Year in Review: 2024

The year passed faster than expected. Looking back, nothing particularly remarkable comes to mind. However, as I start writing, I’m beginning to recall a few things.

Movies #

Not all movies, let’s be honest, were good, and not all of them have been released in theaters or online yet.

359 movies watched this year.

The best of 2024 includes some of 2023 due to differences in release dates across regions.

Movie Highlights of the Year: 2024

Movies of the Year #

The best of 2024 includes some films from 2023 due to differences in release dates across regions.

Here’s the list, presented not by significance, but in the order of viewing — from the earliest to the latest.

At least from the anticipated but yet-to-be-released this year — Nosferatu, The Brutalist, Presence, and The Surfer.

  1. The Iron Claw, 2023
  2. Poor Things, 2023
  3. Spaceman, 2024
  4. Los colonos, 2023
  5. La bête, 2023
  6. Civil War, 2023
  7. Late Night with the Devil, 2023
  8. Hundreds of Beavers, 2022
  9. Vermines, 2023
  10. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, 2024
  11. Aggro Dr1ft, 2023
  12. In a Violent Nature, 2023
  13. MaXXXine, 2024
  14. Riddle of Fire, 2023
  15. Longlegs, 2023
  16. Alien: Romulus, 2024
  17. Rebel Ridge, 2024
  18. The Substance, 2024
  19. Speak No Evil, 2024
  20. A Different Man, 2024
  21. Les chambres rouges, 2023
  22. The Sweet East, 2023
  23. Sometimes I Think About Dying, 2023
  24. The Apprentice, 2024
  25. Conclave, 2024
  26. Anora, 2024

Hardest Image of the Year #

Michael Mann’s photo for his profile on Letterboxd and profile cover on X/Twitter .

Michael Mann’s photo for his profile on  Letterboxd  and profile cover on  X/Twitter .