# The best movies of 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 11, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822 "2025-01-11T00:04:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/1 "2025-01-11T00:04:13Z")
I’m sure there are a few 2024 releases for me to see. I saw 101 movies released in the year 2024 and my top 10 is probably not really set in stone. All 10 of these are great and you can swap most of them with the movies near it on the list. I am surprised to see how many “horror” movies are listed in my own list. It’s a surprisingly wide genre with so many different styles and types of movie and 2024 was a great year for the genre. In the end, though…nothing could displace Furiosa. Note: I saw Nosferatu a bit late. It would probably be in this top 10 or the 11th movie, but it did not blow me away enough to revise my list. Here is my list: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Y3OmOUg.png "Top 10 Movies of 2024(that I") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/top-10-movies-of-2024-that-ive-seen-cLkyqV0) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/2 "2025-01-11T01:13:32Z")
I saw 146 movies in 2024, but about a dozen or more were not 2024 releases (for example, Le Samourai, Seven Samurai, and Zone of Interest are in that list). Of @Mahaloth’s list, I saw and really enjoyed Furiosa, Abigail, Deadpool and Strange Darling and will probably catch The Substance and maybe Heretic when they re-open during awards season (the benefits of living in a company town). Narrowing the list to movies that moved my needle the most (so, best for me). I come up with the following chronological list: _Alienoid: Return To The Future_ _Shayda_ _Housekeeping for Beginners_ _A Quiet Place: Day One_ _Look Back_ _Anora_ _A Real Pain_ _Flow_ _The Brutalist_ _A Complete Unknown_ This list doesn’t mean there aren’t another 10 or more that just missed the cut down to my top 10. And another 10 or more that I liked a lot more than the movie deserved.\* There were a number of bad movies on my full 2024 list, but I defy anyone to find anything worse the She Is Conann. \*_What was I thinking!? Per the ironclad rules of the internet, anything not on my list is dogshit. Let the flame wars begin!_ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/3 "2025-01-11T03:00:15Z")
I saw 158 movies in 2024 (I only logged those I watched in theaters) and these are my top 20: [![](https://i.ibb.co/Y0CbY64/IMG-9931.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Y0CbY64/IMG-9931.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/4 "2025-01-11T03:03:18Z")
Would it be too much of a burden for people to just give the _titles_ of the movies (like in words) rather than tiny photos where it’s often not clear what film is being shown? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/5 "2025-01-11T03:18:59Z")
Furiosa was in 2024? Feels older than that to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/6 "2025-01-11T03:37:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Would it be too much of a burden for people to just give the _titles_ of the movies (like in words) rather than tiny photos where it’s often not clear what film is being shown? 1. Furiosa 2. The Substance 3. Heretic 4. Longlegs 5. Abigail 6. Stopmotion 7. Deadpool & Wolverine 8. Strange Darling 9. Azrael 10. Siksa Kubur (Grave Torture) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/7 "2025-01-11T03:38:50Z")
Thanks. Number eight in your initial post was one of the more unclear ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/8 "2025-01-11T03:39:20Z")
Yes, the little green heart button is covering the title on the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/9 "2025-01-11T03:39:51Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Furiosa was in 2024? Feels older than that to me. May 2024 ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/10 "2025-01-11T03:50:48Z")
I find this link to be useful for reminding myself what was a 2024 release (it’s not comprehensive, but it definitely has all the high profile movies) > **[2024 Release Schedule | FirstShowing.net](https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2024/)** > > Official release schedule for all upcoming films opening in the year 2024, including in theaters and streaming. This list is updated daily to make sure the dates are 100% accurate. @Eyebrows_0f_Doom, was Seed of the Sacred Fig worth the time investment? It’s played _forever_ on the Westside, which is usually a good sign, but it also smells like a “here’s an example of how life sucks, then you die”, which for a certain demographic is attractive, but I’ve seen too many similar plots that just rub your face in it. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/11 "2025-01-11T04:13:43Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > a “here’s an example of how life sucks, then you die”, No, I wouldn’t describe it like that at all. I thought it was very tense thriller. Bad things happen but it’s not just an exercise in misery. But it is very intense and disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/12 "2025-01-11T04:16:22Z")
My list in text form: Sing Sing The Substance Conclave Dune Pt 2 Late Night With the Devil Memoir of a Snail Wicked The Seed of the Sacred Fig Longlegs Anora The Girl With the Needle The Brutalist Ghostlight The Wild Robot Strange Darling Thelma A Different Man Flow Juror #2 Emilia Perez ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/13 "2025-01-11T04:18:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Siksa Kubur (Grave Torture) Ohhhh “Grave Torture”! I didn’t realize that’s what the title meant in the image. Yeah that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/14 "2025-01-11T04:25:34Z")
The best I’ve seen among 2024 films are _Winner_, _Coup de Chance_, _Beetlejuice Beetlejuice_, _Inside Out 2_, _It Ends with Us_, _Thelma_, _Janet Planet_, _Widow Clicquot, Dìdi_, _Problemista_, _The Wild Robot_, _Wicked Little Letters_, _Saturday Night_, _We Live in Time_, _Blitz_, _Anora_, _Wicked - Part I_, _A Real Pain_, _A Complete Unknown_, and _Ezra_. These are films which are eligible for Best Picture of the Oscars for 2024. Of course, I did not see many good ones. Note that sometimes a film is released in other countries in one year but not until a later year in the U.S. Note that being shown at a film festival doesn’t make a films eligible until it gets a regular showing.in movie theaters. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822/15 "2025-01-11T17:15:22Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Ohhhh “Grave Torture”! I didn’t realize that’s what the title meant in the image. Yeah that’s a good one. I also have Joko Anwar bias, so it might not deserve its #10 spot, but I gave it that anyway since it is very good and I like almost all his movies.