Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2024, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. Before that, I have a lot more movies still to add.
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24. Prior to 2020, I’d never included online releases (well, maybe the odd one or two as a special case) but that year saw the film distribution business turned upside down by COVID-19. The movie business is still changing, and the dust hasn’t yet settled.
This version excludes re-releases (My Neighbour Totoro and Seven Samurai would top everything here). In addition to re-releases, this version also excludes films seen in festivals which haven’t had any other UK release in 2024. For that even longer list, click here.
Beyond the first 25 titles, there may be numerous errors (missing links to reviews where I wrote one, year of release, country, and maybe more). All this will be fixed in time, but I wanted to get something online in the holidays.
Finally, last year’s list is here.
Top Ten Movies (and more, excluding re-releases) 2024
Please click on titles to see reviews. (Some links yet to be added.)
The numbering will mostly be added later when I’ve watched more of the outstanding 2022 titles, and they have stopped moving around. So, currently, positions in this list should be taken with a pinch of salt (and my notes that they might need to move position up or down ignored.
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1. The Old Man and the Land (UK, 2023)
2. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (UK, 2024)
3. Cadejo Blanco (Guatemala, US, Mexico, 2023)
4. Next Sohee (South Korea, 2022)
5. The Beast (France, 2023)
6. The Zone of Interest (UK, 2023)
7. Civil War (US, 2024)
8. Dune Part Two (US, 2024)
9. Kidnapped (Italy, 2023)
10. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg, 2023)
11. Perfect Days (Germany, Japan, 2023)
12. Samsara (South Korea, Spain)
14. The Count of Monte Cristo (France, 2024)
15. American Fiction (US, 2023)
16. All Of Us Strangers (UK, 2023)
18. Godzilla Minus One Minus Color (Japan, 2023)
19. The Taste of Things (France, 2023)
20. The Holdovers (US, 2023)
The Island UK Premier at BFI Southbank (Romania, France, Belgium, 2021)
21. Queer (Italy, US, 2024)
22. Blank (UK, 2023)
23. Robot Dreams (Spain, 2023)
24. the G (Canada, 2023)
25. Spy x Family Code: White (Japan, 2023)
26. Blue Giant (Japan, 2023)
27. Didi (US, 2023)
28. Io Capitano (Italy, 2023)
29. Wilding (UK, 2023)
30. My Favourite Cake (Iran, France, Sweden, Germany, 2024)
31. Snow Leopard (Tibet, 2023)
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Turkeys
1. Borderlands (US, 2024)
2. Jackdaw (UK, 2023)
3. Mean Girls (US, 2024)
4. The Fall Guy (US, 2024)
5. Poor Things (UK, 2023)
6. The Outrun (UK, 2024)
7. Reawakening (UK, 2024)
8. His Three Daughters (US, 2023)
9. Janet Planet (US, 2023)
10. Monkey Man (US, Canada, 2024)
11. Kinds of Kindness (UK, 2023)
12. Ozi, Voice of the Forest (US, 2023)
13. Immaculate (US, 2023)
14. Noah’s Ark (Brazil, India, 2024)
15. Duchess (UK, 2023)
16. The Battle For Laikipia (US, Kenya, Greece, 2024)