2024: The Lists

(Some) Hidden/Underseen Films from 2024

1. Abigail
2. Blink Twice
3. Blitz
4. Daddio
5. Didi
6. A Different Man
7. Drive-Away Dolls
8. Ghostlight
9. Good One
10. The Greatest Hits
11. Hit Man
12. I Saw the TV Glow
13. In a Violent Nature
14. The Instigators
15. It’s What’s Inside
16. The Last Stop in Yuma County
17. Late Night with the Devil
18. Love Lies Bleeding
19. My Old Ass
20. Rebel Ridge
21. Sasquatch Sunset
22. Snack Shack
23. Stopmotion
24. Woman of the Hour
25. Your Monster

My Favorite Lead Performances of 2024

1. Adria Arjona, Hit Man
2. Elizabeth Banks, Skincare
3. Melissa Barrera, Your Monster
4. Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
5. Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
6. Timothée Chalamet, Dune: Part Two
7. Lily Collias, Good One
8. Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
9. Daniel Craig, Queer
10. David Dastmalchian, Late Night with the Devil
11. Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu
12. Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
13. Kirsten Dunst, Civil War
14. Mike Faist, Challengers
15. Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
16. Willa Fitzgerald, Strange Darling
17. Aisling Franciosi, Stopmotion
18. Nell Tiger Free, The First Omen
19. Karla Sofia Gascon, Emilia Pérez
20. Lily Gladstone, Fancy Dance
21. Ryan Gosling, The Fall Guy
22. Ariana Grande, Wicked
23. Hugh Grant, Heretic
24. Jake Gyllenhaal, Road House
25. Dakota Johnson, Daddio (& Am I Ok?)
26. Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
27. Gabrielle LaBelle, Saturday Night
28. Mikey Madison, Anora
29. Demi Moore, The Substance
30. Julianne Nicholson, Janet Planet
31. Lupita Nyong’o, A Quiet Place: Day One
32. Katy O’Brien, Love Lies Bleeding
33. Josh O’Connor, Challengers
34. Dev Patel, Monkey Man
35. Sean Penn, Daddio
36. Aaron Pierre, Rebel Ridge
37. Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
38. Glen Powell, Hit Man
39. Renate Reinsve, Armand
40. Daisy Ridley, Young Woman and the Sea (& Sometimes I Think About Dying)
41. Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
42. Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
43. Naomi Scott, Smile 2
44. Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
45. Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
46. Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
47. Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
48. Emma Stone, Kinds of Kindness
49. Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
50. Zendaya, Challengers

My Favorite Supporting Performances of 2024

1. Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
2. Yura Borisov, Anora
3. Nicholas Braun, Saturday Night
4. Alyla Browne, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
5. Austin Butler, Dune: Part Two
6. Nicolas Cage, Longlegs
7. John Cena, Ricky Stanicky
8. Joan Chen, Didi
9. Willem Dafoe, Nosferatu
10. Carlos Diehz, Conclave
11. Mark Eidelstein, Anora
12. Rebecca Ferguson, Dune: Part Two
13. Tom Hardy, The Bikeriders
14. Chris Hemsworth, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
15. Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
16. Barry Keoghan, Bird
17. Brigitte Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
18. Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
19. Lesley Manville, Queer
20. Simon McBurney, Nosferatu
21. Kathryn Newton, Abigail
22. Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
23. Adam Pearson, A Different Man
24. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
25. Aubrey Plaza, My Old Ass
26. Jesse Plemons, Civil War
27. Dennis Quaid, The Substance
28. Margaret Qualley, The Substance
29. Bill Skarsgård, Nosferatu
30. Dan Stevens, Abigail
31. Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
32. Vache Tovmasyan, Anora
33. Stanley Tucci, Conclave
34. Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
35. Zendaya, Dune: Part Two

My Favorite Directorial Efforts of 2024

1. Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez
2. Sean Baker, Anora
3. Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Heretic
4. Edward Berger, Conclave
5. Colin and Cameron Cairnes, Late Night with the Devil
6. Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
7. Kevin Costner, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
8. Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
9. Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis
10. Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
11. Parker Finn, Smile 2
12. Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding
13. Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
14. Anna Kendrick, Woman of the Hour
15. Zoe Kravitz, Blink Twice
16. James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
17. George Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
18. Robert Morgan, Stopmotion
19. Chris Nash, In a Violent Nature
20. Oz Perkins, Longlegs
21. Jason Reitman, Saturday Night
22. Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
23. Arkasha Stevenson, The First Omen
24. Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
25. Swan Wang, Didi

My Favorite Movie Posters of 2024

Honorable Mention: The Greatest Hits

50. Back to Black

49. Inside Out 2

48. Musica

47. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

46. His Three Daughters

45. Don’t Move

44. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

43. Y2K

42. Young Woman and the Sea

41. Gladiator II

40. Deadpool & Wolverine

39. Apartment 7A

38. The Room Next Door

37. Skincare

36. Moana 2

35. Blink Twice

34. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

33. The Crow

32. The Substance

31. Anora

30. Trap

29. Smile 2

28. Azrael

27. MAdame Web

26. Am I Ok?

25. Venom: The Last Dance

24. Sasquatch Sunset

23. Transformers One

22. Civil War

21. Joker: Folie a Deux

20. The Fall Guy

19. Abigail

18. I Saw the TV Glow

17. Woman of the Hour

16. Queer

15. Challengers

14. Stopmotion

13. Kinds of Kindness

12. A Quiet Place: Day One

11. The Bikerider

10. Alien: Romulus

9. The Brutalist

8. Saturday Night

7. Late Night with the Devil

6. In a Violent Nature

5. Hit Man

4. Longlegs

3. The First Omen

2. Horizon: An American Saga

1. Drive-Away Dolls

My Favorite Film Scores of 2024

(*I listened to 171 scores to prepare for this list*)

30. The Most Precious of Cargoes, Alexandre Desplat

29. Queer, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

28. Good Grief, Rob Simonsen

27. IF, Michael Giacchino

26. Horizon: An American Saga, John Debney

25. Wicked, John Powell

24. Never Let Go, RoB

23. Hit Man, Graham Reynolds

22. Finestkind, Carter Burwell

21. Nightbitch, Nate Heller

20. Here, Alan Silvestri

19. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Lorne Balfe

18. Megalopolis, Osvaldo Golijov

17. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Junkie XL

16. Twisters, Benjamin Wallfisch

15. The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

14. A Different Man, Umberto Smerilli

13. The Critic, Craig Armstrong

12. Orion and the Dark, Robert Lydecker

11. The Piano Lesson, Alexandre Desplat

10. Musicaa, Rudy Mancuso

9. Jim Henson: Idea Man, David Fleming

8. Dune: Part Two, Hans Zimmer

7. Turtles All the Way Down, Ian Hultquist

6. Conclave, Volker Bertelmann

5. The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg

4. We Live in Time, Bryce Dessner

3. Young Woman and the Sea, Amelia Warner

2. Saturday Night, Jon Batiste

1. Challengers, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

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