Year-End Lists

Peter Debruge: The Best Movies of 2024, as published by Variety

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Inside Out 2
   Kelsey Mann
2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
   Mohammad Rasoulof
3. The Bikeriders
   Jeff Nichols
4. Anora
   Sean Baker
5. Dune: Part Two
   Denis Villeneuve
6. A Different Man
   Aaron Schimberg
7. Femme
   Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping
8. Green Border
   Agnieszka Holland
9. The Room Next Door
   Pedro Almodóvar
10. The Count of Monte Cristo
    Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière

10 more for good measure

• Black Dog
  Guan Hu
• Blitz
  Steve McQueen
• Challengers
  Luca Guadagnino
• Conclave
  Edward Berger
• Daddio
  Christy Hall
• Memoir of a Snail
  Adam Elliot
• Omni Loop
  Bernardo Britto
• The Substance
  Coralie Fargeat
• Sweet Dreams
  Ena Sendijarević
• Wicked
  Jon M. Chu