1. Anora
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Baker
Actors: Mikey Madison, Paul Weissman, Lindsey Normington, Emily Weider, Luna Sofía Miranda, Vincent Radwinsky
2. The Wild Robot
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Sanders
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Nighy
3. The Brutalist
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brady Corbet
Actors: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin
Plot: László Toth and his wife Erzsébet leave post-war Europe for a new start in
an emerging modern America. Toth, a visionary architect, finds a life-
altering opportunity when he is hired by a mysterious but very wealthy
benefactor.
4. The Substance
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Actors: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia, Joseph Balderrama, Oscar Lesage
Plot: Actress Elizabeth Sparkle is facing the harsh realization that her best
days are behind her but finds a new lease on life with an illicit black
market drug that allows a younger version of herself to emerge - for a
short time anyway. But as Elizabeth begins to to bask longer and longer in
this younger form it becomes harder to return to her older self - and it
is not without consequences.
5. Dune: Part Two
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Stellan Skarsgård
Plot: After the fall of House Atreides, the Harkonnen have taken control of Arrakis. Paul and his mother Jessica survive and begin to learn the ways of the desert Fremen people. Jessica, however, has plans elevate Paul to a messiah-like figure - a destiny Paul is reluctant to take but as the conflict increases, his decision will reverberate far beyond the desert planet.
6. A Different Man
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aaron Schimberg
Actors: Sebastian Stan, Miles G. Jackson, Adam Pearson, Renate Reinsve, Patrick Wang, Neal Davidson
Plot: Edward undergoes a radical facial reconstruction surgery, which is a
resounding success but he soon becomes obsessed with an actor who takes
his place in a stage play based on his old life.
7. Deadpool & Wolverine
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Matthew Macfadyen, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Jennifer Garner
8. Heretic
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Actors: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Elle McKinnon, River Codack, Stephanie Lavigne
9. Memoir of a Snail
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adam Elliot
Actors: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jacki Weaver, Eric Bana, Dominique Pinon, Nick Cave
10. Challengers
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Actors: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist, Jake Jensen, A.J. Lister, Connor Murray
Plot: Tashi was once one of the fastest-rising stars of the tennis world - and in the middle of it all finds herself caught between budding tennis players Art and Patrick. But this teen affair turns into a marriage with Art and when a sudden injury takes her out of the game, she also becomes his coach. Years later, Art prepares for the biggest game of his life - and it sends him and Tashi on a collision course with Patrick, a tennis star in his own right, as rivalries on and off the court come to a head.
