A Netflix film surprisingly takes second place

While the editorial team is still choosing their best films and series, we are also looking at the ratings from the entire Moviepilot community in parallel with this internal ranking in order to determine the best films of 2024. Which films? Highlights according to Moviepilot reviews you can find out here. Last week we also showed you the best series of 2024 according to your ratings.

These are the best films of 2024 according to your ratings. The best films of 2023 already showed a surprising mix. Now we have taken another look at all film releases in 2024 to filter out your front runners. To qualify, a film had to have at least 70 reviews and be made between January 1st and December 31st, 2024 appeared in the cinema, on stream, on DVD or on TV be. If there was a tie, the invisible decimal places counted. (Data as of December 19, 2024) The best films of 2024: 21st to 30th place The best films of 2024: 11th to 20th place 10th place of the best films of 2024: Tomorrow is another day

An Italian film sneaked into the top 10: the black and white tragicomedy Tomorrow is another day too travels back to Rome in 1946. Delia (Paola Cortellesi) loves her three children but suffers from her hurtful husband. Only a letter and a social upheaval give her life a new direction.

9th place in the best films of 2024: King’s Land

Mads Mikkelsen shone in the Danish historical drama this year King’s Land. In it, the king wants to make an inhospitable area usable: Jutland. Ludwig von Kahlen sets himself this seemingly impossible task and plans to achieve wealth and fame. However, the venture also has enemies with whom he has to contend.

8th place in the best films of 2024: Anora

Anora begins as a Pretty Woman story when the erotic dancer Ani (Mikey Madison) and the Russian heir (Mark Eydelshteyn) get closer, but his rich family objects to the marriage to the sex worker. But then the Cinderella story takes an unexpected turn and becomes a powerful, cinematic rush of a New York odyssey that you simply have to experience. The Cannes win for Sean Baker’s epic is well deserved.

7th place in the best films of 2024: Dying

If you only watch one German film this year, it’s this one. Die cannot be forced into any genre and is a haunting character study, brutally humorous parody and tragic death trial all at once. The 3-hour ensemble drama with Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch and Co. explored all facets of the Lunies’ family life and made Dying the best-rated German film of the year on Moviepilot.

6th place in the best films of 2024: All of Us Strangers

2024 gave us one of the most intense film experiences of the year All of Us Strangerswhich unleashed a great storm of fantasy emotions using the simplest means: Andrew Scott (Ripley) plays a lonely screenwriter who suddenly meets his deceased parents again and at the same time falls in love with his neighbor (Gladiator 2 star Paul Mescal). Directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years).

5th best film of 2024: The Holdovers

When a Christmas movie came out The Holdovers 2024 in January a little late in the cinema in Germany. All the better that, according to the reviews, Alexander Payne could establish himself as a holiday star if Paul Giamatti, as a hated teacher, has to look after the young people who don’t go home for the winter holidays. This feels a bit like Snape staying alone with Harry Potter at Hogwarts over the holidays.

4th place among the best films of 2024: The Wild Robot

Inside Out 2 is the most successful film of the year. In terms of ratings, the Pixar sequel is outperformed by another animated film: In The wild robot A machine woman crashes on an island inhabited only by animals, which brings with it an unusual rapprochement between both sides. A visually stunning sci-fi adventure with a lot of heart, Roz and her adopted gosling, Brightbill, won over cinephiles and families alike.

Third place in the best films of 2024: Poor Things

Poor things Emma Stone not only won her second Oscar in 2024, but also third place among the best films in this ranking. The provocative sci-fi film by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) fuses Frankenstein and Barbie into a slightly different coming-of-age film and features other stars such as Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo.

Second place in the best films of 2024: Netflix’s The Greatest Night in Pop

A top-rated film that many people probably didn’t see this year is The Greatest Night in Pop. The music documentary was released on Netflix in January 2024 and tells how stars like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie came together in 1985 to create an extraordinary song for charity purposes: “We are the World” made history and is still doing so Christmas) played up and down.

Number 1 of the best films of 2024: Dune 2

In Dune: Part Two Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) takes up his legacy on the desert planet when he mobilizes the native Fremen, including sandworms, to fight against the Harkonnen rule. Visually thrilling and emotionally shocking, it convinced the vast majority. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel was the only film in this year’s ranking to crack the 8-point mark, emulating its best-rated predecessor in 2021.

Podcast: The 10 best streaming films of 2024 on Netflix, Disney+ and Co.

In the annual review of the year at Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and Co., we discuss which streaming films are a must in 2024 and give you 10 recommendations.

The selection of the best streaming films of the year ranges from action surprises and thrilling adventure films to intense dramas. But there are also comedies and documentaries.

*. If you purchase through these links or take out a subscription, we receive a commission. .