The best films of 2024

20 of the finest films I saw all year.

2024 was a doozy for films. I saw over 300 releases in theaters, mostly new ones, and another 70 titles on streaming. To whittle that down to anything resembling a top 20 was difficult, to say the least, which is why this list might change over time and isn't definitive. Instead, treat it as a primer of the 20 movies that I enjoyed so much that, even months later, I can't stop thinking about them.

Without further ado, the top 20:

Nosferatu

I'm a huge fan of Robert Eggers and how he handles folk horror. His latest, Nosferatu, is probably his best work to date. It's a staggering feat of recontextualizing old myths into something new while capturing a sense of past worlds and histories that may have never existed.

Nosferatu (2024) review

Conclave

I stated in my review that Conclave could have easily gone so wrong with the wrong filmmakers at the helm. After three viewings, that feels all the more true. This delicately handled chamber drama about the selection of the new pope constantly flirts …