Joey Magidson
Folks, as we continue to transition from 2024 fully into 2025 (minus awards season coverage, of course), a perfect end point of sorts to share with everyone is what some of the other folks on staff thought of the movies. Yes, it’s time for the Awards Radar staff to chime in with their top ten lists. You fine folks already know my ten favorite films of the year (found right here), but what about the others? Well, now you can see the lists, in all of their glory. They’re quite diverse, too, highlighting all that cinema had to offer in 2024. So, give them a gander, let us know who had the list you love most, and be sure to share your Top Tens as well!
Here now are the ten best films for 2024 from participating members of the Awards Radar staff:
Joey Magidson
9. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
8. September 5
6. Challengers
5. Hit Man
3. Longlegs
2. Conclave
1. Anora
Steve Prusakowski
10. Challengers
9. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
8. Conclave
7. Late Night with the Devil
6. Anora
5. Flow
4. A Real Pain
3. Ghostlight
2. Nosferatu
1. Sing Sing
Myles Hughes
10. A Different Man
9. Your Monster
8. Thelma
7. Strange Darling
6. Nosferatu
5. Longlegs
4. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Hundreds of Beavers
2. Dune: Part Two
1. The Wild Robot
Red Broadwell
10. Castration Movie Part 1
9. Queer
8. The Brutalist
7. Chime
6. Nickel Boys
5. Challengers
4. Look Back
3. I Saw The TV Glow
2. Love Lies Bleeding
1. The Substance
Niki Cruz
10. Saturday Night
9. Thelma
8. His Three Daughters
7. Longlegs
6. Dune: Part Two
5. Wicked
4. Anora
3. Challengers
2. Conclave
1. The Substance
Miles Foster
10. A Real Pain
9. Sing Sing
8. A Complete Unknown
7. A Different Man
6. Civil War
5. I Saw the TV Glow
4. Anora
3. Dune: Part Two
2. Challengers
1. The Brutalist
Danny Jarabek
10. Nickel Boys
9. Flow
8. Universal Language
7. The Assessment
6. The Girl with the Needle
5. All We Imagine as Light
4. The Brutalist
3. Dune: Part Two
2. Nosferatu
1. I Saw the TV Glow
Diego Peralta
10. Alien: Romulus
9. Moana 2
8. Anora
7. The Wild Robot
6. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
5. Wicked
4. Inside Out 2
3. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2. Challengers
1. Dune: Part Two
Shane Slater
10. Dune: Part Two
9. The Brutalist
8. Memoir of a Snail
7. The Wild Robot
6. I Saw the TV Glow
5. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
4. Will & Harper
3. Conclave
2. Hard Truths
1. No Other Land
Cory Stillman
10. Hit Man
9. Thelma
8. Blitz
7. I Saw the TV Glow
6. Anora
5. The First Omen
4. The Brutalist
3. Nickel Boys
2. Challengers
1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Maxance Vincent
10. Challengers
9. Nickel Boys
8. Chainsaws Were Singing
7. Juror #2
6. Anora
5. Baby Assassins: Nice Days
4. About Dry Grasses
3. Hard Truths
2. The Seed of the Sacred Fig
1. The Brutalist
What was your favorite film of 2024? Share your top ten lists!
By awarding 10 points for each film’s #1 placement, 9 points for a #2 placement, etc., the collective Awards Radar Staff Top 10 of 2024 would be:
For now, my Top 10 of 2024 is:
My favorite among these lists would be between Niki’s for the His Three Daughters mention, Steve and Miles’ for the Sing Sing mentions, and Maxance’s for the About Dry Grasses mention (it was my #1 last year). Glad to see those films recognized!
I suppose this is a good example of how the preferential ballot can play out. The Substance and The Brutalist were #1 on two lists but finished 5th and 9th. Meanwhile Challengers was the winner without being anyone’s favorite.
Fascinating!
Thanks as always for doing this!
I regret not being able to see enough of last year’s releases to participate in this, but man, hats off to Danny Jarabek‘s ranking of I Saw the TV Glow at #1 on his list. Such a unique, beguiling movie that I haven’t been able to shake since seeing it myself.