Year-End Lists

Polygon: The 50 Best Movies of 2024, a list of 50 films voted on by Polygon staff, posted along with an extensive list of every film that received votes

1. Challengers
   Luca Guadagnino
2. I Saw the TV Glow
   Jane Schoenbrun
3. Rebel Ridge
   Jeremy Saulnier
4. Anora
   Sean Baker
5. Dune: Part Two
   Denis Villeneuve
6. Hundreds of Beavers
   Mike Cheslik
7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
   George Miller
8. Civil War
   Alex Garland
9. Flow
   Gints Zilbalodis
10. Chime
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa
11. Hit Man
    Richard Linklater
12. The First Omen
    Arkasha Stevenson
13. Love Lies Bleeding
    Rose Glass
14. A Different Man
    Aaron Schimberg
15. The Beast
    Bertrand Bonello
16. Perfect Days
    Wim Wenders
17. Wicked
    Jon M. Chu
18. Nosferatu
    Robert Eggers
19. Nickel Boys
    RaMell Ross
20. Kinds of Kindness
    Yorgos Lanthimos
21. Queer
    Luca Guadagnino
22. The Fall Guy
    David Leitch
23. Trap
    M. Night Shyamalan
24. Robot Dreams
    Pablo Berger
25. Heretic
    Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
26. The Substance
    Coralie Fargeat
27. The Animal Kingdom
    Thomas Cailley
28. The Bikeriders
    Jeff Nichols
29. Better Man
    Michael Gracey
30. 100 Yards
    Xu Junfeng & Xu Haofeng
31. Smile 2
    Parker Finn
32. Conclave
    Edward Berger
33. Look Back
    Kiyotaka Oshiyama
34. Frankie Freako
    Steven Kostanski
35. How to Have Sex
    Molly Manning Walker
36. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
    Soi Cheang
37. The Wild Robot
    Chris Sanders
38. Azrael
    E.L. Katz
39. Mars Express
    Jérémie Périn
40. Kneecap
    Rich Peppiatt
41. Strange Darling
    JT Mollner
42. Janet Planet
    Annie Baker
43. Thelma
    Josh Margolin
44. Cuckoo
    Tilman Singer
45. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
    Radu Jude
46. Inside Out 2
    Kelsey Mann
47. A Real Pain
    Jesse Eisenberg
48. Red Rooms
    Pascal Plante
49. My Old Ass
    Megan Park
50. Mayhem!
    Xavier Gens

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• The Best Movies of 2024 Matt Patches · Polygon
• The Best Movies of 2024 Tasha Robinson · Polygon