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The Movies of 2024: World Premieres
 By Grade // By Title // Last update: August 31, 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

Baby Dir. Marcelo Caetano. João Pedro Mariano, Ricardo Teodoro B+
Caught by the Tides Dir. Jia Zhangke. Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Chanchu Xu B+
Ghost Trail Dir. Jonathan Millet. Adam Bessa, Tawfeek Barhom, Hala Rajab B+
Good One Dir. India Donaldson. Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy B+
The Invasion Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. Documentary about Ukraine amid war B+
It's Not Me Dir. Leos Carax. Experimental meditation on self and world B+
Julie Keeps Quiet Dir. Leonardo Van Dijl. Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart B+
Love Lies Bleeding Dir. Rose Glass. Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris B+
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Dir. Rungano Nyoni. Susan Chardy B+
Universal Language Dir. Matthew Rankin. Mani Soleymanlou, Rojina Esmaeili B+

Anora Dir. Sean Baker. Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian B
The Apprentice Dir. Ali Abbasi. Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova 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
Four Mothers Dir. Darren Thornton. James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan 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
Inside Out 2 Dir. Kelsey Mann. Voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke B
Longlegs Dir. Osgood Perkins. Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Nicolas Cage B
Misericordia Dir. Alain Guiraudie. Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, David Ayala B
Santosh Dir. Sandhya Suri. Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi B
Simon of the Mountain Dir. Federico Luis Tacchella. Lorenzo Ferro 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
Wild Diamond Dir. Agathe Riedinger. Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli, Andréa Bescond B

The Damned Dir. Roberto Minervini. Jeremiah Knupp, Cuyler Ballenger B–
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Dir. George Miller. Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth B–
Megalopolis Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel B–
Motel Destino Dir. Karim Aïnouz. Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha, Fábio Assunção B–
Savanna and the Mountains Dir. Paulo Carneiro. Documentary B–
Three Kilometers to the End of the World Dir. Emmanuel Pârvu B–

Alien: Romulus Dir. Fede Álvarez. Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux C+
The Belle of Gaza Dir. Yolande Zauberman. Documentary about sex worker C+
Dune: Part Two Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya C+
The Fall Guy Dir. David Leitch. Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke C+
Gazer Dir. Ryan J. Sloan. Ariella Mastroianni, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts C+
Girls State Dir. Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss. Documentary C+
Meeting with Pol Pot Dir. Rithy Panh. Grégoire Colin, Irène Jacob C+
When the Light Breaks Dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson. Elín Hall, Baldur Einarsson C+

The Brink of Dreams Dir. Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir. Documentary C
Civil War Dir. Alex Garland. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny C

Challengers Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor 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 Shrouds Dir. David Cronenberg. Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce D

The Deliverance Dir. Lee Daniels. Andra Day, Glenn Close, Anthony B. Jenkins D–
Into the Wonderwoods Dir. Vincent Paronnaud, Alexis Ducord D–
Kinds of Kindness Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone D–