My Year in Movies 2024
I watched 60 movies this year, which is oddly enough the same amount of books I read. I wanted to watch more than last year and I did, including 53 movies that I watched for the first time.
Of the movies I had never seen before, here are the best and worst films I watched in 2023:
Best Movies 2024
Saltburn (4.5/5 Stars)
The Year of Living Dangerously (4.5/5 Stars)
Elvis (4.5/5 Stars)
Inside Out (4.5/5 Stars)
Baby Driver (4/5 Stars)
I actually watched Saltburn twice this year and it lives rent free in my head. Acting? Great. Soundtrack? Fantastic. Themes? Thought provoking. I can’t give a blanket recommendation for it because it’s definitely a bit edgy, but I loved it. The rest of my list this year is pretty eclectic and even includes a kids movie (but it was that good)! My dad has been telling me to watch The Year of Living Dangerously for ages and I finally did - I should have watched it sooner. I did not expect to enjoy Elvis but I really did. The battle for 5th was tight but Baby Driver won out for its killer soundtrack and great action sequences.
Worst Movies of 2024
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (1/5 Stars)
Thanksgiving (1.5/5 Stars)
Pearl (1.5/5 Stars)
Fair Play (1.5/5 Stars)
May December (2/5 Stars)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things was one of the worst screen adaptations of a book and totally lost me. Thanksgiving was entertaining but also gory and terrible. Pearl was unnecessary and underwhelming. Fair Play and May December were not fun to watch and I didn’t like the themes.
Despite some clunkers, this was a pretty solid year for movies! I’m excited for more great (and not so great) flicks in 2025.