The time has come for my Top 20 Movies of the Year. As usual, some notable movies that are considered among the top are missing because I haven't viewed them. Among them, are Sing Sing, The Brutalist, Babygirl, Nickel Boys, A Complete Unknown, and others.
Therefore, this list will assuredly change within the next week. Basically, this top 20 is from what I watched in the calendar year. I always wonder if I'll extend it every year and end up coming back to this. So, here are my top 20 movies of 2004, with a one-line remark for each.
20. Love Lies Bleeding (dir. Rose Glass) - I highly dig stories of revenge against abusive men.
19. How To Have Sex (dir. Molly Manning Walker) - Crippling silence, all too relatable in girlhood.
18. Janel Planet (dir. Annie Baker) - This has the best performance by a child actor this year.
17. My First Film (dir. Zia Anger) - The most creative meta-documentary film of 2024.
16. Fancy Dance (dir. Erica Tremblay) - I loved the misdirected ending.
15. His Three Daughters (dir. Azazel Jacobs) - Tough to find a better performance by any other trio.
14. Origin (dir. Ava Duvernay) - The year's most important and informative movie.
13. Wicked (dir. Jon M. Chu) - It's not easy being green.
12. A Real Pain (dir. Jesse Eisenberg) - Emotional male bonding, what a concept.
11. Strange Darling (dir. JT Moliner) - The best puzzle of 2024.
10. Anora (dir. Sean Baker) - Uncut Cinderella.
9. Saturday Night (dir. Jason Reitman) - In 15 years, we'll note how many great young actors were in this.
8. Conclave (dir. Edward Berger) - ALL the Papal Tea.
7. I Used To Be Funny (dir. Ally Pankiw) - Coping with trauma certainly is not funny.
6. Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant (dir. Ariane Louise-Seize) - A welcome twist in the telling of vampire stories.
5. Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (dir. Rachel Lambert) - Loneliness, and its effects, can easily leave us pondering about our deaths.
4. Challengers (dir. Luca Guadagnino) - It's about tennis, but it's not about tennis.
3. Nosferatu (dir. Robert Eggers) - Slow dread is as terrifying as anything.
2. Dune Part Two (dir. Denis Villeneuve) - I long to absorb the three films as one for a proper thought.
1. The Substance (dir. Coralie Fargeat) - The body horror parts are significantly less disgusting than the men.
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