In no particular order, here’s my annual list of the movies I loved that I saw for the first time in 2024. This year, I included two limited series as entries, which is a bit unusual of me. This list is also published on Letterboxd.

Here’s links to my previous years’s lists: 2023 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017.

This year’s list:

  • Hong Sang-soo: The Woman Who Ran, 2020
  • William Friedkin: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 2023
  • Théo Jollet: Meet Doug, 2021
  • Hong Sang-soo: Nobody’s Daughter Haewon, 2013
  • Tsai Ming-liang: Rebels of the Neon God, 1992
  • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi: Evil Does Not Exist, 2023
  • Robert Altman: The Player, 1992
  • Paul Schrader: Hardcore, 1979
  • Luca Guadagnino: Challengers, 2024
  • Harris Mayersohn: Stand Up Solutions, 2024
  • Bernard Rose: ivans xtc., 2000
  • Albert Serra: Pacifiction, 2022
  • Léa Mysius: The Five Devils, 2022
  • Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross: 45365, 2009
  • Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross: Tchoupitoulas, 2012
  • Abbas Kiarostami: Where Is the Friend’s House?, 1987
  • Paolo Sorrentino: The New Pope, 2020
  • Elaine May: Mikey and Nicky, 1976
  • Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colours: Blue, 1993
  • Éric Rohmer: A Tale of Springtime, 1990
  • Matthew Rankin: Universal Language, 2024
  • Miguel Gomes : Grand Tour, 2024
  • Sean Baker: Anora, 2024
  • Francis Ford Coppola: Megalopolis, 2024
  • Ira Sachs: Forty Shades of Blue, 2005
  • Payal Kapadia: All We Imagine as Light, 2024
  • Steven Zaillian: Ripley, 2024
  • Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colours: White, 1994
  • Hong Sang-soo: Tale of Cinema, 2005
  • Wim Wenders: Perfect Days, 2023