The best movies of 2024

How we've grouped data:

• releases are placed from top to bottom, from highest to lowest, and in alphabetical order;
• the data is current as of early January 2025. With more reviews, the layout may change;
• only films with at least 8 reviews are taken into account;
• we also recommend that you read out the best movies of 2022 and 2023.

Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World — 95 points (dir. Radu Jude)
Genre: comedy
What is remarkable: an employee of a Romanian advertising campaign travels around Bucharest only to meet a customer at the airport, find lenses in the depths of Tartar and have an argument with gypsies (read our text).

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell — 94 points (dir. Pham Thien An)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: after the death of his brother's wife, Tien goes with her body and 5-year-old nephew to the Vietnamese village where he grew up (read our text).

All We Imagine as Light — 94 points (dir. Payal Kapadia)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the story of two neighbors from Mumbai, one of whom receives an unexpected gift from her husband, and the other seeks solitude with her boyfriend.

Here — 92 points (dir. Bas Devos)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: before returning home, a Romanian builder meets a graduate student studying moss in Brussels. Against the background of their imminent separation, a romantic story is born.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — 91 points (dir. Johan Grimonprez)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: in 1961, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach interrupted a UN Security Council meeting to protest the assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.

Anora — 91 points (dir. Sean Baker)
Genre: comedy, drama
What is remarkable: a sex worker from Brooklyn spontaneously marries the son of a Russian oligarch, which upsets his parents (read our text).

Nickel Boys — 91 points (dir. RaMell Ross)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: in Florida in the 1960s, two black students decide to change educational practices.

Totem — 91 points (dir. Lila Aviles)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: young Saul helps her family prepare a party in honor of her father. But at some point, chaos reigns in the house, rapidly undermining the foundations of the family.

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus — 91 points (dir. Neo Sora)
Genre: documentary, biography, music
What is remarkable: recording of Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, which included the composer himself and his impending death.

La Chimera — 91 points (dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
Genre: fantasy, comedy, adventure
What is remarkable: a British archaeologist travels to Italy in the 1980s, where he gets acquainted with an underground market selling artifacts (read our text).

No Other Land — 90 points (dirs. Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: a study of an unusual and politically controversial residential area, filmed by an Israeli journalist and Palestinian activist.

Sugarcane — 90 points (dirs. Emily Kassie, Julian Brave)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: an investigation into the molestation and disappearance of children at an Indian school causes an entire reservation to worry.

The Brutalist — 90 points (dir. Brady Corbet)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: after World War II, a Hungarian architect moves to the United States, where he falls into poverty, but suddenly he gets an order from a mysterious rich man (read our text).

Green Border — 90 points (dir. Agnieszka Holland)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: the disturbing story of Middle Eastern and African migrants stranded on the border between Poland and Belarus as a result of big politics.

About Dry Grasses — 88 points (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: teachers from eastern Anatolia are accused of sexually harassing a student (read our text).

Pictures of Ghosts — 88 points (dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: the Brazilian city of Recife has almost no majestic cinemas left at the beginning of the 20th century. They, like the people involved, are becoming part of a dull time.

Hard Truths — 88 points (dir. Mike Leigh)
Genre: comedy, drama
What is remarkable: the story of a lonely Londoner who has been suffering from depression for years and her difficult relationships with loved ones.

Good One — 87 points (dir. India Donaldson)
Genre: drama
What is remarkable: a teenage girl goes camping with her father and his best friend, where she faces unpleasant adult problems.

Flow — 86 points (dir. Gints Zilbalodis)
Genre: cartoon, adventure
What is remarkable: a lonely cat, who lost his home due to a devastating flood, takes refuge in a boat with other animals.

I Saw the TV Glow — 86 points (dir. Jane Schoenbrun)
Genre: drama, horror
What is remarkable: two fans of a supernatural show face the inexplicable when this very show is suddenly taken off the air (read our text).

Daughters — 85 points (dirs. Angela Patton, Natalie Rae)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: four young girls are preparing for a special dance with their fathers who are serving time in prison.

Dahomey — 85 points (dir. Mati Diop)
Genre: documentary
What is remarkable: years later, dozens of the most valuable exhibits return to their native Benin, a country that has changed beyond recognition during their absence.

The Wild Robot — 85 points (dir. Chris Sanders)
Genre: animation, science fiction, adventure
What is remarkable: an intelligent robot is shipwrecked on a seemingly uninhabited island that is actually full of all kinds of animals.

A Real Pain — 85 points (dir. Jesse Eisenberg)
Genre: drama, comedy
What is remarkable: the brothers, who have almost nothing in common, travel to Poland to honor their deceased grandmother.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig — 85 points (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)
Genre: drama, crime
What is remarkable: a Tehran investigator falls into paranoia after losing his service weapon and begins to suspect loved ones of this.