2024 in Films
Format adapted from Charles François, who I
still hope will one day rediscover his cinephilia and start hanging out
with myself and the Skandies crew
again. It’s been ten years since he last used it and I hereby
declare it in the public domain.
Combine the first two columns for a list of films
released (or "released") in 2024, and the last two columns for films seen
in 2024. Ordering is preferential when ratings are identical.
Seen Previously
Movies I saw in 2023 {or before} that were released in the U.S. in 2024.
Films not yet released but currently scheduled for this year are
indicated by a (→). |
Seen in 2024
Movies I saw shortly before, during or after their 2024 U.S. run.
Asterisks (*) indicate films seen prior to their actual release. TV-only
"runs" (arbitrarily deemed eligible) get a (†). |
To Be Released
Movies I saw in 2024 which are still awaiting a U.S. release. Those known
to have lined up distribution are indicated by a (→). Production
{year} is listed if film is more than two years old. |
A For All Time
A- Event
B+/A- Near Great
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Challengers
(Guadagnino) 81 |
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| The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. and
Three More: "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison" by Roald Dahl
(Anderson) 80 |
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B+ Must See
B/B+ Warmly Recommended
B Recommended
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
(Rasoulof) 66 |
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Girls Will Be Girls
(Talati) 65 |
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Rebel Ridge
(Saulnier) 65 |
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His Three Daughters
(Jacobs) 64 |
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| Pictures of Ghosts
(Mendonça Filho) 64 |
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B-/B Recommended with Mild Reservations
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*Evil Does Not Exist
(Hamaguchi) 63 |
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| Last Summer
(Breillat) 63 |
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Things Will Be Different
(Felker) 62 |
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*Do Not Expect Too Much From the End
of the World (Jude) 62 |
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→ The Shrouds (Cronenberg)
62 |
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→ Misericordia
(Guiraudie) 61 |
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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
(Cheang) 60 |
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B- Recommended with Strong Reservations
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*The Substance
(Fargeat) 59 |
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A Quiet Place: Day One
(Sarnoski) 59 |
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Strange Darling
(Mollner) 58 |
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→ Who by Fire
(Lesage) 57 |
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Lumberjack the Monster
(Miike) 57 |
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*Kinds of Kindness
(Lanthimos) 57 |
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Hundreds of Beavers
(Cheslik) 56 |
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
(Nyoni) 56 |
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*Rumours
(Maddin & Johnsons) 56 |
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→ The Luckiest Man in America
(Oliveros) 55 |
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Between the Temples
(Silver) 55 |
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Love Lies Bleeding
(Glass) 55 |
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C+/B- On the Fence, Leaning Forward
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Gut Instinct
(Dillaman) 54 |
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Green Border
(Holland) 54 |
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Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1
(Costner) 53 |
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Dune: Part Two
(Villeneuve) 53 |
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*No Other Land
(Adra, Szor, Ballal, Abraham) 52 |
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*All We Imagine as Light
(Kapadia) 52 |
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Close Your Eyes
(Erice) 52 |
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The Wild Robot
(Sanders) 51 |
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→ Việt and Nam
(Trương) 51 |
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(Miller) 51 |
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C+ Take It or Leave It
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→ The Brutalist
(Corbet) 50 |
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The Instigators
(Liman) 50 |
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| Kidnapped
(Bellocchio) 50 |
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→ The Room Next Door
(Almodóvar) 50 |
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*Coup de chance
(Allen) 49 |
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*Oh, Canada
(Schrader) 49 |
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→ Parthenope
(Sorrentino) 49 |
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Gasoline Rainbow
(Rosses) 49 |
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Mother and Son
(Serraille) 49 |
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A Different Man
(Schimberg) 48 |
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The Shadowless Tower
(Zhang) 48 |
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Henry James' Drive-Away Dykes
(Coen) 48 |
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The Practice
(Rejtman) 47 |
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The Apprentice
(Abbasi) 47 |
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(Burton) 47 |
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Together 99
(Moodysson) 46 |
C/C+ On the Fence, Leaning Backward
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Emilia Pérez
(Audiard) 45 |
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→ Caught by the Tides
(Jia) 45 |
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*A Traveler's Needs
(Hong) 45 |
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The Fall Guy.
(Leitch) 42 |
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C Pass
C- Ugh
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I Saw the TV Glow
(Schoenbrun) 35 |
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Asphalt City
(Sauvaire) 34 |
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→ Presence
(Soderbergh) 32 |
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→ April
(Kulumbegashvili) 28 |
D+ Double-Ugh
D Bomb
F Burn the Negative
Walk-outs Channel Surfing
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Anton's Right Here {2012}
(Arkus) |
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Checkpoint {2003}
(Shamir) |
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Domingo and the Mist
(Escalante) |
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Exhibiting Forgiveness
(Kaphar) |
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Explanation for Everything
(Reisz) |
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The First Omen (Stevenson) |
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Ghostlight
(O'Sullivan, Thompson) |
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How to Have Sex
(Manning Walker) |
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I Used to Be Funny
(Pankiw) |
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In a Violent Nature
(Nash) |
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Inshallah a Boy
(Al Rasheed) |
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
(Phạm) |
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(Ball) |
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La Jauría
(Ramírez Pulido) |
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The Mother of All Lies
(El Moudir) |
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Nervous Translation
(Seno) |
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October 17, 1961 {2005}
(Tasma) |
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Terrestrial Verses
(Asgari, Khatami) |
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Three Step Dancing {2003}
(Mereu) |
Incomplete Mishap/Bad Timing
