The Loud and Clear Reviews writers share their individual top 10 lists for the best movies of 2024, with 97 fantastic films to watch that all came out this year.
The time has come to think of the best movies of 2024! What were the best films that came out this year? The answer this year’s individual lists from the Loud And Clear Reviews team look more diverse than ever! 25 of our writers shared their rankings of best films of 2024, with a total of 97 recommendations that include some of this year’s biggest hits and many lesser known hidden gems that we think you should watch! So without further ado, here are the best movies of 2024 according to our staff! Come back later this week for the site’s definitive list of best films of the year!
Please note: These individual top 10 lists only include movies that have had their first U.S. or U.K. release in the year 2024, not counting film festival debuts. Not all of our critics have been able to see all of this year’s releases.
Ben Sears
The following list is unranked:
- All We Imagine as Light
- Dahomey
- Evil Does Not Exist
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- His Three Daughters
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Look Back
- Nickel Boys
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Bethany Lola
- Anora
- Longlegs
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Kneecap
- Hit Man
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds
- Civil War
- Maria
- I Don’t Know Who You Are
- Sing Sing
Clint Leavitt
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- A Real Pain
- Strange Darling
- Red Rooms
- Rebel Ridge
- Challengers
- Civil War
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- His Three Daughters
Branyan Towe
- Anora
- Nosferatu
- The Brutalist
- Dune: Part Two
- Challengers
- Wicked
- Twisters
- Alien: Romulus
- The Substance
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Clotilde Chinnici
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig
- I’m Still Here
- The Room Next Door
- Sing Sing
- All Shall Be Well
- Maria
- Hard Truths
- Bird
Daniel Allen
- Anora
- Universal Language
- Eephus
- Grand Theft Hamlet
- Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger
- Challengers
- Hit Man
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Sing Sing
- Kneecap
Dave Giannini
- The Brutalist
- Nosferatu
- Nickel Boys
- I Saw The TV Glow
- Ghostlight
- No Other Land
- My Old Ass
- Love Lies Bleeding
- All We Imagine As Light
- The Bikeriders
Emma Vine
- Red Rooms
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Longlegs
- Babygirl
- The First Omen
- Heretic
- Monkey Man
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Sing Sing
- Lisa Frankenstein
Edgar Ortega
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- Sing Sing
- My Old Ass
- The Brutalist
- Anora
- Furiosa: A Max Max Story
- Juror #2
- Dìdi
- Civil War
Georgi Petkov
- Challengers
- It’s What’s Inside
- Anora
- Queer
- A Different Man
- Strange Darling
- I Saw The TV Glow
- My Old Ass
- The Substance
- Longlegs
Hayley Croke
- The Substance
- Challengers
- Anora
- A Real Pain
- His Three Daughters
- Maria
- Immaculate
- Wicked
- The Room Next Door
- Blink Twice
Héctor A. González
- The Beast
- Close Your Eyes
- It’s Not Me
- Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
- Queer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
- Vermiglio
- Last Summer
- The Brutalist
Jonathan Vargas
- Challengers
- Hit Man
- The Substance
- A Real Pain
- Sing Sing
- Queer
- A Different Man
- It’s What’s Inside
- The Wild Robot
- The Brutalist
Joseph Tomastik
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- The Wild Robot
- The Substance
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Civil War
- Memoir of a Snail
- Anora
- Boy Kills World
- Here (Robert Zemeckis)
Joshua Stevens
- Anora
- Conclave
- Kinds of Kindness
- Sometimes I Think About Dying
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Dune: Part Two
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Paradise is Burning
- The Substance
Kei Ryan
- The Beast
- Civil War
- Red Rooms
- Monkey Man
- Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
- Smile 2
- Joker: Folie à Deux
- Baby Assassins 2
- Close to You
- A Different Man
Louis Roberts
- Anora
- Here (Bas Devos)
- Challengers
- Dahomey
- Red Rooms
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Gaucho Gaucho
- The Wild Robot
- The Last Showgirl
- Monkey Man
Michael Carvelli
- Dune: Part Two
- Dìdi
- Challengers
- Conclave
- Hit Man
- Civil War
- His Three Daughters
- Inside Out 2
- Saturday Night
- The Substance
Philip Bagnall
- Anora
- The End
- Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
- The Beast
- The Brutalist
- Eephus
- Flow
- Nickel Boys
- Oh, Canada
- Kinds of Kindness
Roberto Tyler Ortiz
- Sing Sing
- The Brutalist
- Anora
- Queer
- A Real Pain
- The Apprentice
- The Substance
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Longlegs
- Heretic
Scott Wilson
- Riddle of Fire
- Sometimes I Think About Dying
- Challengers
- Radical
- Anora
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Hit Man
- Abigail
- Oddity
- The First Omen
Sebastian Zavala
- Memoir of a Snail
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Dune: Part Two
- Anora
- A Real Pain
- The Substance
- Yana-Wara
- Challengers
- Smile 2
- Wicked
Serena Seghedoni
- The Brutalist
- A Real Pain
- The End
- A Different Man
- Hit Man
- Bird
- Anora
- Sing Sing
- Nosferatu
- Inshallah A Boy
Wesley Hunt
- The Wild Robot
- Hundreds of Beavers
- Dune: Part Two
- Flow
- Transformers One
- Cabrini
- Look Back
- Inside Out 2
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Porcelain War
William Stottor
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Nickel Boys
- Queer
- Viet and Nam
- Challengers
- All We Imagine As Light
- Dahomey
- No Other Land
- Sing Sing
- Bird
