moment | | | |
North Hollywood | | | |
| Piccadilly Pictures / Sun Capital / 3:59 / Untitled Entertainment / Oscura Film | | |
31 | Godzilla vs. Kong | | | |
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Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | |
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A P R I L | 2 | Concrete Cowboy | | | [4] |
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The Unholy | | | [5] |
Every Breath You Take | | | [6] |
Shiva Baby | Utopia | | |
The Girl Who Believes in Miracles | Atlas Distribution Company | | |
The Believer | | | [7] |
6 | Dawn of the Beast | Uncork'd Entertainment | | [8] |
9 | Voyagers | | | [9] |
Thunder Force | | | |
16 | Arlo the Alligator Boy | | | |
Monday | | | [10] |
In the Earth | | | |
22 | Stowaway | | | [11] |
23 | Mortal Kombat | | | [12] |
Vanquish | | | [13] |
Together Together | | | [14] |
We Broke Up | | | [15] |
The Deep Ones | 123 Go Films | | [16] |
28 | Things Heard & Seen | | | [17] |
30 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | | | [18] |
Without Remorse | | | [19] |
The Virtuoso | | | [20] |
Four Good Days | | | [21] |
Separation | | | [22] |
The Resort | | Taylor Chien (director/screenplay); Brock O'Hurn, Avery Pascual, Michael Vlamis, Michelle Randolph, Bianca Haase | [23] |
M A Y | 7 | Wrath of Man | | | [24] |
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Monster | | | [25] |
The Paper Tigers | | | |
Mainstream | | | [26] |
The Water Man | | | |
Here Today | | | [27] |
Above Suspicion | | | |
Reboot Camp | | | |
Benny Loves You | | Karl Holt (director/screenplay); Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, David Wayman, George Collie, James Parsons, Lydia Hourihan | [28] |
11 | Oxygen | | | [29] |
14 | Army of the Dead | | | [30] |
Those Who Wish Me Dead | | | [31] |
The Woman in the Window | Netflix / 20th Century Studios / Fox 2000 Pictures | Joe Wright (director); Tracy Letts (screenplay); Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julianne Moore | [32] |
Spiral | | | [33] |
Georgetown | | | [34] |
Finding You | | | |
The Killing of Two Lovers | | Robert Machoian (director/screenplay); Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy, Avery Pizzuto, Arri Graham, Ezra Graham | |
18 | 616 Wilford Lane | | Mark S. Allen, Dante Yore (director/screenplay); Howard Burd (screenplay); John Littlefield, Eric Roberts, Alyson Gorske, Stevonte Hart, Eliza Roberts | [35] |
21 | Dream Horse | | | |
Aquarium of the Dead | The Asylum | Glenn Miller (director); Marc Gottilieb (screenplay); Vivica A. Fox, Eva Ceja, D. C. Douglas, Madeleine Falk, Anthony Jensen, Erica Duke | [36] |
Blast Beat | | | [37] |
28 | A Quiet Place Part II | | John Krasinski (director/screenplay); Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski | [38] |
Cruella | | | [39] |
Plan B | | | [40] |
J U N E | 1 | Changing the Game | Hulu | | |
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4 | Spirit Untamed | | | [41] |
| | Michael Chaves (director); David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (screenplay); Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard | [42] |
Gully | | | |
Flashback | | | [43] |
Under the Stadium Lights | | | |
Grace and Grit | Quiver Distribution | | |
8 | Awake | | | |
9 | Infinite | | | [44] |
11 | | | | [45] |
In the Heights | | | [46] |
Wish Dragon | | | |
The Misfits | The Avenue Entertainment | | [47] |
12 Mighty Orphans | | | |
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Queen Bees | | | |
DOMINO: Battle of the Bones | Dow Jazz Films | | |
16 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | | | [48] |
18 | Luca | | | [49] |
Fatherhood | | | [50] |
The Birthday Cake | | | |
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The Sparks Brothers | | | |
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | Fischio Films / Peaceable Assembly | | |
Stalker | Vertical Entertainment | Tyler Savage (director/screenplay); Dash Hawkins (screenplay); Christine Ko, Vincent van Horn, Michael Joplin, Dusty Sorg, Carla Valentine, Scott Subiono | |
Love Spreads | Dignity Film Finance / Film Shed | | |
A Crime on the Bayou | | Nancy Buirski (director/screenplay); Gary Duncan, Richard Sobol | |
23 | Good on Paper | | | [51] |
25 | F9 | | | [52] |
The Ice Road | | | |
Werewolves Within | | | [53] |
False Positive | | | [54] |
Lansky | | | |
I Carry You with Me | | Heidi Ewing (director/screenplay); Alan Page Arriaga (screenplay); Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodríguez, Ángeles Cruz, Arcelia Ramírez, Michelle González | [55] |
Mary J. Blige's My Life | | | |
Fathom | | Drew Xanthopoulos (director/screenplay); Michelle Fournet, Ellen Garland | |
Rollers | Level 33 Entertainment | | |
30 | | | | |
Zola | | | [56] |
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Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | |
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J U L Y | 1 | No Sudden Move | | | [57] |
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2 | The Tomorrow War | | | [58] |
| | Tom McGrath (director); Michael McCullers (screenplay); Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris, Ariana Greenblatt, Jeff Goldblum, Eva Longoria, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow | [59] |
The Forever Purge | | | [60] |
| | Leigh Janiak (director/screenplay); Phil Graziadei (screenplay); Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Maya Hawke, Jordana Spiro, Jordyn DiNatale | |
Summer of Soul | | | [61] |
Till Death | | | [62] |
Let Us In | | | [63] |
9 | Black Widow | | | [64] |
| | Leigh Janiak (director/screenplay); Zak Olkewikz (screenplay); Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Ted Sutherland, Jordana Spiro, Gillian Jacobs, Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Olivia Scott Welch, Jordyn DiNatale | |
Summertime | | Carlos López Estrada (director); Dave Harris (screenplay); Tyris Winter, Marquesha Babers, Maia Mayor, Austin Antoine, Bryce Banks | [65] |
14 | Gunpowder Milkshake | | | [66] |
16 | | | | [67] |
| | | [68] |
| | Leigh Janiak (director/screenplay); Phil Graziadei (screenplay); Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Darrell Britt-Gibson, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, McCabe Slye, Jordana Spiro, Jordyn DiNatale | |
Die in a Gunfight | | | |
Pig | | | [69] |
Out of Death | | Mike Burns (director); Bill Lawrence (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Jaime King, Lala Kent | [70] |
| | | [71] |
20 | How It Ends | | | [72] |
21 | | | | [73] |
23 | Snake Eyes | | | [74] |
Old | | | [75] |
Joe Bell | | | [76] |
Jolt | | | [77] |
Midnight in the Switchgrass | | | [78] |
Broken Diamonds | | | |
Val | | | [79] |
Ailey | | Jamila Wignot (director) | [80] |
30 | Jungle Cruise | | | [81] |
Stillwater | | | [82] |
The Green Knight | | | [83] |
Nine Days | | | [84] |
Ride the Eagle | Decal / JTJ Films | | [85] |
The Evening Hour | | | [86] |
Lorelei | | | [87] |
Enemies of the State | | Sonia Kennebeck (director) | [88] |
A U G U S T | 6 | The Suicide Squad | | James Gunn (director/screenplay); Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Nathan Fillion, Sean Gunn, Flula Borg, Mayling Ng | [89] |
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Naked Singularity | | | [90] |
John and the Hole | | | [91] |
Vivo | | | [92] |
Playing God | | | [93] |
Swan Song | | Todd Stephens (director/screenplay); Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins, Stephanie McVay | [94] |
She Ball | Redbox Entertainment | | [95] |
10 | The Kissing Booth 3 | | | |
11 | Homeroom | | Peter Nicks (director) | [96] |
13 | Free Guy | | | |
Respect | | | [97] |
Beckett | | | [98] |
Don't Breathe 2 | | Rodo Sayagues (director/screenplay); Fede Álvarez (screenplay); Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace | [99] |
CODA | | | |
Not Going Quietly | | Nicholas Bruckman (director/screenplay); Amanda Roddy (screenplay) | [100] |
20 | Reminiscence | | | [101] |
The Protégé | | | [102] |
Sweet Girl | | | |
The Loud House Movie | | Dave Needham (director); Asher Bishop, David Tennant, Michelle Gomez, Jill Talley, Brian Stepanek, Catherine Taber, Liliana Mumy, Nika Futterman, Cristina Pucelli, Jessica DiCicco, Grey Griffin, Lara Jill Miller, Katy Townsend, Andre Robinson | |
The Night House | | | [103] |
Flag Day | | | [104] |
Cryptozoo | | | [105] |
Habit | | | |
Demonic | | | [106] |
Annette | | | [107] |
Risen | Vertical Entertainment | Eddie Arya (director/screenplay); Caroline McQuade, Kenneth Trujillo, Wassim Hawat, Buffy Anne Littaua, Nicole Sharrock, Melissa Brattoni, Anthony Moisset, Marcus Johnson | [108] |
23 | | | | [109] |
25 | Really Love | | | [110] |
27 | Candyman | | | [111] |
Vacation Friends | | | [112] |
He's All That | | | [113] |
No Man of God | | | [114] |
Rushed | Vertical Entertainment | | [115] |
S E P T E M B E R | 1 | Afterlife of the Party | | | [116] |
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3 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | | | |
Cinderella | | | [117] |
Worth | | | |
The Gateway | | | |
Wild Indian | | | [118] |
We Need to Do Something | | | [119] |
10 | Kate | | | [120] |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie | | Jonathan Butterell (director); Tom MacRae (screenplay); Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, Sharon Horgan, Richard E. Grant | [121] |
Malignant | | | |
Queenpins | | | [122] |
The Card Counter | | | [123] |
Come from Away | | Christopher Ashley (director); Irene Sankoff, David Hein (screenplay); Petrina Bromley, Jenn Colella, De'Lon Grant, Joel Hatch, Tony LePage, Caesar Samayoa, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Emily Walton, Jim Walton, Sharon Wheatley, Paul Whitty | [124] |
The Voyeurs | | | |
Small Engine Repair | | John Pollono (director/screenplay); Jon Bernthal, Shea Whigham, Jordana Spiro, John Pollono, Ciara Bravo, Spencer House | [125] |
Language Lessons | | | [126] |
Show Me the Father | Affirm Films | | [127] |
Catch the Bullet | Lionsgate | | [128] |
Dating and New York | | | [129] |
Bad Candy | Dread | | [130] |
12 | Generation Wrecks | Futuregraph Entertainment | | [131] |
15 | My Son | | | [132] |
Nightbooks | | | [133] |
17 | The Starling | | | |
The Eyes of Tammy Faye | | | [134] |
Cry Macho | | Clint Eastwood (director); Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash (screenplay); Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Eduardo Minett | [135] |
Copshop | | | [136] |
Blue Bayou | | | |
Prisoners of the Ghostland | | | [137] |
Best Sellers | | | [138] |
Lady of the Manor | | | [139] |
The Nowhere Inn | | | [140] |
My Name is Pauli Murray | | Betsy West, Julie Cohen (director); Talleah Bridges McMahon, Julie Cohen, Betsy West, Cinque Northern (screenplay) | [141] |
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain | | | [142] |
22 | Intrusion | | | [143] |
24 | | | | [144] |
Dear Evan Hansen | | | [145] |
The Guilty | | | |
Birds of Paradise | | | [146] |
30 | After We Fell | | | [147] | |
Opening | Title | Production company | Cast and crew | |
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O C T O B E R | 1 | | | | [148] |
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The Many Saints of Newark | | | |
The Addams Family 2 | | | [149] |
Bingo Hell | | | [150] |
Black as Night | | Maritte Lee Go (director); Sherman Payne (screenplay); Ashja Cooper, Theodus Crane, Kenneisha Thompson, Al Mitchell | |
Old Henry | | | [151] |
The Jesus Music | Lionsgate | | [152] |
Mayday | | | [153] |
4 | | | Vance Null (director); Tommy Blaze (screenplay); David A. R. White, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Francesca Battistelli, William Forsythe, Isaiah Washington, Jeanine Pirro | [154] |
6 | There's Someone Inside Your House | | Patrick Brice (director); Henry Gayden (screenplay); Sydney Park, Theodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette, Diego Josef | |
8 | No Time to Die | | | [155] |
Mass | | | [156] |
South of Heaven | | | [157] |
The Manor | | Axelle Carolyn (director/screenwriter); Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison, Stacey Travis, Ciera Payton, Jill Larson, Mark Steger | |
Madres | | | |
| | | [158] |
Survive the Game | | | [159] |
15 | Halloween Kills | | | [160] |
The Last Duel | | Ridley Scott (director); Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon (screenplay); Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck | [161] |
Needle in a Timestack | | | [162] |
Hard Luck Love Song | | | [163] |
Introducing, Selma Blair | | | [164] |
The Velvet Underground | | | [165] |
20 | Night Teeth | | | |
22 | Dune | | | |
Ron's Gone Wrong | | | [166] |
The French Dispatch | | | [167] |
The Harder They Fall | | | |
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | | | [168] |
Warning | | | [169] |
27 | Passing | | | |
Hypnotic | | | |
29 | Antlers | | | [170] |
Army of Thieves | | | [171] |
A Mouthful of Air | | | [172] |
The Souvenir Part II | | | [173] |
| | William Eubank (director); Christopher Landon (screenplay); Emily Bader, Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert, Henry Ayres-Brown | [174] |
The Spine of Night | | | [175] |
Violet | | | [176] |
Heart of Champions | | | [177] |
N O V E M B E R | 5 | Eternals | Marvel Studios | | [178] |
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Red Notice | | | [179] |
Finch | | | [180] |
Spencer | | | [181] |
Dangerous | | | [182] |
Love Hard | | | |
The Beta Test | | Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe (directors/screenplay); Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, PJ McCabe, Jessie Barr | [183] |
10 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | | | [184] |
12 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | | | [185] |
Home Sweet Home Alone | | | [186] |
Apex | | | [187] |
16 | The Power of the Dog | | | |
Bruised | | | [188] |
17 | | | Michael Rohl (director); Robin Bernheim (screenplay); Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar | [189] |
19 | | | | [190] |
King Richard | | | [191] |
Extinct | | | |
C'mon C'mon | | | [192] |
Black Friday | | | [193] |
Zeros and Ones | | | |
22 | Friend of the World | Charybdis Pictures | Brian Patrick Butler (director/screenplay); Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond Ricco | [194] |
24 | Encanto | | | [195] |
House of Gucci | | | [196] |
The Unforgivable | | | |
| | | [197] |
8-Bit Christmas | | | [198] |
The Humans | | | [199] |
25 | | | Trey Parker (director/screenplay); Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Kimberly Brooks, Adrien Beard, Delilah Kujala, Betty Boogie | [200] |
26 | Licorice Pizza | | | [201] |
D E C E M B E R | 1 | Single All the Way | | | [202] |
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3 | Back to the Outback | | | [203] |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid | | Swinton O. Scott III (director); Jeff Kinney (screenplay); Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Chris Diamantopoulos, Erica Cerra, Hunter Dillon | [204] |
Encounter | | Michael Pierce (director/screenplay); Joe Barton (screenplay); Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar, Rory Cochrane, Misha Collins, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada | [205] |
Mixtape | | | [206] |
Deadlock | | | |
10 | West Side Story | | | |
Don't Look Up | | | |
National Champions | | | [207] |
Being the Ricardos | | | [208] |
Red Rocket | | Sean Baker (director/screenplay); Chris Bergoch (screenplay); Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son | [209] |
The Hating Game | | | [210] |
14 | Rumble | | | [211] |
15 | | | Trey Parker (director/screenplay); Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Kimberly Brooks, Adrien Beard, Delilah Kujala, Betty Boogie | [212] |
17 | | | | [213] |
Nightmare Alley | | | [214] |
The Lost Daughter | | | [215] |
Swan Song | | | [216] |
The Tender Bar | | George Clooney (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Christopher Lloyd, Daniel Ranieri | [217] |
Mother/Android | | | [218] |
Fortress | | | [219] |
22 | Sing 2 | | | [220] |
The Matrix Resurrections | | | [221] |
The King's Man | | | |
25 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | | | [222] |
A Journal for Jordan | | | [223] |
American Underdog | | | [224] |
26 | Memoria | | | [225] | |