Year-End Lists

Scott Tobias: The Best Films of 2024, as posted at The Reveal where it appears alongside fun selections like "Reason for Hope," "Reason for Despair," and "Most Anticipated Film" of next year

1. Anora
   Sean Baker
2. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
   Radu Jude
3. Close Your Eyes
   Víctor Erice
4. Red Rooms
   Pascal Plante
5. About Dry Grasses
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
6. Nickel Boys
   RaMell Ross
7. Janet Planet
   Annie Baker
8. The Substance
   Coralie Fargeat
9. Evil Does Not Exist
   Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
10. All We Imagine as Light
    Payal Kapadia
11. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
    Mohammad Rasoulof
12. Good One
    India Donaldson
13. The Brutalist
    Brady Corbet
14. Hit Man
    Richard Linklater
15. Between the Temples
    Nathan Silver

Honorable Mention (no particular order)

• Nosferatu
  Robert Eggers
• Juror #2
  Clint Eastwood
• A Real Pain
  Jesse Eisenberg
• Girls Will Be Girls
  Shuchi Talati
• Last Summer
  Catherine Breillat
• Green Border
  Agnieszka Holland
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  George Miller
• The Beast
  Bertrand Bonello
• Love Lies Bleeding
  Rose Glass
• How to Have Sex
  Molly Manning Walker
• Daughters
  Natalie Rae and Angela Patton