Year-End Lists

Amy Nicholson: The Best Movies of 2024, as published by The Los Angeles Times

[see also 2025 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Dune: Part Two
   Denis Villeneuve
2. Anora
   Sean Baker
3. Love Lies Bleeding
   Rose Glass
4. A Real Pain
   Jesse Eisenberg
5. Hundreds of Beavers
   Mike Cheslik
6. Nickel Boys
   RaMell Ross
7. How to Have Sex
   Molly Manning Walker
8. Universal Language
   Matthew Rankin
9. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
   Mohammad Rasoulof
10. Smile 2
    Parker Finn

Honorable Mentions

• The Brutalist
  Brady Corbet
• The People's Joker
  Vera Drew
• Janet Planet
  Annie Baker
• Kill
  Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
• Conclave
  Edward Berger
• Red Rooms
  Pascal Plante
• Flow
  Gints Zilbalodis
• Música
  Rudy Mancuso
• Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
  Tinto Brass