The Oscars may try to tell you otherwise, but these were the best films of 2024; at least the ones I enjoyed the best – starting from the top with Wim Wenders’ perfect feelgood movie and ending with Coppola’s catastrophic passion project. The top three are directed by a German man, an Italian woman and a Greek man, and there are certainly more female film directors than there used to be, as well as a lot more first-time film-makers. Does that constitute a pattern? Or is it just a coincidence? I’m not sure it really matters.
Perfect Days
La Chimera
Poor Things
Anora
Joker: Folie A Deux
American Fiction
Heretic
All Of Us Strangers
Strange Darling
The Substance
Ama Gloria
Love Lies Bleeding
Kneecap
Red Rooms
The Outrun
Speak No Evil
The Bikeriders
Evil Does Not Exist
The Beast
Drive-Away Dolls
Conclave
Sky Peals
Kinds Of Kindness
The Sweet East
Baltimore
Priscilla
The End We Start From
Hit Man
Civil War
Zone Of Interest
The Holdovers
Hoard
The Order
Twisters
Only The River Flows
Blink Twice
Starve Acre
The Room Next Door
All We Imagine As Light
Small Things Like These
Disco Boy
Late Night With The Devil
Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World
Timestalker
I Saw The TV Glow
Longlegs
Megalopolis
