Year-End Lists

Ryan Swen: Best Films of 2024, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

1. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
2. Youth (Homecoming)
   Wang Bing
3. Youth (Hard Times)
   Wang Bing
4. A Traveler's Needs
   Hong Sang-soo
5. Anora
   Sean Baker
6. Who by Fire
   Philippe Lesage
7. Nickel Boys
   RaMell Ross
8. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
9. Hard Truths
   Mike Leigh
10. All We Imagine as Light
    Payal Kapadia

Near-Misses

• The Brutalist
  Brady Corbet
• Dahomey
  Mati Diop
• Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
  Soi Cheang
• Chime
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• Eephus
  Carson Lund