Year-End Lists

The Playlist: The 20 Best Films Of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018]

1. The Brutalist
   Brady Corbet
2. Challengers
   Luca Guadagnino
3. A Complete Unknown
   James Mangold
4. Nosferatu
   Robert Eggers
5. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
   Mohammad Rasoulof
6. Hard Truths
   Mike Leigh
7. His Three Daughters
   Azazel Jacobs
8. The Substance
   Coralie Fargeat
9. Flow
   Gints Zilbalodis
10. Civil War
    Alex Garland
11. Anora
    Sean Baker
12. Babygirl
    Halina Reijn
13. A Real Pain
    Jesse Eisenberg
14. Janet Planet
    Annie Baker
15. Sing Sing
    Greg Kwedar
16. Dune: Part Two
    Denis Villeneuve
17. The Wild Robot
    Chris Sanders
18. My Old Ass
    Megan Park
19. Between the Temples
    Nathan Silver
20. The People's Joker
    Vera Drew

Honorable Mention

• Longlegs
  Osgood Perkins
• Dìdi
  Sean Wang
• Bird
  Andrea Arnold
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  George Miller
• Nickel Boys
  RaMell Ross
• The Return
  Uberto Pasolini
• Exhibiting Forgiveness
  Titus Kaphar
• Daughters
  Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
• The Beast
  Bertrand Bonello
• All We Imagine as Light
  Payal Kapadia