The 25 Best Films of 2024

According to me!

We’ve done albums, books, and my own writing; I think movies is my one best of list left!

As always with these things, I haven’t managed to see everything; Nickel Boys looks pretty great, for example, and I may still try to see that in the next week or two…but, well, at some point it’s time to just do the thing. (Also note some of these had earlier festival releases; I’m counting them as 2024 films if the general public had their first chance to see them this year.)

The list is from best to even more best than that; I think I’ve written about all of these, so there are links to reviews/think pieces provided for each.

Here’s the list!

25. Immaculate (link)

24. Sweethearts (link)

23. Woman of the Hour (link)

22. Blink Twice (link)

21. Backspot (link)

20. Furiosa (link)

19. Stopmotion (link)

18. Booger (link)

17. Inside Out 2 (link)

16. Hit Man (link)

15. Challengers (link)

14. Greatest Hits (link)

13. Lisa Frankenstein (link)

12. Cuckoo (link)

11. Handling the Undead (link)

10. Fancy Dance (link)

9. Monkey Man (link)

8. The Substance (link)

7. The Becomers (link)

6. Hundreds of Beavers (link)

5. Close to You (link)

4. I Saw the TV Glow (link)

3. Kinds of Kindness (link)

2. People’s Joker (link)

1. Drive-Away Dolls (link)