For even more great cinema, check out my biggest project of this year: the 50 most life-changing movies ever made ua-cam.com/video/ZYp7EmEgxg0/v-deo.html Thanks again to everyone for your continued support! What were your favorite movies of 2024? And what movies are you most looking forward to next year?
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and insights! I hope you are able to enjoy the holidays and may you experience lots of love, connection and gratitude. Edit: Even though your content is utterly enthralling, I'm having a hard time not getting relaxed and almost falling asleep, due to your voice. I meant this as a compliment.
I think you need to check your facts before making videos and posting them online. I also really loved Zone of Interest, but the film was released in United States and Canada in 2023, so I'm not sure why you have it on a 2024 list.
Honorable Mentions Part 1: 00:00 Rebel Ridge 01:16 Conclave 01:29 A Different Man 01:40 The Promised Land 02:00 The Taste of Things Numer 1: 02:28 The Substance Honorable Mentions Part 2: 05:50 The Settlers Numer 2: 06:23 Anora Numer 3: 09:20 Challengers Honorable Mentions Part 3: 12:02 La Chimera 12:23 Trap 13:00 Megalopolis 13:46 Furiosa Numer 4: 14:35 Dune: Part Two Numer 5: 17:15 Juror #2 Numer 6: 19:16 Small Things Like These Honorable Mentions Part 4: 21:47 Red Rooms Numer 7: 22:30 The Zone of Interest Numer 8: 24:55 About Dry Grasses Numer 9: 27:20 The Beast Numer 10: 30:11 I Saw the TV Glow Honorable Mentions Part 5: 33:08 My First Film
Guys, if you can, please consider watching the brazilian movie "I am Still Here". Is a powerful depiction about the brazilian dictatorship we faced on the 70's. It also tells a completely true story. It's already a strong candidate for the best international Oscar. Often, latin american movies don't get the attention they deserve. Imdb Rating 8,9.
@@alextilley8323 Not really! The director is Walter Salles, which also directed the aclaimed brazillian movie Central Station. Fun fact: Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated for best actress in 1999 is the mother of Fernanda Torres, the main actress in I am Still Here.
I watched " I am still here" three times with different friends and had to think of it when this channel talked about "Zone of Interest". Both movies show violence you don't see but you hear. And this is so powerful. Both are for sure movies I won't forget.
As a young guy in NYC I frequently saw films at the Angelika ( Houston St. or Thalia ( Uptown, just off broadway) , the old Revival theatres. You are the only one on UA-cam sharing his love of film and the only one who can do what you do. There is so much garbage out there. Thanks for helping me key into what is worth watching.
I am so thankful to you for your willingness to so ardently share your passion. Your videos have helped me through some of the hardest moments in my life, by helping me to remember that the world is so much bigger than just myself. Well done.
Great list as always. I would add 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl', 'The Teacher's Lounge', 'Cadejo Blanco', 'Hoard', 'Green Border', 'Silver Haze, and 'Girls will be Girls''. Well worth watching if you haven't already.
La Chimera is absolutely amazing. Alice Rohrwacher is such an exciting director, love her ability to create magical realism. I also immensely enjoyed her Happy as Lazzaro. Edit: The Beast is such a bizarre film, it's not perfect but I can't stop thinking about it ever since I watched it.
one of my favorite things about end of the year lists is discovering new stuff that i never heard about. i mainly trawl the music lists and spend a ton of my headspace over there but i dabble in movies, etc. so hearing and seeing the new stuff that's out there is such a delight! thank you for sharing and most importantly, thank you for sharing so eloquently, so beautifully and so completely. i hope you had a great holiday season and look forward to your new endeavor (maybe!!) in the new year!
Really enjoyed the list and analysis - always a great channel! One very minor thing you might be interested in, "small things like these" isn't a working class family. Ireland was so dirt broke until the 1990s that he is middle class by standards of the time - own company, big house in the town, enough food. It's part of why the church could have such control over Ireland for so long.
Omg, this is the first time seeing your face and so thought you were way older! You have such a soothing wise tone. It’s very nice to listen to while taking in what your saying
Zone of Interest is a masterpiece. Longlegs is my fave for 2024. the way it is filmed... kind-of like liminal spaces/wide angle. I don't know how else to describe it.
Every time you make a video I feel like I get to take notes. Thanks again for exposing me to some films I never heard of! Now to go watch that top 50 video I somehow missed...
You always see more within the art of film, I deeply value your perspective and I think your work is important, as it reminds the common audience to look for depth of meaning in art, rather than simply being cognitive consumers.
Wow, I subscribed to your channel due to your analysis of the latest Marvel flaws. They were very accurate critiques. I actually prefer these vid where you talk about what you like; and find myself making notes into a long script of my own. Keep it coming.
We have some overlap, although The Zone of Interest is firmly a 2023 movie. Here's my list for fun: 1. Didi 2. Dune: Part Two 3. I Used to Be Funny 4. I Saw the TV Glow 5. It's What's Inside 6. Hit Man 7. Boy Kills World 8. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies 9. Here (hot take!) 10. Sometimes I Think About Dying
Decent list, definitely disagree with number 9. Saw Here as a sneak preview in the cinema, so a complete surprise for me. You often can see people leaving right at the beginning or middle of the film at a sneak preview when they decide it no longer holds their interest. I sat this movie out till the end and I've never experienced the constant drain of audience members during a film quite like that. By the end the once full cinema ended up with only me and 3 others. Talking with them as we left we all agreed we just kinda sat this one out having nothing else planned.
Yeah, Zone of Interest is 100% a 2023 movie, even if I personally didn’t get to see it until 2024. It won two Oscars (International Feature and Sound, both very well-deserved) for the year 2023. Some like La Chimera and Hit Man, the latter of which I actually do consider to be 2024, can be debated with release dates, but Zone of Interest is a 2023 film. Otherwise, solid list. Both you and Tom.
Nice list! And yeah, I was on the fence about including Zone of Interest as a 2024 movie, but it didn't release here until February (went to see it with my wife on Valentine's Day, not my best decision lol), so it was firmly a 2024 movie for me
Would love to see a Nuri Bilge Ceylan deep dive. Also check out Insise the yellow cocoon shell, a Vietnamese epic of Tarkovskian and Weerasethakulian magnitude!
I’m so suprised when you mention turkish director “about dry grasses” It can be little hard to understand cos of culturel situations. But It has basic human emotions and thougts. I’m so glad to add to list
The book of Small Things Like These is also immaculately written and conveys such a strong mood and setting despite being such a tiny novella. I highly recommended it!
What a great video. The first decent thing my shit algorithm has served up in ages. Really well put together, thoughtful insight with great production quality and sound. I will try to watch all these recommendations, and rewatch the ones I've already seen with a new perspective. Keep it up mate, this is seriously good work.
Love seeing about dry grasses and the beast on here, 2 movies that were slow but had me invested every second of their runtimes and fascinated me so much.
ur voice has a magic ability to put people to sleep, i couldn't focus no matter how i tried and i got chronical insomnia... maybe reading people to sleep is ur golden mine?)))
This might seem snarky or sarcastic, but I promise it's genuine, one of the things I love about movies is the true range in opinions. Hearing the aimless, poorly executed disaster (in my opinion) that Trap was described as a "Hitchcokian thriller" was a delightful experience of initial shock, recalibration, and ultimately curiosity to see what you liked about it.
Really great list!!!, for me, even though The Beast isn't being talked about much, it will stand the test of time because it addresses current issues such as the effect of technology on our human interactions. What captivated me the most is that, deep down, it's just a love story in a very classic way but with modern-day overtones
I couldn't help but watch the purple Christmas tree decoration in the background. To me it didn't look like a ball but an inter-dimensional hole that at any time could suck up reality through a death spiral. Maybe it's just me 😄
What a great list! Though I disagree with several honorable mentions that I felt were significantly worse than some other films that were released this year (Trap and Megalopolis come to mind - I didn't care for either of them, though there are some good performances in both).
Nice list. Here’s mine: 1. Dune: Part Two 2. Dune: Part Two 3. Dune: Part Two 4. Dune: Part Two 5. Dune: Part Two 6. Dune: Part Two 7. Dune: Part Two 8. Dune: Part Two 9. Dune: Part Two 10. Dune: Part Two
I’m curious if you’ve read Small Things Like These. It’s incredibly dense for how brief it is and I was already looking forward to seeing the adaptation, but now much more so because “immaculate sense of mood and atmosphere” and “quiet, bleak, beauty” all perfectly describe the tone of Keegan’s deceptively small novel. Definitely worth the hour or two it takes to get through it.
Don't agree with all of your choices, but I respect your intelligence and communication skills. Your English is about a hundred times better than most native speakers! Most of the people doing this are just stupid! I'm so grateful you're here! You've got me interested in seeing several things I had just written off as "not for me." I thought this was a great year for movies--the best in decades, actually. I'm in shock. My choices (so far): The Apprentice, Film Geek, Coup de Chance, Adios Buenos Aires, Sing Sing, Juror #2, Emilia Perez, Better Man, Queer. I'm now your fan!
Dune 2 was just magical. I literally felt a body high in the sandworm scene, you described what the theatre experience was like. It felt like i was in the world and is definitely my favorite movie of all time. I watched it 19 times in theaters lmaoo. If you missed it in theaters you missed out big big time.
I have been following you for years and since then you haven´t stopped educatig and inspiring me. The first video I came across was abou the philosphy of Kant in the "Kingdom of Heaven". Thank you, merry Christmas and happy new year!
Dune part 2 made me feel things I had not felt since seeing LOTR when I was 11 years old all those years back with my father, I honestly think it may be the best sci-fi/fantasy book to film adaptation since LOTR after watching Dune (both parts) 11 times. The utter feeling of not being a mere spectator but being dragged into that world for 3 hours and fully immersed from the first minute is mind blowing, Dune Part 2 probably has one of the best opening scenes I have seen in a very long time as well.
No way is it close to Lotr, dune was basically just amazing images with super cliche narratives and nothing interesting until the final scene. Really made me appreciate David Lynch’s dune waaaaay more and long for jorodorowkys dune even more , people are just persuaded by the awesome wide screen cinematography, their utterly dazzled like a kitten with enamoured with a sparkly sequence.
Yes, a great year for film. Many blessings to you, your wife and loved ones for the holiday season. Thank you for your incredible content. Anxious to see your plans unfold in the coming year.
Thank you LSOO, this was a great video and a great list. I think the standout for me too was the zone of interest. I don't remember breathing or blinking for its entire runtime and the subtle ways it seemed to play with the 4th wall were incredible. I need to check out some of the others on here I haven't seen yet ASAP. Happy new year my man, excited for 2025! ❤
"The Beast" sounds like a combination of "Eternal Sunshine.." and "The Fountain." "Zone of Interest" is the only movie I have seen so far and it hasn't let go of me. Most of us will never live next door to Hell, but it's still there. I have a lot of catching up to do.
I'm getting tired of the in-sell boogieman. Only one guy did something years ago -- he labels himself an in-sell and it has spawned more absurd boogiemen in movies than all the "incidents" we know of ten times over. It's a fiction that doesn't represent reality -- and it's a handy skapegoat to kick... the "loser" men of society who have been rejected their entire lives. BTW, 30% of men could be classed as this in present year. Demonizing 30% of men as dangerous to mi'ladies is absurd. There would be 24/7 "incidents" covered on every news channel -- yet they can only name one guy who merely said he identified as one. Thankfully, he didn't identify as a ham sandwich or there would be an endless pipe of melodramas demonizing a tasty lunch treat. Making Not-Sees the bad guys -- yet again -- is so tiresome. If you want to mine a fresh monstrosity, we have one happening as I write this. Funny enough, they were the ostensible "victims above reproach" of that period in history. Odd how they do what they accuse the Germans of doing but nobody makes movies about those guys. Almost makes you think the narratives they teach in school might not be the whole truth. It's a good thing the good guys always win the important wars. These top-card villains are pedestrian Hollywood -- without imagination or invention. How much longer will we replay the narratives invented to villain-wash dead men who are no longer alive to explain their side of the story... and the Soviets concocted most of it. Nobody portrays what the Soviets did -- which beggars what the Not-sees did in numbers and horrors. Why does the Soviet flag not draw as much Hollywood attention as the "crooked cross"? This is a question that answer itself with a little digging. No less than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Gulag Archipeligo) spoke about it -- but the West isn't ready for that discussion. If you want to actually delve into the dark soul of humanity, we have documented and confessed war crimes by the men who committed them in WWII for the West. Gen. Curtis LeMay -- who said himself that if the Allies had lost the war, he'd have been brought up on crimes against humanity. He was also involved in the JFK cover-up, BTW. I'm only interested in movies that have the ring of truth -- to wit: there are no good guys in global war. None. When you start looking into things, you learn that your side (the good guys) terminated as many or more than the supposed bad guys. There are plenty of accounts of what the Soviets did to Germany right after the war -- it was a horror. They sent hundreds of thousands of German POWs to die in Russia -- our Dwight D. Eisenhower had assured those men the would be returned home. They were soldiers in war -- POWs. We sent them to their premeditated executions. Post war. That's a crime. One need look no further than the Mideast today. We see our government funding our "arch enemies" to assist the regime change demanded by the usual suspects. I'm just done with the charichature bad guys and the same narratives over and over again. When you look into those narratives, most of them don't stand up to scrutiny. Most were written by the Soviets -- and we know they staged a camp after the fact because they had no cameras when they liberated the camp. That would make a fascinating movie of moral ambiguity. That's something for exploration. What do we get with the eternal bad guys? Just some writer and director doing an expensive virtue signal by trodding ground so thoroughly they've paved a superhighway on it for ease of travel. I want my movies to punch up, not down to non-existent enemies who disappeared in the past (the Not-sees) or non-materialized threats in the present (the in-sells). Anyone who buys it is a gullible NPC who gets their news from the propaganda pipe we call the "legacy media". This is what we call a "normie take" in the more informed circles... the ones that use facts, reason, and evidence -- not bald assertions out of context delivered by presstitutes who pretend they don't understanding English. There's no virtue in boldly fighting imaginary monsters. We have a word for those who do so: coward.
I watched Small Things Like These based on your recommendation, and while it wasn't the scariest movie I watched this year, it was the most horrifying. The first time you hear a baby cry your heart sinks into your boots.
The Substance was such an incredible experience that it reminded me why I even care about movies as much as I do. I’m no cinephile, I’m more gamer than anything, but games always told the most interesting and unique stories since I was behind the wheel steering the plot forward with my actions. I’ve always had an affinity with game stories as a frontier for stories told in a way never seen before but The Substance reminded me that there are some stories that can just only work as a movie. Its presentation, editing, music, visuals and casting, everything about this movie screamed focus and intent. It was a movie that really gave me the space to look inward at my own insecurities that I hide from the world to protect my feelings and avoid being hurt, avoid being alone. It’s a movie that served as a springboard to directly challenge and confront these often confusing and uncomfortable feelings about beauty, self worth, love and value. The Substance is a movie that feels…personal? Like I’m reading the directors diary or something. A reflection of someone who feels just like me sometimes. The Substance is my movie of the year, one of the best movies I ever saw. It’s so punk rock.
Its my favourite movie about substances and how are substance literally takes over your body to the point of not recognising yourself. I dont know why people think it's about womanhood though xD but hey I like different perspectives
Thank you very much for the work you put into creating these masterful videos. Unique, insightful, you bring a rare and brilliant perspective. It is wonderful to see a master of this craft.
Ordering from high energy to low energy instead of "the best" is so smart! This is the only channel about movies I watch; I'm usually on the book side of things. I hope that more people (my fellow commenters here in particular) come to view film top 10 lists like book top 10 lists: a selection from what that person personally watched/read throughout the hear according to their own personal taste, not a claim to having seen every film released in a year and dunking on all the films not presented.
Thank you for all of your recommendations and commentary on cinema, it's really helped me to appreciate the depth of films and increase my enjoyment. 🙂
No way can anyone say Anora was an underdeveloped character, in truth, we are watching her character development in realtime, a once in a lifetime sequence of events leading to the end of a young woman's age of innocence.
Absolutely that ending scene made me shed a tear. The film is so funny and fast paced it often doesn’t let you apreciate the characterization unless you’re actively thinking about it.
The best comedy of the year (black comedy, but also choice bits of farce) was "LeRoy Texas." People have not paid enough attention to it, but it has elements that give a feel of David Lynch, the Coens, and a touch of Kubrick in his black comedy mode. This film's reputation will grow. I have zero problem saying "Dune Part 2" is the best film of the year. All that it accomplishes, foremost in bringing a long-regarded "unfilmable" epic novel to the cinema, is beyond astounding. "Conclave" is far better than you suggest, and the ensemble of performances is the best I've seen in years.
Many good suggestions! I didn't like Challengers as much as others I guess, however, The Promised Land and Dune Part 2 are probably my favorite films of 2024, with an honorable mention to Furiosa.
Very nice list, added some of those films to my personal to watch list. But I am a little sad that not a single animated movie was featured in it, despite 2024 being a great year for animation ( thinking of Flow, LookBack , or La Plus précieuse des Marchandises as a top 3)
Your thoughtful work is always appreciated and an highlight of any day I might stumble upon it. Thanks for your love to the art form and to life and humans. Merry Xmas!
12:37 gotta pause it here since it's on my list and I'm happy to see that you enjoyed it! Btw totally agree about Furiosa! I really thought it was fun and a worthy sequel, although it ran a little long and I think needed some editing cuts.
Nice video! Cool 2024 recap. There are a few movies from your list that I haven't watched yet, but I'm definitely watching them before this year ends. And I'll have to check your other vids too because I just discovered your channel!
You have an incredibly profound way of reviewing films. Prolific as well as precise. Reminds me of the great Film Critics that have left us,( Kael, Maslin, Agee, and Ebert to name a few) as have those periodicals that have left us too and become beholden to their main shareholders, and ads, and away from the core truth, honest reviews, with the reviewer putting themselves on the front-line and all the the inspiration that comes from bottomline truth telling. Your use of language and the impressions of quality film, expertly, even though sometimes out of reach, you never stop giving us an experience that is open and specific at the same time. Cheers to your Passion and Point of View, much appreciated. Mike
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Thanks again to everyone for your continued support! What were your favorite movies of 2024? And what movies are you most looking forward to next year?
Hey, what is your Twitter account?
Thank you so much for sharing your passion and insights! I hope you are able to enjoy the holidays and may you experience lots of love, connection and gratitude.
Edit: Even though your content is utterly enthralling, I'm having a hard time not getting relaxed and almost falling asleep, due to your voice. I meant this as a compliment.
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I think you need to check your facts before making videos and posting them online. I also really loved Zone of Interest, but the film was released in United States and Canada in 2023, so I'm not sure why you have it on a 2024 list.
Thanks
Honorable Mentions Part 1:
00:00 Rebel Ridge
01:16 Conclave
01:29 A Different Man
01:40 The Promised Land
02:00 The Taste of Things
Numer 1:
02:28 The Substance
Honorable Mentions Part 2:
05:50 The Settlers
Numer 2:
06:23 Anora
Numer 3:
09:20 Challengers
Honorable Mentions Part 3:
12:02 La Chimera
12:23 Trap
13:00 Megalopolis
13:46 Furiosa
Numer 4:
14:35 Dune: Part Two
Numer 5:
17:15 Juror #2
Numer 6:
19:16 Small Things Like These
Honorable Mentions Part 4:
21:47 Red Rooms
Numer 7:
22:30 The Zone of Interest
Numer 8:
24:55 About Dry Grasses
Numer 9:
27:20 The Beast
Numer 10:
30:11 I Saw the TV Glow
Honorable Mentions Part 5:
33:08 My First Film
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You my good sire, are a legend. Wishing you a happy new year!
thanks!!
Ironic that the irish one is at 1916
Guys, if you can, please consider watching the brazilian movie "I am Still Here". Is a powerful depiction about the brazilian dictatorship we faced on the 70's. It also tells a completely true story. It's already a strong candidate for the best international Oscar. Often, latin american movies don't get the attention they deserve. Imdb Rating 8,9.
Same director as City of God, right?
@@alextilley8323 Not really! The director is Walter Salles, which also directed the aclaimed brazillian movie Central Station. Fun fact: Fernanda Montenegro, who was nominated for best actress in 1999 is the mother of Fernanda Torres, the main actress in I am Still Here.
@@Jeguinho_Rural ah right, thanks - yes I remember a Central Station, good film
It's been on my watchlist! Will release here in March 2025 :)
I watched " I am still here" three times with different friends and had to think of it when this channel talked about "Zone of Interest". Both movies show violence you don't see but you hear. And this is so powerful. Both are for sure movies I won't forget.
As a young guy in NYC I frequently saw films at the Angelika ( Houston St. or Thalia ( Uptown, just off broadway) , the old Revival theatres. You are the only one on UA-cam sharing his love of film and the only one who can do what you do. There is so much garbage out there. Thanks for helping me key into what is worth watching.
It's staggering how much money goes into shallow forgettable dross
I am so thankful to you for your willingness to so ardently share your passion. Your videos have helped me through some of the hardest moments in my life, by helping me to remember that the world is so much bigger than just myself. Well done.
That is so beautiful my sister I hope you're doing better
Love how you sprinkled the honorable mentions in the video
Great list as always. I would add 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl', 'The Teacher's Lounge', 'Cadejo Blanco', 'Hoard', 'Green Border', 'Silver Haze, and 'Girls will be Girls''. Well worth watching if you haven't already.
Glazer's speech at the Oscars was the opposite of bravery. It was the epitome of cowardice.
glad to see The Beast included. easily one of the best films of this decade so far.
Agreed! My favorite foreign film of the year.
It was quite good, and I never want to see it again lol
I gave it half an hour and I just found it so…
…talky?
It was all going past me, really.
Does it change course a bit?
@@PauLtus_Bcompletely!! it slowly escalates and honestly, was one of my favorite (unexpected) thrillers
French cinema on top
La Chimera is absolutely amazing. Alice Rohrwacher is such an exciting director, love her ability to create magical realism. I also immensely enjoyed her Happy as Lazzaro.
Edit: The Beast is such a bizarre film, it's not perfect but I can't stop thinking about it ever since I watched it.
For years your channel has been a source of solace and inspiration. I love art, movies, and your work. Thank you so much!!
Seeing Rebel Ridge here makes me really happy. Also 2024 was such an interesting year for movies.
one of my favorite things about end of the year lists is discovering new stuff that i never heard about. i mainly trawl the music lists and spend a ton of my headspace over there but i dabble in movies, etc. so hearing and seeing the new stuff that's out there is such a delight! thank you for sharing and most importantly, thank you for sharing so eloquently, so beautifully and so completely. i hope you had a great holiday season and look forward to your new endeavor (maybe!!) in the new year!
Zone of interest threw me off because it was in the Oscars so I thought it was a 2023 film which I guess it technically was.
Really enjoyed the list and analysis - always a great channel! One very minor thing you might be interested in, "small things like these" isn't a working class family. Ireland was so dirt broke until the 1990s that he is middle class by standards of the time - own company, big house in the town, enough food. It's part of why the church could have such control over Ireland for so long.
Omg, this is the first time seeing your face and so thought you were way older! You have such a soothing wise tone. It’s very nice to listen to while taking in what your saying
Zone of Interest is a masterpiece.
Longlegs is my fave for 2024. the way it is filmed... kind-of like liminal spaces/wide angle. I don't know how else to describe it.
adored About Dry Grasses & glad you enjoyed it too
Such thoughtful and insightful commentary. Thank you. Proud to have subscribed.
Every time you make a video I feel like I get to take notes. Thanks again for exposing me to some films I never heard of! Now to go watch that top 50 video I somehow missed...
I do take notes :D I love this guy's insights
You always see more within the art of film, I deeply value your perspective and I think your work is important, as it reminds the common audience to look for depth of meaning in art, rather than simply being cognitive consumers.
Lovely list. I'm impressed by the pacing in this video. Very well made.
Wow, I subscribed to your channel due to your analysis of the latest Marvel flaws. They were very accurate critiques.
I actually prefer these vid where you talk about what you like; and find myself making notes into a long script of my own.
Keep it coming.
We have some overlap, although The Zone of Interest is firmly a 2023 movie.
Here's my list for fun:
1. Didi
2. Dune: Part Two
3. I Used to Be Funny
4. I Saw the TV Glow
5. It's What's Inside
6. Hit Man
7. Boy Kills World
8. How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
9. Here (hot take!)
10. Sometimes I Think About Dying
It released in 2024 in the UK and Poland.
Decent list, definitely disagree with number 9. Saw Here as a sneak preview in the cinema, so a complete surprise for me.
You often can see people leaving right at the beginning or middle of the film at a sneak preview when they decide it no longer holds their interest. I sat this movie out till the end and I've never experienced the constant drain of audience members during a film quite like that.
By the end the once full cinema ended up with only me and 3 others. Talking with them as we left we all agreed we just kinda sat this one out having nothing else planned.
Yeah, Zone of Interest is 100% a 2023 movie, even if I personally didn’t get to see it until 2024. It won two Oscars (International Feature and Sound, both very well-deserved) for the year 2023. Some like La Chimera and Hit Man, the latter of which I actually do consider to be 2024, can be debated with release dates, but Zone of Interest is a 2023 film.
Otherwise, solid list. Both you and Tom.
Nice list! And yeah, I was on the fence about including Zone of Interest as a 2024 movie, but it didn't release here until February (went to see it with my wife on Valentine's Day, not my best decision lol), so it was firmly a 2024 movie for me
Boy Kills World is a new instant classic the likes of The Raid. Very entertaining!
you and your channel make these sorrow world a little bit a beter place to be...thankyou.
Described exactly how I felt about Dune 2. Watched it 5 times in IMAX
Lol Dune... The movie where aliens play bagpipes. Absolutely dumb movie.
just found you TODAY!! THANKQ my brother.... GOD BLESS YOU!!
Would love to see a Nuri Bilge Ceylan deep dive. Also check out Insise the yellow cocoon shell, a Vietnamese epic of Tarkovskian and Weerasethakulian magnitude!
I’m so suprised when you mention turkish director “about dry grasses”
It can be little hard to understand cos of culturel situations. But It has basic human emotions and thougts.
I’m so glad to add to list
The book of Small Things Like These is also immaculately written and conveys such a strong mood and setting despite being such a tiny novella. I highly recommended it!
You’re the best. I can feel the honest, genuine soul. Thank you.
What a great video. The first decent thing my shit algorithm has served up in ages. Really well put together, thoughtful insight with great production quality and sound. I will try to watch all these recommendations, and rewatch the ones I've already seen with a new perspective. Keep it up mate, this is seriously good work.
Perfect Days and Flow are my favorite two of the year. So wise and impactful in the quietest but strongest of ways.
Love seeing about dry grasses and the beast on here, 2 movies that were slow but had me invested every second of their runtimes and fascinated me so much.
ur voice has a magic ability to put people to sleep, i couldn't focus no matter how i tried and i got chronical insomnia... maybe reading people to sleep is ur golden mine?)))
amazing analysis , i cant wait to see what film you come out with
Thanks from Australia for your work, always keen to watch your releases. Hope you have a relaxing break.
I'm glad that you have appreciated "les chambres rouges". I recommended you "hunting daze" an other movie from Quebec that i've really liked.
This might seem snarky or sarcastic, but I promise it's genuine, one of the things I love about movies is the true range in opinions. Hearing the aimless, poorly executed disaster (in my opinion) that Trap was described as a "Hitchcokian thriller" was a delightful experience of initial shock, recalibration, and ultimately curiosity to see what you liked about it.
TRAP?! MEGALOPOLIS?! 😅😂🤣 Otherwise, I say, well done
It's great to see About Dry Grasses here. If you haven't seen, you should consider watching Nuri Bilge's other stuff too.
Great list! Always looking forward to your videos 🙏🏼
Really great list!!!, for me, even though The Beast isn't being talked about much, it will stand the test of time because it addresses current issues such as the effect of technology on our human interactions. What captivated me the most is that, deep down, it's just a love story in a very classic way but with modern-day overtones
RED ROOMS, hell yeah.
Love your channel man! Keep it up!
I couldn't help but watch the purple Christmas tree decoration in the background. To me it didn't look like a ball but an inter-dimensional hole that at any time could suck up reality through a death spiral. Maybe it's just me 😄
Thank you. I'm so glad that I found you're channel. ❤
What a great list! Though I disagree with several honorable mentions that I felt were significantly worse than some other films that were released this year (Trap and Megalopolis come to mind - I didn't care for either of them, though there are some good performances in both).
Nice list. Here’s mine:
1. Dune: Part Two
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Dune: Part Two
6. Dune: Part Two
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Dune: Part Two
9. Dune: Part Two
10. Dune: Part Two
Oh, you forgot one...
Dune Part Two.
ADDAAM RESHII ZAANTA
But what about Dune 2?
Amazing list of recomentations!
My First Film mentioned!! I loved that film so much
Your voice is so calming😍
I’m curious if you’ve read Small Things Like These. It’s incredibly dense for how brief it is and I was already looking forward to seeing the adaptation, but now much more so because “immaculate sense of mood and atmosphere” and “quiet, bleak, beauty” all perfectly describe the tone of Keegan’s deceptively small novel. Definitely worth the hour or two it takes to get through it.
I have not, but after seeing the movie I'm very curious to check it out!
Incredibly book as is Foster
Don't agree with all of your choices, but I respect your intelligence and communication skills. Your English is about a hundred times better than most native speakers! Most of the people doing this are just stupid! I'm so grateful you're here! You've got me interested in seeing several things I had just written off as "not for me." I thought this was a great year for movies--the best in decades, actually. I'm in shock. My choices (so far): The Apprentice, Film Geek, Coup de Chance, Adios Buenos Aires, Sing Sing, Juror #2, Emilia Perez, Better Man, Queer. I'm now your fan!
Thank you. I haven’t bookmarked so many movies from a UA-cam list ever. Now I just have to have the patience that these titles become available.
Dune 2 was just magical. I literally felt a body high in the sandworm scene, you described what the theatre experience was like. It felt like i was in the world and is definitely my favorite movie of all time. I watched it 19 times in theaters lmaoo. If you missed it in theaters you missed out big big time.
I have been following you for years and since then you haven´t stopped educatig and inspiring me. The first video I came across was abou the philosphy of Kant in the "Kingdom of Heaven". Thank you, merry Christmas and happy new year!
As soon as you recommend any film I haven't seen, it goes high on my must-see list.
Dune part 2 made me feel things I had not felt since seeing LOTR when I was 11 years old all those years back with my father, I honestly think it may be the best sci-fi/fantasy book to film adaptation since LOTR after watching Dune (both parts) 11 times. The utter feeling of not being a mere spectator but being dragged into that world for 3 hours and fully immersed from the first minute is mind blowing, Dune Part 2 probably has one of the best opening scenes I have seen in a very long time as well.
It is a very good movie but no where near as good as Lord of the Rings.
I agree, I have also compared the experience of watching dune in theatre to seeing LOTR way back when. Finally an epic worthy of the big screen
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Big screens today are digital and horrible.
No way is it close to Lotr, dune was basically just amazing images with super cliche narratives and nothing interesting until the final scene. Really made me appreciate David Lynch’s dune waaaaay more and long for jorodorowkys dune even more , people are just persuaded by the awesome wide screen cinematography, their utterly dazzled like a kitten with enamoured with a sparkly sequence.
@@Vgallo
Dune is a good movie but not in the same league.
Amazing insight you have!,
Yes, a great year for film. Many blessings to you, your wife and loved ones for the holiday season. Thank you for your incredible content. Anxious to see your plans unfold in the coming year.
Jeremy Saulnier is a very solid director❤
How exciting!!! Make a story of your own. Can't wait!
Great list and breakdowns, between this and your top 50 video, my Letterbox watchlist is loaded for the holidays
Thank you LSOO, this was a great video and a great list. I think the standout for me too was the zone of interest. I don't remember breathing or blinking for its entire runtime and the subtle ways it seemed to play with the 4th wall were incredible. I need to check out some of the others on here I haven't seen yet ASAP. Happy new year my man, excited for 2025! ❤
Thank you much for this great video! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
"The Beast" sounds like a combination of "Eternal Sunshine.." and "The Fountain." "Zone of Interest" is the only movie I have seen so far and it hasn't let go of me. Most of us will never live next door to Hell, but it's still there. I have a lot of catching up to do.
I'm getting tired of the in-sell boogieman. Only one guy did something years ago -- he labels himself an in-sell and it has spawned more absurd boogiemen in movies than all the "incidents" we know of ten times over. It's a fiction that doesn't represent reality -- and it's a handy skapegoat to kick... the "loser" men of society who have been rejected their entire lives.
BTW, 30% of men could be classed as this in present year. Demonizing 30% of men as dangerous to mi'ladies is absurd. There would be 24/7 "incidents" covered on every news channel -- yet they can only name one guy who merely said he identified as one. Thankfully, he didn't identify as a ham sandwich or there would be an endless pipe of melodramas demonizing a tasty lunch treat.
Making Not-Sees the bad guys -- yet again -- is so tiresome. If you want to mine a fresh monstrosity, we have one happening as I write this. Funny enough, they were the ostensible "victims above reproach" of that period in history. Odd how they do what they accuse the Germans of doing but nobody makes movies about those guys. Almost makes you think the narratives they teach in school might not be the whole truth. It's a good thing the good guys always win the important wars.
These top-card villains are pedestrian Hollywood -- without imagination or invention. How much longer will we replay the narratives invented to villain-wash dead men who are no longer alive to explain their side of the story... and the Soviets concocted most of it.
Nobody portrays what the Soviets did -- which beggars what the Not-sees did in numbers and horrors. Why does the Soviet flag not draw as much Hollywood attention as the "crooked cross"? This is a question that answer itself with a little digging. No less than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Gulag Archipeligo) spoke about it -- but the West isn't ready for that discussion.
If you want to actually delve into the dark soul of humanity, we have documented and confessed war crimes by the men who committed them in WWII for the West. Gen. Curtis LeMay -- who said himself that if the Allies had lost the war, he'd have been brought up on crimes against humanity. He was also involved in the JFK cover-up, BTW.
I'm only interested in movies that have the ring of truth -- to wit: there are no good guys in global war. None. When you start looking into things, you learn that your side (the good guys) terminated as many or more than the supposed bad guys. There are plenty of accounts of what the Soviets did to Germany right after the war -- it was a horror. They sent hundreds of thousands of German POWs to die in Russia -- our Dwight D. Eisenhower had assured those men the would be returned home. They were soldiers in war -- POWs. We sent them to their premeditated executions. Post war. That's a crime.
One need look no further than the Mideast today. We see our government funding our "arch enemies" to assist the regime change demanded by the usual suspects.
I'm just done with the charichature bad guys and the same narratives over and over again. When you look into those narratives, most of them don't stand up to scrutiny. Most were written by the Soviets -- and we know they staged a camp after the fact because they had no cameras when they liberated the camp. That would make a fascinating movie of moral ambiguity. That's something for exploration.
What do we get with the eternal bad guys? Just some writer and director doing an expensive virtue signal by trodding ground so thoroughly they've paved a superhighway on it for ease of travel.
I want my movies to punch up, not down to non-existent enemies who disappeared in the past (the Not-sees) or non-materialized threats in the present (the in-sells). Anyone who buys it is a gullible NPC who gets their news from the propaganda pipe we call the "legacy media".
This is what we call a "normie take" in the more informed circles... the ones that use facts, reason, and evidence -- not bald assertions out of context delivered by presstitutes who pretend they don't understanding English.
There's no virtue in boldly fighting imaginary monsters. We have a word for those who do so: coward.
So that's the face to that voice! I pictured you as a 50ish German in spectacles and a tweed sweater.
Strange Darling, Oddity, and Civil War definitely get honorable Mentions from me.
Mr. Snuffleupagus!
I havent seen much, but Dune, The Substance, and Anora are in their own tier above the rest for me.
Nice ranking.
I watched Small Things Like These based on your recommendation, and while it wasn't the scariest movie I watched this year, it was the most horrifying. The first time you hear a baby cry your heart sinks into your boots.
Always look forward to your recommendations. With so much media out there, these are always helpful.
Thank you always for your commentary and sharing your passions with us. Happy Holidays and heres to another great year of Cinema.
The Substance was such an incredible experience that it reminded me why I even care about movies as much as I do. I’m no cinephile, I’m more gamer than anything, but games always told the most interesting and unique stories since I was behind the wheel steering the plot forward with my actions. I’ve always had an affinity with game stories as a frontier for stories told in a way never seen before but The Substance reminded me that there are some stories that can just only work as a movie. Its presentation, editing, music, visuals and casting, everything about this movie screamed focus and intent. It was a movie that really gave me the space to look inward at my own insecurities that I hide from the world to protect my feelings and avoid being hurt, avoid being alone. It’s a movie that served as a springboard to directly challenge and confront these often confusing and uncomfortable feelings about beauty, self worth, love and value. The Substance is a movie that feels…personal? Like I’m reading the directors diary or something. A reflection of someone who feels just like me sometimes. The Substance is my movie of the year, one of the best movies I ever saw. It’s so punk rock.
Its my favourite movie about substances and how are substance literally takes over your body to the point of not recognising yourself.
I dont know why people think it's about womanhood though xD but hey I like different perspectives
*how a substance takes over the body
@chillaxer8273
Consider that the Substance starts with a woman being fired for being too old to be replaced by a younger version.
The substance was terrible. Its a blatant rip off of Starry Eyes. Please watch Starry Eyes
@@PauLtus_B consider that it's called THE SUBSTANCE.
This was really excellent. Thank you
I really agree with what you said about I Saw The TV Glow. I gotta sit down and watch it again
Thank you very much for the work you put into creating these masterful videos. Unique, insightful, you bring a rare and brilliant perspective. It is wonderful to see a master of this craft.
Such a thoughtfully put together and well-articulated video. Thank you for making it, Tom.
Ordering from high energy to low energy instead of "the best" is so smart! This is the only channel about movies I watch; I'm usually on the book side of things. I hope that more people (my fellow commenters here in particular) come to view film top 10 lists like book top 10 lists: a selection from what that person personally watched/read throughout the hear according to their own personal taste, not a claim to having seen every film released in a year and dunking on all the films not presented.
I love the nuanced approach of about dry glasses
Thank you for all of your recommendations and commentary on cinema, it's really helped me to appreciate the depth of films and increase my enjoyment. 🙂
No way can anyone say Anora was an underdeveloped character, in truth, we are watching her character development in realtime, a once in a lifetime sequence of events leading to the end of a young woman's age of innocence.
Absolutely that ending scene made me shed a tear. The film is so funny and fast paced it often doesn’t let you apreciate the characterization unless you’re actively thinking about it.
The best comedy of the year (black comedy, but also choice bits of farce) was "LeRoy Texas." People have not paid enough attention to it, but it has elements that give a feel of David Lynch, the Coens, and a touch of Kubrick in his black comedy mode. This film's reputation will grow.
I have zero problem saying "Dune Part 2" is the best film of the year. All that it accomplishes, foremost in bringing a long-regarded "unfilmable" epic novel to the cinema, is beyond astounding. "Conclave" is far better than you suggest, and the ensemble of performances is the best I've seen in years.
Many good suggestions! I didn't like Challengers as much as others I guess, however, The Promised Land and Dune Part 2 are probably my favorite films of 2024, with an honorable mention to Furiosa.
The best UA-cam channel. Transcends the rest.
A jolly good list. I missed a few of these and am always interested in LSOO takes. Maybe it’s time for MUBI. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you for yet another fantastic and very thoughtful video.
Thank you, Tom, for all your 2024 reviews. Have a nice Christmas and New Year’s. 🎄💙☮️
Thanks for the review. Subscribed. Notes taken. Watched some, will watch all of them.
I look forward to these at the end of a short yet long year. ❤
Ahh, my favorite movie-insight youtube channel - LSoO.
Very nice list, added some of those films to my personal to watch list. But I am a little sad that not a single animated movie was featured in it, despite 2024 being a great year for animation ( thinking of Flow, LookBack , or La Plus précieuse des Marchandises as a top 3)
Your thoughtful work is always appreciated and an highlight of any day I might stumble upon it. Thanks for your love to the art form and to life and humans. Merry Xmas!
This is an interesting list. I liked most of these movies myself so the few I have not seen are now on my watchlist.
I love your channel so much - thanks for it. Just wanted to put that out there.
Good video, interesting choices BUT personally, I prefer your honorable mentions to your main picks.
12:37 gotta pause it here since it's on my list and I'm happy to see that you enjoyed it!
Btw totally agree about Furiosa! I really thought it was fun and a worthy sequel, although it ran a little long and I think needed some editing cuts.
Nice video! Cool 2024 recap. There are a few movies from your list that I haven't watched yet, but I'm definitely watching them before this year ends. And I'll have to check your other vids too because I just discovered your channel!
You have an incredibly profound way of reviewing films. Prolific as well as precise. Reminds me of the great Film Critics that have left us,( Kael, Maslin, Agee, and Ebert to name a few) as have those periodicals that have left us too and become beholden to their main shareholders, and ads, and away from the core truth, honest reviews, with the reviewer putting themselves on the front-line and all the the inspiration that comes from bottomline truth telling. Your use of language and the impressions of quality film, expertly, even though sometimes out of reach, you never stop giving us an experience that is open and specific at the same time. Cheers to your Passion and Point of View, much appreciated. Mike