THE BEST AND WORST OF 2024
Alan's picks
The Year's Ten Best Movies
(In Descending Order)
1. A Complete Unknown
2. The Brutalist
3. The Substance
4. Nosferatu
5. Anora
6. The Bikeriders
7. Emilia Pérez
8. The Taste Of Things
9. Wicked
10. The Apprentice
The Second Ten:
11. Maria
12. Last Summer
13. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
14. Babygirl
15. Challengers
16. Flow
17. Goodrich
18. The Beekeeper
19. September 5
20. Dune 2
I also liked:
Joker 2
Civil War
Back To Black
The Outrun
Immaculate
Ghostlight
A Real Pain
Smile 2
The Girl With The Needle
Love Lies Bleeding
Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Wild Robot
Mean Girls
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Best Actress:
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Best Supporting Actor:
Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
Best Supporting Actress:
Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez)
Additional Great Performances Of 2023:
ACTOR:
Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), Michael Keaton (Goodrich), Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight), Daniel Craig (Queer), Nicholas Hoult (Juror # 2)
ACTRESS:
Angelina Jolie (Maria), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl), Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun), Naomi Scott (Smile 2), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here), Lea Drucker (Last Summer), Zendaya (Challengers), Jodi Comer (The Bikeriders), Demi Moore (The Substance), Sydney Sweeney (Immaculate), Marisa Abela (Back To Black), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Barry Keoghan (Bird), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Willem Dafoe (Nosferatu), Scoot McNairy (Nightbitch), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Elle Fanning (A Complete Unknown), Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez), Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Leonie Benesch (September 5), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
Best Director:
James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Additional Great Directors:
Sean Baker (Anora), Robert Eggers (Nosferatu), Tim Burton (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
Best Picture:
A Complete Unknown
The Year's Ten Worst Movies
(In Descending Order)
1. Tuesday
2. Brothers
3. His Three Daughters
4. Lisa Frankenstein
5. Players
6. This Is Me...Now
7. Atlas
8. Cuckoo
9. Trigger Warning
10. Jackpot
11. Red One
12. Dear Santa
13. The Dead Don't Hurt
14. Fly Me To The Moon
15. Horizon
Chelsea's picks
The Year's Ten Best Movies
(In Descending Order)
1. Ghostlight
2. Wicked
3. The Apprentice
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Emilia Pérez
6. The Brutalist
7. September 5
8. Goodrich
9. Back To Black
10. Joker: Folie À Deux
The Second Ten:
11. Conclave
12. A Real Pain
13. Mean Girls
14. Anora
15. Maria
16. Juror #2
17. The Outrun
18. The Substance
19. The Girl With The Needle
20. The Order
I also liked:
Woman Of The Hour
Love Lies Bleeding
I'm Still Here
Hit Man
Between The Temples
It Ends With Us
Carry-On
Smile 2
Here
Flow
The Wild Robot
Challengers
The Piano Lesson
The Year's Best Performances
Best Actor:
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Best Actress:
Angelina Jolie (Maria)
Best Supporting Actor:
Barry Keoghan (Bird)
Best Supporting Actress:
Ariana Grande (Wicked)
Additional Great Performances Of 2023:
ACTOR:
Michael Keaton (Goodrich), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight), Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Nicholas Hoult (Juror #2), John Magaro (September 5), Daniel Craig (Queer), Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain), Jude Law (The Order). Glen Powell (Hit Man), Samuel L. Jackson (The Piano Lesson), Austin Butler (The Bikeriders)
ACTRESS:
Mikey Madison (Anora), Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun), Demi Moore (The Substance), Marisa Abela (Back To Black), Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here), Blake Lively (It Ends With Us), Anna Kendrick (Woman Of The Hour)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Mike Faist (Challengers), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Scoot McNairy (Nightbitch), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Elle Fanning (A Complete Unknown), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Mila Kunis (Goodrich), Renee Rapp (Mean Girls), Margaret Qualley (The Substance)
Best Director:
Jon M. Chu (Wicked)
Additional Great Directors:
James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson (Ghostlight), Hallie Meyers-Shyer (Goodrich), Tim Fehlbaum (September 5)
Best Picture:
Wicked
The Year's Ten Worst Movies
(In Descending Order)
1. This Is Me...Now
2. Bob Marley: One Love
3. His Three Daughters
4. Brothers
5. Trigger Warning
6. Jackpot!
7. Atlas
8. Dear Santa
9. Red One
10. Deadpool & Wolverine
