Best Movies of 2024

So far, we have seen 59 movies released in 2024. There are still a lot of award-contending movies that haven't made their way to Minnesota yet, but here is a list of the favorites that we have seen*:

1. Conclave

2. Wicked

3. Better Man

4. Civil War

   
   

5. A Complete Unknown

6. The Order

7. The Fall Guy

8. The American Society of Magical Negroes

9. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 

10. Deadpool & Wolverine 

I would note that 1-4 are all amazing films in their own ways, and I would put them in a tier by themselves. 5-10 are also good films but not in the same level.

Best Bad Movie: Madame Web

Madame Web is the best kind of bad movie. It's campy and enjoyable. The acting and dialogue can be wooden but in a way that brings a smile rather than a yawn. Madame Web is so laughably bad that I saw it a second time. Give it a hate watch and have a laugh.

Just Bad Movies

Here are the movies that we just disliked:

The Book of Clarence

Challengers (many people liked this one, but we didn't)

Godzilla x Kong: New Empire

Kinds of Kindness

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Lisa Frankenstein (couldn’t finish)

*as of Jan. 13, 2025