my favorites of 2024

  • Anora. Sean Baker

  • Strange Darling. J.T. Mollner 

  • Civil War. Alex Garland

  • The Taste of Things. Tran Anh Hung

  • The Substance. Coralie Fargeat 

  • Blink Twice. Zoe Kravitz

  • Wicked. Jon Chu

  • Perfect Days. Wim Wenders

  • Sing Sing. Greg Kwendar  

  • La Chimera. Alice Rohrwacher

  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. Benjamin Ree

  • The First Omen. Arkasha Stevenson

movies i saw in the theater 2024

Zone of Interest (2023). Jonathan Glazer. A24

Mean Girls. Samantha Jayne. Paramount

Oppenheimer (x2) IMAX. Nolan. Universal

Night Swim. Bryce McGuire. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster. Universal

Sometimes I think About Dying. Rachel Lambert (written by Stefanie Abel Horowitz) 

Anatomy of a Fall (x2). Justine Triet.  Les Films Pelléas. 

Dune: Part Two. Denis Villeneuve. Warner Bros.

Problemista. Julio Terres. A24

Insidious: The Red Door. Patrick Wilson. Blumhouse. Sony Pictures

Mother/Android (2021). Mattson Tomlin. Hulu

Perfect Days (2023). Wim Wenders. Wenders Images

The Invisible Man (x2). Leigh Whannell. Blumhouse and Universal 

The First Omen. Arkasha Stevenson. 20th Century.

Monkey Man. Dev Patel. Monkeypaw and Bron Studios. Universal

Civil War (x2). Alex Garland. A24

Pig (2021). Michael Sarnoski. Neon

Phantom Thread (x1000). Paul Thomas Anderson. Focus Features and Universal

The Beast. Bertrand Bonello. Arte France Cinema. 

La Chimera. Alice Rohrwacher

Hereditary IMAX. Ari Aster. A24

Challengers (x2). Luca Guadagnino. MGM. 

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Wes Ball. 20th Century Studios

I Saw the TV Glow. Jane Schoenbrun. A24

If. John Krasinski. Paramount

Uncut Gems (x2) IMAX. Josh and Bennie Safdie. A24

Half-Cocked. Suki Hawley.

Twisters. Lee Isaac Chung. Warner Bros.

Good One. India Donaldson. Metrograph Pictures

Thelma. Josh Margolin. Magnolia Pictures

Gladiator II. Ridley Scott. Scott Free Productions and Paramount

Babes. Pamela Adlon. Neon

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. George Miller. Warner Bros. 

The Watchers. Ishana Night Shyamalan. New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) 

Midsommar (x100) IMAX. Ari Aster. A24

Inside Out 2. Kelsey Mann. Pixar. Disney

Long Legs. Oz Perkins. Neon

Cuckoo. Tilman Singer. Neon

Trap. M. Night Shyamalan. Warner Bros.

Alien: Romulus. Fede Alvarez. 20th Century

A Quiet Place: Day One.  Michael Sarnovski. Paramount Pictures

Blink Twice. Zoe Kravitz. Warner Bros. 

Strange Darling. J.T. Mollner. Miramax

Everything Everywhere IMAX. The Daniels. A24

Afraid. Chris Weitz. Blumhouse

Megalopolis. Francis Ford Coppola. Lionsgate

The Wild Robot. Chris Sanders. Universal

The Substance (x2). Coralie Fargeat. Mubi

Sing Sing. Greg Kwendar. A24

Joker Folie À Deux. Todd Phillips. Warner Bros. 

Anora (x2). Sean Baker. Neon

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. Benjamin Ree. Netflix

Heretic. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. A24

A Real Pain. Jesse Eisenberg. Searchlight

Here. Robert. Zemeckis. TriStar Pictures

Wicked (x2). Jon Chu. Universal. 

Conclave. Edward Berger. Focus Features

The Taste of Things. Tran Anh Hung. Gaumont

Nightbitch. Marielle Heller. Annapurna Pictures and Searchlight

Kinds of Kindness. Yorgos Lanthimos. Searchlight

Suncoast. Laura Chinn. Searchlight

still to see from ‘24

The Piano Lesson. Malcom Washington

Emilia Perez. Jacques Audiard

Mufasa: The Lion King. Barry Jenkins

Nosferatu. Robert Eggers

Baby Girl. Halina Reijn

Queer. Luca Guadagnino

Maxxxine. Ti West

Love Lies Bleeding. Rose Glass

Memory. Michel Franco

Eileen. William Oldroyd

Janet Planet. Annie Baker 

Drive-Away Dolls. Ethan Coen