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The Movies of 2024: U.S. Releases
 By Grade // By Title // Last update: December 7, 2024

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All We Imagine as Light Dir. Payal Kapadia. Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha A
Grand Tour Dir. Miguel Gomes. Gonçalo Waddington, Cristina Alfaiate A
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof. Soheila Golestani A

The Brutalist (2024) Dir. Brady Corbet. Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones A–
Bushman Dir. David Schickele. Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, Elaine Featherstone A–
Dahomey Dir. Mati Diop. Documentary about restitution of Beninois artifacts A–
Strange Darling Dir. JT Mollner. Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Ed Begley Jr. A–
The Wild Robot Dir. Chris Sanders. Voices of Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal A–

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Dir. Radu Jude B+
Good One Dir. India Donaldson. Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy B+
Hard Truths Dir. Mike Leigh. Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin B+
Juror #2 Dir. Clint Eastwood. Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Chris Messina B+
Love Lies Bleeding Dir. Rose Glass. Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris B+
Nickel Boys Dir. RaMell Ross. Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Jimmie Fails B+
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Dir. Rungano Nyoni. Susan Chardy B+
The Room Next Door Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton B+
Small Things Like These Dir. Tim Mielants. Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh B+
Universal Language Dir. Matthew Rankin. Mani Soleymanlou, Rojina Esmaeili B+
Vermiglio Dir. Maura Delpero. Martin Scrinzi, Giuseppe de Domenico B+

Anora Dir. Sean Baker. Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian B
Bird Dir. Andrea Arnold. Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan B
Dìdi Dir. Sean Wang. Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua B
The Girl with the Needle Dir. Magnus Von Horn. Vic Carmen Sonne B
I Saw the TV Glow Dir. Jane Schoenbrun. Justice Smith, Brigitte Lundy-Paine B
I'm Still Here Dir. Walter Salles. Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello B
Inside Out 2 Dir. Kelsey Mann. Voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke B
Io Capitano Dir. Matteo Garrone. Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Khady Sy B
Janet Planet Dir. Annie Baker. Zoe Ziegler, Julianne Nicholson, Will Patton B
Longlegs Dir. Osgood Perkins. Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Nicolas Cage B
Nightbitch Dir. Marielle Heller. Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao B
No Other Land Dir. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham B
The Piano Lesson Dir. Malcolm Washington. John David Washington B
A Real Pain Dir. Jesse Eisenberg. Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Will Sharpe B
Sing Sing Dir. Greg Kwedar. Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci B
The Substance Dir. Coralie Fargeat. Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid B
Trap Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan B

The Apprentice Dir. Ali Abbasi. Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova B
Desire Lines Dir. Jules Rosskam. Aden Hakimi, Theo Germaine B–
A Different Man Dir. Aaron Schimberg. Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve B–
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Dir. George Miller. Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth B–
Hit Man Dir. Richard Linklater. Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio B–
Megalopolis Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel B–
On the Adamant Dir. Nicolas Philibert. Documentary about French care facility B–
We Grown Now Dir. Minhal Baig. Blake Cameron James, Gian Ramirez B–

Alien: Romulus Dir. Fede Álvarez. Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux C+
Conclave Dir. Edward Berger. Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow C+
Dune: Part Two Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya C+
The Fall Guy Dir. David Leitch. Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke C+
Girls State Dir. Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss. Documentary C+
How to Have Sex Dir. Molly Manning Walker. Mia McKenna-Bruce, Enva Lewis C+
Memoir of a Snail Dir. Adam Elliot. Voices of Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver C+

Civil War Dir. Alex Garland. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny C

Blitz Dir. Steve McQueen. Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Weller C–
Challengers Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor C–
La Cocina Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios. Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz C–
Gladiator II Dir. Ridley Scott. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington C–
Joker: Folie à Deux Dir. Todd Phillips. Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga C–
Lee Dir. Ellen Kuras. Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg C–
Road House Dir. Doug Liman. Jake Gyllenhaal, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams C–

Brats Dir. Andrew McCarthy. Documentary about 1980s Hollywood actors D+
Emilia Pérez Dir. Jacques Audiard. Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña D+
The Outrun Dir. Nora Fingscheidt. Saoirse Ronan, Saskia Reeves, Stephen Dillane D+

Hot Frosty Dir. Peter Ciccoritti. TV. Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan D

The Deliverance Dir. Lee Daniels. Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins D–
Kinds of Kindness Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone D–

Y2K Dir. Kyle Mooney. Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler F