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Weâre here to become human again. To become all we imagine and more than we were programmed to be. To live life forwards, even while we look back.
We see possible futures, all at once, in the ghost light. So we draw closer to the TVâs glow, going with the flow of family life, of grandmas and daughters, hit men and fall guys, learning to defy gravity, Anxiety⊠and brutalist beavers.
Let the white smoke riseâwe have our winners. Or, in the words of Tashi Duncan: COME ON!
Please enjoy our thirteenth annual retrospective. (Your personalized summary is here!)
Title illustration by Danny Haas.
Highest Rated
Based on almost half a billion ratings cast by our members in 2024, these are the highest-rated films overall, by genre, and in other categories.
Cut to: our highest-rated film! đŹ
Results as of 1 January 2025.
1 Dune: Part Two
âAn absolute behemoth of a film. My goodness. The entire third act is some of the most goosebump-inducing filmmaking Iâve ever seen. I canât stress enough the intensity of the emotions I feel while watching this. Itâs truly an experience Iâll cherish forever.â â George Carmi
Average weighted rating: 4.4
2 Iâm Still Here
âMay we never forget the dark past we lived through, may we never forget the many voices cruelly silenced by hands that, even today, remain unpunished. And finally, may we remember: even the faintest smile can be the thread of hope that guides us through the labyrinths of despair.â â gabe lisbĂŽa
Average weighted rating: 4.3
3 How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
âFor anyone whoâs ever lost someone they didnât get to love fully, this film doesnât just break you, it reveals that the truest wounds lie not in the act of losing but in the moments that slipped away unnoticed ⊠Most importantly, Iâd say give your grandparents a good hug after watching. :)â â neil
Average weighted rating: 4.3
Video Message
âStraight to my heartâ
Denis Villeneuve celebrates Dune: Part Two becoming your number one!
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Genre Winners
As The Substance director Coralie Fargeat says, genre allows us to go outside of reality and be in a world where the rules are different.
Cinemaâs strange darlings in 2024 included fur trappers, Irish rappers and Wasteland whippersnappers. In an Olympic year of sweaty body-building and acrobatic action, we also refereed a special sports top ten.
Apresentando: your genre winners. đŸ
Dune: Part Two
âThe worm-riding scene was the best moment of the entire movie. I felt so alive with all the special effects and the sound design and the vibrationsâitâs like I was riding it myself.â â Acoucalancha
Average weighted rating: 4.4
Hundreds of Beavers
âOne of the funniest movies Iâve seen and plays so well with a crowd. Great live-action Looney Tunes movie. Few things are funnier to me than when a human is put on trial by literal animals that he has wronged.â â Srirachachau
Average weighted rating: 4.1
Iâm Still Here
âThe way it immerses you in the family, the closeness, the lightness between them, the happiness they carry⊠itâs incredible. When the climax comes, the anguish is overwhelming.â â rafael
Average weighted rating: 4.3
Nosferatu
âLily-Rose Depp, Iâm so sorry I ever doubted you! Nosferatu is the scariest film Iâve seen this year and quite possibly my favorite Robert Eggers to date. He manages to breathe new life into the classic vampire tale while still doing right by F. W. Murnauâs 1922 film.â â Lexi Amoriello
Average weighted rating: 3.7
Anora
âHow can you chase something if you havenât even discovered yourself? ⊠[Anora] might seem like a typical love story, but there is so much more with its humor and ability to stress you out. Itâs a true definition of a dream-to-nightmare scenario.â â rickyfonseca
Average weighted rating: 3.9
Dune: Part Two
âDenis Villeneuve delivers his sci-fi cautionary tale with master brushstrokes, prompting a thorough analysis of Paulâs role as a messianic figure that stokes the fires for the eventual Dune: Messiah adaptation.â â Jonathan Spiroff
Average weighted rating: 4.4
Challengers
â[Luca] Guadagninoâs vision of tennis is one of accentuated gestures, an evolving and repeating set of visual cues binding two people, a personal history that cuts in with every hit, each exchange of the ball a flashback to another piece of the dynamic.â â Avalyn Wu
Average weighted rating: 3.9
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Women Directors
Among those who helmed our 50 highest-rated narrative films, eight women were in the directorâs chair. Indian women filmmakers especially lit up our screens and imaginations in 2024.
Eight is a drop from last yearâs fourteen, which included Greta Gerwigâs billion-dollar Barbie. We donât like to see women and gender-expansive storytellers put back in the box, so hereâs where we can pull the focus on some underrepresented artists.
And now for our women of the hour⊠đȘđœ
Explore more in the Celluloid Ceiling Report, the Annenberg Inclusion in the Directorâs Chair report and our official top 250 narrative feature films directed by women.
Lost Ladies
âLost ladies? Nah, ladies who found their way. One wanted to just get married and stay put and the other wanted to taste her freedom and nothing was wrong about either of their dreams. Two beautiful representations. đžâ â Alicecharles
Average weighted rating: 4.0
All We Imagine as Light
âTo surrender to All We Imagine as Light is to immerse oneself in Payal Kapadiaâs vision of Mumbai ⊠The colours, the performances, and the score all graciously blend together to tell a relaxing and poignant story of working-class women.â â roro
Average weighted rating: 3.9
No Other Land
âDirectors Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal capture the conflict on the ground in harrowing vĂ©ritĂ© style ⊠Itâs a fearless work, a howl of rage in the face of injustice, but what makes it so memorable is its ability to find calm in the storm.â â Mattie Lucas
Average weighted rating: 4.5
Video Message
âThe Best Rewardâ
Coralie Fargeat injects the Letterboxd community with thanks.
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World of Cinema
Our second-annual geographical breakdown saw Letterboxd jetsetters crossing to Egypt, tunnelling to France and heading south to climb mountains.
As Kneecap reminded us, a country without a language is only half a nation; our continental winners speak the universal language of movies.
This yearâs regional rundown also shines a spotlight on India, which boasted an outstanding year of films in the Malayalam language. đȘ·
Explore more highest-rated films of the world in Rahat Ahmedâs country roundâups.
Flight 404
âThis yearâs standout film, polarizing and intricate in its portrayal of repentance, delivers a haunting narrative that profoundly resonated with me. Mona Zakiâs performance is truly exceptional.â â HEREDICKARY
Average weighted rating: 3.6
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
âCaptures so beautifully the mundanity of living in an Asian family; where elders come first; where there are hierarchies of love that translate into hierarchies of resources (or vice versa); where, despite it all, we share a bond that is near unbreakable.â â jessie
Average weighted rating: 4.3
The Count of Monte Cristo
âLe romanesque, lâaventure, les sentiments tout y est. Câest pour ça que le cinĂ©ma existe et doit exister: que des histoires comme celles lĂ peuvent ĂȘtre racontĂ©es, et racontĂ©es, et racontĂ©es.â English â PhilĂ©as FrĂšre
Average weighted rating: 4.1
Dune: Part Two
âA triumphant sequel and instant classic, Dune: Part Two capitalizes on everything Dune did so well. A completely immersive experienceâI was bathed in the sand and came out a new man. Denis Villeneuve⊠are you god?!â â Marshall đ§ž
Average weighted rating: 4.4
Memoir of a Snail
âI kinda love when you can see little fingerprints on the clay during movies like this, reminds you how much work and passion went into it ⊠I used to have pet snails, shout out Pearl and Eotus, miss you forever.â â erica
Average weighted rating: 4.1
Iâm Still Here
âEstou sem palavras. Ă tudo tĂŁo intenso, tĂŁo real, tĂŁo tocante. Todos os aspectos sĂŁo feitos com tanta maestria, que trabalho impecĂĄvel. Fernanda Torres (nossa Oscar winner), obrigada por tudo, vocĂȘ Ă© LUZ. Esse filme Ă© sobre nĂłs. Viva o cinema Brasileiro, e ditadura nunca mais!â English â jĂșlia
Average weighted rating: 4.3
Spotlight on Malayalam Cinema
Aattam
Malayalam-language films take center stage.
Category Winners
A spread of the highest-rated animated tales, remarkable non-fiction stories and perspective-bending feature debuts.
Plus, beyond the multiplex, we welcome Franklin, Samuel and Corey, as fans fueled a fantastique year for episodic gems, concert celebrations and stand-up specials.
A decade on, we also whip-pan through a wormhole to the past to see how youâd rank the top films of 2014 today. đ
Explore our official all-time top lists for animation, documentaries and miniseries.
Look Back
âKiyotaka Oshiyama said that this film is a love letter to creatives and it really shows. His (and [Tatsuki] Fujimotoâs) attention to the love, labour and history folded within an act of creation is palpable in every line of every gorgeous frame.â â anikaschreiber
Average weighted rating: 4.3
No Other Land
âThere are no other words to describe this than essential. Itâs cinema, filmmaking, at its most necessary, the camera used not as a mode of expression but as survival, a record of a truth that cannot be hidden.â â J Taylor-Jones
Average weighted rating: 4.5
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
âThe use of silence, prolonged scenes that linger on seemingly mundane moments, staging and lens choicesâI appreciate [Pat] Boonnitipatâs direction. Itâs a film confident of what it wants to be.â â jdcudo
Average weighted rating: 4.3
Coreys
âCoreys is a meta nightmare that asks us how many different guys are we hiding inside, the struggle to suppress your inner guys, and the horror of letting all your most primal guys be unleashed.â â Boney_Bob
Average weighted rating: 3.9
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin
âA darling tribute to the character [and] a sweet and gentle way of rectifying the fact that heâs never had his own special before until now! ⊠Welcome home, Franklin!!! Itâs nice to finally meet you properly. â€ïžâ â Ada
Average weighted rating: 3.9
Samuel
âJe viens dâenchaĂźner les 21 Ă©pisodes dâun seul coup, câest bon pour vous? Oui la hype ne mentait pas, câest absolument merveilleux, ça transpire la nostalgie, câest incroyablement touchant et drĂŽle et la musique est exceptionnelle! Merci Emilie Tronche et le service public pour ça. âšâ English â Frame_
Average weighted rating: 4.6
DJ Mehdi: Made in France
âJe le connaissais pas et je connaissais pas son histoire, jâavais AUCUNE idĂ©e de lâimportance et de lâimpact de ce roi dans le monde de la musique⊠Je suis certain que mĂȘme si on est pas forcĂ©ment rattachĂ©s Ă lâĂ©lectro ou au rap, ce docu peut nous impacter.â English â NĂ©o Di Giorgio
Average weighted rating: 4.5
Stand Up Solutions
âNails with scary pinpoint accuracy the entrepreneurial tech-bro-ification of straight middle-American masculinity and how itâs hastening us all toward a dystopian hellworld. Also, hilarious.â â Alex Engquist
Average weighted rating: 4.2
One Piece Fan Letter
âI laughed. I cried. I jumped for joy ⊠A rich tapestry showing firsthand what it means to fall in love with One Piece on both a conceptual and a literal level.â â CrystalPepsi913
Average weighted rating: 4.6
RM: Right People, Wrong Place
âRM takes us to a place so intimate you feel wrong for having peeked into his head. A journey of searching for whatâs always been there: love for music, art and people. I feel so grateful for being able to see this side of him.â â retrograded
Average weighted rating: 4.3
The Pop Out: Ken & Friends
âThis is the greatest event Iâve ever experienced in my life. The Olympics for haters! My hater energy is recharged.â â Des
Average weighted rating: 4.6
Flashback to 2014
Whiplash
A decade on, hereâs how the top films of 2014 rank now.
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Halfway through the decade, we size up the highest rated and most popular pictures of the last five years. đžïž
Results as of 1 January 2025.
Our Annual Winners
The year-end highest-rated films since 2020.
Midway 2020sâHighest Rated Films
Spider-Man: Across the SpiderâVerse
In the middle of the decade, these are the top 50 highest-rated films so far.
Midway 2020sâMost Fans A âfanâ is a member who has selected the film in their four favorites.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The most four-faved films of the 2020s.
Midway 2020sâDirectorial Debuts Exclusively narrative feature directorial debuts for all credited directors.
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
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Midway 2020sâWomen Directors
Aftersun
Midway 2020sâDocumentaries
No Other Land
Midway 2020sâNarrative Miniseries Excludes canceled or renewed series.
Samuel
Midway 2020sâDocumentary Miniseries Excludes canceled or renewed series.
The Beatles: Get Back
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Before it ends, before we run out of time, our editorial team would like to celebrate some of our greatest days of 2024.
Between Marty and Leo in our most watched YouTube video and the wickedly talented ensemble in our most viewed TikTok, you took pride in our most liked tweet on X, and lapped up four faves on IG from besties like Denis, Emma, Olivia, Snoop, Pedro, the French lawyers and Team Godzilla. (Zendaya, call us.)
Our most read Journal stories saw naughty lists, M. Night rankings and search parties float your boat. We also danced with AwÄra, booked a private with Michael Mann, embraced closed captions and took a class in audio commentaries. Plus, hand-picked recommendations new and old, year-round.
Breakâs overâback to the floor. đȘ©
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Reviews We Loved
Hard Truths
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Completely bowled over by this. Every burst of anger or humor flattened by the silence that comes from having to exist like this, having to live with pain you simply cannot communicate. Marianne Jean-Baptiste with the performance of the year? Decade? Life? A remarkable exercise in screen acting, taking up the frame early, larger than life until the rage and pain consumes her and she just shrinks and shrinks, even her face seemingly swallowing itself. Itâs fucking NUTS. A giant.
Twisters
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Iâll be honest. I was a doubter/hater. But then I saw Twisters in 4DX. While Twisters is the prime example of the braindead summer blockbuster, I canât help but be charmed in the moment by its portrayal of Americana. When itâs not trying to justify its uses of semi-real scientific explanations, Twisters relishes grabbing the bull by the horns and riding out the storm. Twisters does something a lot of big blockbusters forget to do: it has fun! Never have I wanted to YEE HAW more in a movie.
Love Lies Bleeding
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Somewhere in the world, David Cronenberg and Julia Ducournau are smiling simply because this film exists. Rose Glassâs Love Lies Bleeding is a neon-infused, surrealist, daydream of a film in which love and violence are so intertwined that you canât tell where one ends and the other begins. When Richard Siken wrote âIâm sorry about the blood in your mouth, I wish it was mineâ I can only imagine this was the type of feeling he was trying to evoke, a passion so guttural, so all-consuming that it makes one bleed and draw blood for the sake of others. Glass finds sensuality in the grotesque, beauty in the horror, and a tender connection in the midst of brutality that gives the characters the strength they need to break free and run away together. Perhaps not into the sunset, but into the starry, desert night.
](https://letterboxd.com/anapau_villa/film/love-lies-bleeding-2024/)
Interstellar
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Watching my dadâs and [my] favorite movie in IMAX with him was such a special experience. I started crying before anything had even happened because I already felt the weight of the grief that this movie holds ⊠I donât think thereâs anything more beautiful than the idea that a fatherâs love for his daughter is so powerful that it literally transcends space and time, saving her and the rest of the human race. Because, of course, he promised her.
](https://letterboxd.com/beatricejane02/film/interstellar/2/)
A Woman Under the Influence
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Gena Rowlandsâ performance here is lyrical. Every peculiar micro expression, every movement, every flicker of vulnerabilityâher facial features perpetually arranged as though she could begin sobbing at any moment. Mabelâs life is lived in burstsâwhirlwinds of pain and confusion at her husbandâs neglect and contradictions, an abundance of emotion that just has nowhere to go but to come up to the surfaceâand every molecule of it manifests in Rowlandsâ face. If she is anywhere to be seen in the frame, you canât help but fix your eyes on her. When sheâs not on screen, youâre wishing she was. The hard pill to swallow is that Mabel is hardly any more insane than Nick. God forbid a woman be filled with untameable whimsy! At no point does this feel like watching a movie. This is complete immersion in something real.
](https://letterboxd.com/marisacerasoli/film/a-woman-under-the-influence/)
Seven Samurai
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Even though I can understand all the ways it tells me that samurai could be real arseholes they still remain really fucking cool.
Sherlock Jr.
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If I had a time machine, Iâd skip talking to my dearly departed ancestors and loved ones, and jump straight into showing this film to a Victorian child.
Juror #2
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Movie so tense it had me questioning if I was guilty for crimes I never even committed. Clint Eastwood at 94 years old still has the ability to throw an absolute heater down the middle of the plate. A masterclass of tension and guilt. A fascinating look into power and the lengths people go to acquire and protect it. A modern-day trolley problem ⊠Chris Messina shows up and I let out an audible âhell yeahâ.
Heretic
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I agree with everyone that deploying Hugh Grantâs nuclear charm in a horror direction is a⊠fun stunt! Heâs just a boy, standing in front of two girls, asking if he can kill them. The whole trick of this movie is that Nobody Could Ever Find Hugh Scary When He Is Such A Doddering Moppet and well⊠thatâs a big mistake, girls! Huge! Never believe that just because a man offers you blueberry pie he doesnât have a giant murder maze in his house!!!
Babygirl
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What makes this work, instead of following traditional narrative conventions, is the non-judgemental approach of its characters avoiding condescension and simplification ⊠[Nicole] Kidman and [Harris] Dickinson are such a complimentary pair; both bring a blend of vulnerability and authenticity to their roles ⊠One thing I think it excels at, in particular, is examining the complexities of female desire and the evolving dynamics of relationships and shedding light on the subtle interplay of power and vulnerability that defines them.
The Muppet Movie
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In every Muppets property, the same group of friends find each other again and thatâs so beautiful to me. Gonzo always falls for Camilla. Fozzie always gets over his stage fright. Miss Piggy always decides Kermit is her husband. Kermit always falls into existential crisis. Elliot Gould is *usually* there. Itâs Eternal Sunshine without all the hard parts.
Klute
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It was the way he looked at women that I found so endearing. For many of Donald Sutherlandâs romantic characters, when he observed women, he would bring out their innermost private self. He had a way of excavating the real youâthe woman you kept to yourself. It was mesmerizing, intoxicating, dreamy, natural, vulnerable, terrifying, erotic. Thereâs a scene near the end in Klute, which takes place at a fruit market, where this element of Sutherlandâs is on display, and I have rewatched it many times since I heard he passed away yesterday at the age of 88. It is where Sutherland is encased in amber in the temple of my own cinephilia, and itâs how I want to remember him.
The Young Girls of Rochefort
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What a colorful and beautiful film, also French sounds so beautiful, I wish French people were real.
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Directorâs Chair
Some top lists shared by filmmaker, actorâand pop-starâmembers in 2024.
14 Favorite Films in no particular order (except Potemkin)
Michael Mann 14 films
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Biutiful (2010)
Raging Bull (1980)
Incendies (2010)
Pale Flower (1964)
LâAtalante (1934)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Poor Things (2023)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
](https://letterboxd.com/michaelmann/list/14-favorite-films-in-no-particular-order/)
Movies That I Highly Recommend
Francis Ford Coppola 20 films
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French Cancan (1954)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Ladies Man (1961)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
](https://letterboxd.com/francisfcoppola/list/movies-that-i-highly-recommend/)
Flanaganâs Favorite King Adaptations
Mike Flanagan 20 films
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Stand by Me (1986)
Carrie (1976)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Shining (1980)
Misery (1990)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Storm of the Century (1999)
The Mist (2007)
It (1990)
](https://letterboxd.com/flanaganfilm/list/flanagans-favorite-king-adaptations/)
Favorites
Elsie Fisher 49 films
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Brazil (1985)
Winter Kills (1979)
Brewster McCloud (1970)
Tough Guys Donât Dance (1987)
Ten Daysâ Wonder (1971)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)
King of Jazz (1930)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Inherent Vice (2014)
](https://letterboxd.com/yowiescope/list/favorites/)
Great Screenplays
Chandler Levack 110 films
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Toni Erdmann (2016)
Casablanca (1942)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Back to the Future (1985)
Die Hard (1988)
Witness (1985)
Marty (1955)
Shiva Baby (2020)
The Godfather (1972)
The Social Network (2010)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
](https://letterboxd.com/clevack/list/great-screenplays/)
Paul Atreidesâ Picks
Kyle MacLachlan 10 films
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Spice World (1997)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Tremors (1990)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Star Wars (1977)
Holes (2003)
Minority Report (2002)
Hamlet (2000)
](https://letterboxd.com/kylemaclachlan_/list/paul-atreides-picks/)
Top Five favorite films
Leigh Whannell 5 films
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Jaws (1975)
The Thing (1982)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Se7en (1995)
Memento (2000)
](https://letterboxd.com/whannell_leigh/list/top-five-favorite-films/)
Alien Franchise Ranked
Vera Drew 9 films
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Aliens (1986)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Alien (1979)
Prometheus (2012)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
AlienÂł (1992)
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Alien: Romulus (2024)
](https://letterboxd.com/veradrew22/list/alien-franchise-ranked/)
TOP 100 HORROR
Scott Derrickson 100 films
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Suspiria (1977)
Jaws (1975)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Shining (1980)
Psycho (1960)
Carrie (1976)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Orphanage (2007)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Martyrs (2008)
Onibaba (1964)
](https://letterboxd.com/derrickson/list/top-100-horror/)
Wimâs Dirty Dozen of his favorite Road Movies
Wim Wenders 12 films
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Easy Rider (1969)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
The Searchers (1956)
Kings of the Road (1976)
Nomadland (2020)
Badlands (1973)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Detour (1945)
](https://letterboxd.com/wimwenders/list/wims-dirty-dozen-of-his-favorite-road-movies/)
Lists We Loved
Plus a selection of our favorite lists published in 2024.
Letterboxd Four Favorites Interviews
André Grochovski 2,475 films
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The Godfather (1972)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Shining (1980)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Jaws (1975)
La La Land (2016)
Itâs a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Star Wars (1977)
](https://letterboxd.com/andregps/list/letterboxd-four-favorites-interviews/)
Films that are a culmination/amalgamation of a filmmakerâs entire filmography
Ellie 70 films
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Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Star Wars: Episode III â Revenge of the Sith (2005)
The Fabelmans (2022)
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Glass (2019)
Once Upon a Time⊠in Hollywood (2019)
Oppenheimer (2023)
The Irishman (2019)
Streets of Fire (1984)
](https://letterboxd.com/bonesandellie/list/films-that-are-a-culmination-amalgamation/)
BRAT SUMMER
lily 200 films
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The Bling Ring (2013)
Bottoms (2023)
Wild Child (2008)
Challengers (2024)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Clueless (1995)
Project X (2012)
Babygirl (2024)
Shiva Baby (2020)
Saltburn (2023)
Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
](https://letterboxd.com/lilybond/list/brat-summer/)
throuples!
ruth 110 films
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Design for Living (1933)
Venom (2018)
Foxfire (1996)
The Prestige (2006)
Diabolique (1955)
Dead Ringers (1988)
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Husbands (1970)
The Master (2012)
Ferris Buellerâs Day Off (1986)
Jules and Jim (1962)
](https://letterboxd.com/corleocine/list/throuples/)
Couldâve fooled me! - Contemporary films that are excellent at recreating the aesthetics of older eras from cinemaâs history.
Ethan 31 films
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The House of the Devil (2009)
The Holdovers (2023)
The Lighthouse (2019)
The Witch (2015)
Black Dynamite (2009)
Hard to Be a God (2013)
Brutal Season (2022)
Leonor Will Never Die (2022)
The Heart of the World (2000)
The Artist (2011)
Jackie Brown (1997)
](https://letterboxd.com/funeman_/list/couldve-fooled-me-contemporary-films-that/)
Competence porn
Ray Newman 25 films
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The House on 92nd Street (1945)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
All the Presidentâs Men (1976)
Broadcast News (1987)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Fargo (1996)
Pushing Tin (1999)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Thirteen Days (2000)
](https://letterboxd.com/rayray67/list/competence-porn/)
The future is the past now
Isaac_Clerk 40 films
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
1984 (1956)
Blade Runner (1982)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010 (1984)
Terminator Salvation (2009)
2012 (2009)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The Apple (1980)
](https://letterboxd.com/isaac_clerk/list/the-future-is-the-past-now/)
Hair is Character: Movies Where a Characterâs Hair Tells a Story
eely đ» 144 films
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When Harry Met Sally⊠(1989)
The Sting (1973)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Empire Records (1995)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
The Candidate (1972)
Working Girl (1988)
Hairspray (1988)
Mulan (1998)
Bad Hair (2020)
](https://letterboxd.com/eely/list/hair-is-character-movies-where-a-characters/)
Verbing Name Name
benflores 40 films
[
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
Finding Mrs. Claus (2012)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Finding Steve McQueen (2019)
](https://letterboxd.com/benflores/list/verbing-name-name/)
2024 film posters that are just a big face
tullystenders 69 films
[
The Beast (2023)
Challengers (2024)
Cuckoo (2024)
Immaculate (2024)
Smile 2 (2024)
Trap (2024)
Small Things Like These (2024)
Hit Man (2023)
A Complete Unknown (2024)
Gladiator II (2024)
Woman of the Hour (2023)
](https://letterboxd.com/tullystenders/list/2024-film-posters-that-are-just-a-big-face/)
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Montage Menagerie
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Begin Again
Origin stories, prequels and interquels in 2024.
Title Trends
Boyz II Men
Five titles ending in âBoysâ meet five titles ending in âManâ.
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Itâs the Titular Role
Call her by her name like you said you would.
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Ratings Hit
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Strike a Chord
A playlist featuring boy bands, folk heroes, rappers and more musicians.
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Videos
Club Classics
Go back to the clurrrb in our supercut for 2024.
Poster Trends
Weâre Seated
Theyâve asked us to leave the trends section but weâre simply too seated.
Poster Trends
Succumb to the Darkness
Posters that are black as night and red all over.
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Crew Picks
One-Sheet Wonders
The Letterboxd teamâs favorite 2024 film posters.
Poster Trends
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The ten most customized 2024 films by our Patrons.
In Memoriam
A video tribute to those we lost in 2024.
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The Mosts
And finally, the actors and directors that struck your fancy in 2024, and the films youâre most hotly awaiting in 2025. âš
Results as of 1 January 2025.
Most Watched Actress
[
](https://letterboxd.com/actor/zendaya/)
Zendaya
Part Two of Zendayaâs reign.
- Zendaya
- Margaret Qualley
- Emma Stone
- Florence Pugh
- Rebecca Ferguson
- Catherine OâHara
- LĂ©a Seydoux
- Charlotte Rampling
- Anne Hathaway
- Scarlett Johansson
Most Watched Actor
[
](https://letterboxd.com/actor/willem-dafoe/)
Willem Dafoe
This is Dafoeâs third win.
- Willem Dafoe
- Timothée Chalamet
- Stellan SkarsgÄrd
- J.K. Simmons
- Josh Brolin
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Dave Bautista
- Javier Bardem
- Mark Ruffalo
- Brad Pitt
Most Watched Director
[
](https://letterboxd.com/director/denis-villeneuve/)
Denis Villeneuve
And Villeneuveâs third, too.
- Denis Villeneuve
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Ridley Scott
- Luca Guadagnino
- Christopher Nolan
- Tim Burton
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Martin Scorsese
- Shawn Levy
- David Fincher
Most Watched Woman Director
[
](https://letterboxd.com/director/coralie-fargeat/)
Coralie Fargeat
She is (number) one.
- Coralie Fargeat
- Greta Gerwig
- Sofia Coppola
- Emerald Fennell
- Justine Triet
- Emma Seligman
- Celine Song
- Jane Schoenbrun
- Rose Glass
- Samantha Jayne
Most Watched First-Time Director
[
](https://letterboxd.com/director/arturo-perez-jr/)
Arturo Perez Jr.
Yep, they made fetch happen.
- Arturo Perez Jr.
- Samantha Jayne
- Dev Patel
- Zoë Kravitz
- Anna Kendrick
- Greg Jardin
- Arkasha Stevenson
- Dana Ledoux Miller
- David G. Derrick Jr.
- Jason Hand
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Dune: Part Two
âBoomers say whatâs keeping young people from buying a house is grabbing specialty coffee a couple times a week, but itâs actually rewatching Denis Villeneuve films in the cinema.â â cinema excelsior
Average weighted rating: 4.4
Iâm Still Here
âO nosso paĂs tem memĂłria curta ⊠Tudo que nĂłs temos Ă© o que jĂĄ foi um dia, entĂŁo lembre-se, leia, assista, debulhe-se em nossa histĂłria, mas sobretudo nĂŁo se permita esquecer. Obrigada, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, por ter escolhido lembrar. Sua decisĂŁo me trouxe um novo filme favorito.â English â bel rodrigues
Average weighted rating: 4.3
Madame Web
âAwful in one of the most endlessly entertaining ways possible. So many narrative threads are dropped extremely easily, so many discarded characters, all the suit stuff being fucking visions⊠yet I was like. Smiling near the end.â â Paul
Average weighted rating: 1.5
AGGRO DR1FT
âContemplated half a star, contemplated a full five, settling on three because whatever I ultimately feel about its beautiful, nauseating, ethereal, and frequently boring cycle of synth soundscapes and infrared images, I think I sorta like it.â â JakubM
Average weighted rating: 3.1
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Most Anticipated in 2025
Mickey 17
See the full list for 2025 and beyondâŠ
Crew Picks for 2025
The Wedding Banquet
See the full list of our most anticipated films for 2025âŠ
Ones to Watch The highest-rated films that were below our minimum ratings threshold on January 1.
Her Story
âWe went somewhere really beautiful together.â
Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) in Challengers, on losing herself in the moment. Letâs get lost in movies again in 2025.
See the full lists, read the Journal story to learn more about who put this together, and take a moment to share this Year in Review to IG, TikTok, X, Facebook and beyond!
Our thanks to NEON for supporting this 2024 retrospective.
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Magnificent Obsession
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