The 20 Best Movies of 2024

Year in MoviesFrom body-horror satires to sci-fi blockbusters, animated buddy dramedies to a force of nature named Anora — these were the films that made our yearIt was the year of singing witches and feuding siblings, animated anxieties and neurotic robots, super-powered besties and tennis-fueled threesomes. Music biopics ran the gamut from Amy Winehouse to Robbie Williams to a coupla Bobs — the latter played by a young actor who took a break from being an interstellar messiah to portray a reluctant earthbound one. Even more popular were straight-up musicals, which came in the form of the Good, the Odd and the Folie à deux. A domestic-abuse drama was sold like a traditional romance-slash-lifestyle-influencer-IG-feed, complete with a coloring book. Big swings from big names sometimes led to big, big misses. People complained of franchise fatigue, yet the 12 highest grossing movies of 2024 were either sequels or chapters in a long-going film series. Trying to sum up the last 12 months f...