Love this version of a list way more than year end lists where pretty much only full time movie critics have chance to see all great movies of year and everyday people won’t have chance to see all movies until May of next year at home. Awesome job!
My top 10 first time watches in 2024: 1.Bicycle Thieves (1948) 2.The Straight Story (1999) 3.Stop Making Sense (1984) 4.Brief Encounter (1945) 5.Seven Samurai (1954) 6.Come and See (1985) 7.Pèpè le Moko (1937) 8.Rocco and his Brothers (1960) 9.After Hours (1985) 10.Blue Velvet (1986) It was a fun year for me and films, first time watching David Lynch's films and it was my best year so far in terms of watching foreign cinema, especially Italian.
Also saw After Hours for the first time this year. A pretty crazy morality play. Would never suspect it was a Scorsese film without his name in the credits lol
The Jasper "oh you better believe that's a check" made me chuckle. Discovered your videos early last year and really like the hard work and insight you put into them! My favorite first times in 2024: "Antonia's Line", "Frances Ha", "Tokyo Godfathers", "Le Samurai" and "Charade".
My top ten (out of 530). Loosely ranked outside of Top 3. Lots of big ones that ended up living up to expectations. 10. Godfather Part II 9. Kramer vs. Kramer 8. Fail Safe 7. All of Us Strangers 6. Goodfellas 5. Insider 4. Lawrence of Arabia 3. Ordinary People 2. Fanny and Alexander (series version) 1. Nashville
An exceptional list. I shouted for joy when you picked Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice as your Ozu pick this year. Same for Friends of Eddie Coyle. I highly recommend George Higgins' original novel. Great book, and one of those rare cases where Hollywood didn't f*ck it up. Lone Star is one of the great films of the 1990s. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is your true Chef's kiss here. Bravo!
My top 10 first watches of 2024 10) Day of The Jackal (1973) 9) Face Off (1997) 8) Fearless (1993) 7) The Wrong Man (1956) 6) The Tree of Life (2011) 5) The Thin Red Line (1998) 4) The Tin Star (1957) 3) Cape Fear (1993) 2) Killers of the flower moon (2023) 1) The Man who shot liberty valance (1962) Honorable mentions: New York New York (1977), Sleepless (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), The Birds (1963), Goodfellas (1990), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), My Darling Clementine (1946), Two Lane Blacktop (1971), Superman (1978), Rear Window (1954), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Lone Star (1996), Old Henry (2021), True Grit (2010), Gladiator (2000), Grizzly Man (2006) I got the chance to see The Tree of Life and Gladiator in cinemas, it was magical. I also would like to mention the Batman TAS episode "Two Face". Not really a movie but it was so good I just had to mention it.
Too old to remember exactly what I've seen this year -- but reading so many lists of interesting films (even those that aren't to my taste are worthy entries) from you and your commenters is a pleasure. FWIW, however, I do remember which two newly-seen films I've seen this week: The Fever (2019) and Arctic (2018). Happy new year.
Great list Dan! Some of my beloved classics, some films I didn't much like but should give a rewatch and some titles I never heard of before and make me curious. As for me, I have the good fortune that in Amsterdam there are some brilliant cinema's that show the classics. So 2024 was the year I had a chance to see La Salaire de la Peur, ODd Man Out, Network, The Conversation, Nashville, La Regle du Jeu, Early Spring and Metropolis on the big screen, which made them into new experiences. My favourite first time watches (excluding new films) were (in viewing order): - The Ascent - Waltz with Bashir - Beau Travail- - Andrei Rublev - Harlan County, USA - The Misfits - A Swedish Love Story - Coraline - The Chaser - The Apu trilogy.
Another exciting year of film watching for me. I'd highly recommend all of these: 20. Bad Lieutenant (1992) dir. Abel Ferrara 19. Charade (1963) dir. Stanley Donen 18. Deep Red (1975) dir. Dario Argento 17. Police Story (1985) dir. Jackie Chan 16. Peeping Tom (1960) dir. Michael Powell 15. Nickelodeon (1976) dir. Peter Bogdanovich 14. Belle de Jour (1967) dir. Luis Buñuel 13. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) dir. Mike Nichols 12. Wild River (1960) dir. Elia Kazan 11. Blue Collar (1978) dir. Paul Schrader 10. Le Trou (1960) dir. Jaques Becker 9. The Insider (1999) dir. Michael Mann 8. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) dir. John Huston 7. Point Blank (1967) dir. John Boorman 6. Nixon (1995) dir. Oliver Stone 5. My Darling Clementine (1946) dir. John Ford 4. The Burmese Harp (1956) dir. Kon Ichikawa 3. Love Streams (1984) dir. John Cassavetes 2. The Wages of Fear (1953) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot 1. Mikey and Nicky (1976) dir. Elaine May
Big Country is one of the most underrated westerns to come out of Hollywood. Honestly, I hope William Wyler gets some more RUclips love. He and Michael Curtiz are two classic directors that could use a boost in the popular consciousness!
My top 10 from what I watched this year : 10. The Color of Pomegranates (1969) 9. The Emperors naked army marches on (1987) 8. Ivans Childhood (1962) 7. Fargo (1996) 6. The Apartment (1960) 5. The Seventh Seal (1957) 4. No Country for old men (2007) 3. Some like it Hot (1959) 2. Stalker (1979) 1. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
My top ten, in no particular order (apart from the top two): 1. Magnolia (1999) 2. Silence (2016, shoutout to the 1971 version as well) 3. Overlord (1975) 4. Red Rocket (2021) 5. Shame (2011) 6. Billy Liar (1963) 7: Ace In The Hole (1951) 8. House Of Games (1987) 9. The Shadow Within (1970) 10. Love Liza (2002) Honourable mentions: - Nightbirds (1970) - Red Angel (1966) - Thank You For Smoking (2005) - The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) - Il Sorpasso (1962) - The Killer (1989) - Jeanne Dielman (1975) - The Ballad Of Narayama (1958) - In The Soup (1992) - Odd Man Out (1947)
Wow! Another great video as well, Danny! Some great movie recommendations that I’ll put in my watchlist. But here are my top ten first movies that I watched for the first time last year: 1. The General (1926) 2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 3. Duck Soup (1933) 4. Sherlock Jr. 5. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 6. Casino (1995) 7. Gran Torino (2008) 8. Network (1976) 9. Cooley High (1975) 10. Top Gun Maverick (2022) But those are the only films I saw that I was impressed with. There are plenty of incredible films I watched in 2024. But man, these films grabbed me the most whether it be entertainment value, or just simple artistic value. And there’s that. I really like your videos. I may not agree with your taste a good chunk of the time, but one thing I like is that you have a very straightforward and passionate way of making videos and reviews. And that reflects in your movie choices. That’s something you don’t see much in other RUclipsrs. Happy New Year, and take care! Hope you discover even better movies in the future!
Oh wow, I watched Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion last year too, and it immediatly made to my top 10 of 2024 list! Such a sharp (and timely) political satire, Volonté is amazing in his portrait of a fascist, not to mention Morricone's hypnotizing score and Elio Petri's dynamic direction. Happy to see we shared a favorite this year!
Fantastic video! Heres my top 10 first time watches 1. Amadeus 2. The Nightingale 3. Room 4. All Of Us Strangers 5. The Florida Project 6. The Zone of Interest 7. Another Round 8. Red Rocket 9. A Woman Under The Influence 10. Battle of Algiers
I can give you a Top 15 First-Time Watches. #1 Grave of the Fireflies #2 Yojimbo #3 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon #4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre #5 Punch-Drunk Love #6 Le Samourai #7 Full Metal Jacket #8 The Swallows of Kabul #9 Nashville #10 The Illusionist #11 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) #12 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind #13 Boy and the World #14 8½ #15 Moonrise Kingdom
@@EyebrowCinema I had Grave of the Fireflies on DVD for many years, but I refused to watch it until I got older, because I knew I was not prepared for how devastating it would be, given that I have a sister ten years younger than me. The movie was a hard watch, still. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was an unexpected blast, for I went to a 11PM screening, expecting it to be a cheesy but fun slasher movie. Boy, do I love being wrong.
Great video Man, and this is my top 10 First time Watches of 2024. 1. Harold and Maude (1971) 2. La Strada (1954) 3. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) 4. Twelve Monkeys (1995) 5. The Boy and the Heron (2023) 6. Poor Things (2023) 7. Brief Encounter (1945) 8. A Place in the Sun (1951) 9. Seconds (1966) 10. To Die For (1995) That's my list and Happy New Year
My top 10 first time watches for 2024: 10. Peeping Tom 9. The Fly (1986) 8. Thelma and Louise 7. Atonement (2007) 6. Zodiac (I know) 5. The Great Dictator 4. Harakiri 3. Downfall 2. Your Name 1. Conspiracy (2001)
Lol explaining the history of the Kendrick saga to my friends was definitely a highlight of 2024 As for movies, my newest favorites include Daughters of the Dust, One Sings The Other Doesn’t, Son of the White Mare, Logan Lucky, Bringing Out The Dead, Supermarket Woman, Zodiac, Beau Trevail, and full filmography of Mike Leigh (Happy Go Lucky and High Hopes were my top two). I’d never heard of Ikarie XB 1 but it looks awesome and it’s definitely near the top of my watchlist now!
1. NEWS FROM HOME 2. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 3. THE HEARTBREAK KID 4. F FOR FAKE 5. ONE WEEK 6. ZOMBI 2 7. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 8. BLACKBERRY 9. OM SHANTI OM 10. FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES Good year, GREAT videos! Keep em' coming!
Added a number of movies to my watchlist. Here are my Top 10 First-time Watches of 2024 10. The Confession (1970) 9.Possession(1981) 8.That Day, on the Beach (1983) 7.Five Easy Pieces(1970) 6.The Piano Teacher (2001) 5.Beau Travail (1999) 4.I Vitelloni(1953) 3.Good Morning(1959) 2. The Leopard(1963) 1.Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
I'm so glad you loved Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion!!! I first saw it back in 2021 and loved it immediately. Some might disagree, but I think it's closest cinematic cousin is Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (2014).
I did a lot of rewatching in 2024 but I finally watched Once upon a time in Hollywood which I’d been dying to see. Though the final film I saw before the it became 2025 was Twilight and while yes it’s bad I can calmly say that I’ve seen worse movies.
@ yeah that acting though woof. Though this year I plan on seeing Alien,Titanic and The last temptation of Christ. Those are the big films I want to see this year.
I was pleasantly surprised to see The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ranked so high. I follow your Letterboxd and figured some Ozu would be on the list, but I thought you would go with Late Spring or Tokyo Twilight. But there’s something special about the modesty of Green Tea Over Rice, especially in that warm finale. Coincidentally enough, I also went on an Ozu kick this year, after falling in love with Tokyo Story late last year. I watched Late Spring up until his final year, along with some earlier films mixed in and catching a 35mm screening of Tokyo Story with my parents. Tokyo Twilight was definitely my favorite, but Floating Weeds wasn’t far behind.
I certainly have a lot of classics yet to watch (even though I already watched a lot) so my first-time watches aren't that exciting, but they are truly great movies: 10. Finishing School (1934) by George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock 9. Blow Out (1981) by Brian De Palma 8. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by George Miller 7. Happy Together (1997) by Wong Kar-Wai 6. Germany, Year Zero (1948) by Roberto Rossellini 5. Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujiro Ozu 4. The Boy and The Heron (2023) by Hayao Miyazaki 3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer 2. The Last Picture Show (1971) by Peter Bogdanovich 1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) by Jacques Demy
I watched a bunch of banger documentaties this year i watched the 7 up series and also jonas mekas gigantic " as i was moving ahead i saw brief glimpses of beauty " Also id highly recommend " streetwise " gorgeous documentary about homeless teenagers in 1980s America Also i FINALLY watched dekalog legitimately might be one of the impressive filmmaking feats in history kieslowski made 10 great movies in one year Oh i also watched the coen brothers entire filmography, i HIGHLY recommend " the man who wasn't there" its their most underrated film and my personal favorite Id like to thank you for your videos , i always get excited when you upload a new video Happy new year 🎉
I’m going to be selfish and do a top 20 because my movie year was pretty damn great 20. Sexy Beast (2000) 19. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 18. Southern Comfort (1981) 17. The Invisible Man (1933) 16. Cure (1997) 15. The Reflecting Skin (1990) 14. The Cameraman (1928) 13. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 12. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 11. Strangers on a Train (1951) 10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 9. The Conformist (1970) 8. Death Becomes Her (1992) 7. The Trial (1962) 6. The Grey Zone (2001) 5. A Separation (2011) 4. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) 3. Secrets & Lies (1996) 2. Miller’s Crossing (1990) 1. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle was recommended to me by Gina Gershon. Not personally or even directly, but in her Criterion Closet video, she picked the movie at random for fun and that made enough of an impression that I remembered it the next time Criterion had a sale.
Happy New Year. Great picks and love your channel. My first time watches for 2024 are as follows (ranked accordingly): 1. The Miracle Woman (1931) dir. Frank Capra 2. Remember the Night (1940) dir. Mitchell Leisen 3. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor 4. Scarlet Street (1945) dir. Fritz Lang 5. Lost Horizon (1937) dir. Frank Capra 6. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) dir. Douglas Sirk 7. Written on the Wind (1956) dir. Douglas Sirk 8. You Can’t Take It With You (1938) dir. Frank Capra 9. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) dir. Lewis Milestone 10. Portrait of Jennie (1948) dir. William Dieterle
My favourite 20 first watches this year: 20. The City of Women - Federico Fellini 19. When Harry Met Sally - Rob Reiner 18. Underground - Emir Kusturica 17. The Substance - Coraline Fargeat 16. The Cranes are Flying - Mikhail Kalatozov 15. Frances Ha - Noah Baumbach 14. We all loved each other so much - Ettore Scola 13. The apartment - Billy Wilder 12. Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos 11. Drama of jealousy (and other things) - Ettore Scola 10. Marriage Italian Style - Vittorio de Sica 9. Seduced and Abandoned - Pietro Germi 8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid - George Roy Hill 7. Vertigo - Hitchcock 6. Welcome or no trespassing - Elem Klimov 5. Anora - Sean Baker 4. Rear Window - Hitchcock 3. Come and See - Elem Klimov 2. A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick 1. The Graduate - Mike Nichols Do what u will with this information.
I too watched breaking the waves for the first time... and dogville which i thought was even better. Also saw Investigation of a Citizen Above suspicion and fully agree with your comments. Immediately bought the Criterion.
I've historically been prone to rewatching old favorites over and over again but this year I made an effort to seek out mostly new-to-me movies and branch out into genres I don't usually gravitate toward. Part of me is still kicking myself for not watching all of these gems earlier but it's also exciting to find out there's still a lot out there for me to fall in love with. It was a struggle to only list ten: 10. History is Made at Night 9. Secrets & Lies 8. The Palm Beach Story 7. Klute 6. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 5. Seconds 4. The Ox-Bow Incident 3. Tampopo 2. A Matter of Life and Death 1. The More the Merrier
well, Eddie Coyle and Citizen have been sitting on my shelf for over a year, time to put those babies in the disctray. a few of my standouts this year: Eileen (2023), And Justice For All (1979), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Paper Moon (1973), Liberty Heights (1999), Living Out Loud (1998).
My list would probably go: - A Separation (2011) - Birth (2004) - Fish Tank (2009) - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - La Chimera (2023) - Monster (2023) - Poetry (2010) - The Substance (2024) - Woman in the Dunes (1964) I also watched Breaking the Waves, Lone Star, and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion for the first time this past year and really enjoyed them all! Excited to get to Ikarie XB-1 soon I love the Czech New Wave
My top 10 first time watches of 2024 in no particular order. 1. Sunset Boulevard 2. Dogville 3. Punishment Park 4. The Phantom Carriage 5. The Round-Up 6. Alice In The Cities 7. The Cremator 8. The Player 9. To Be Or Not To Be 10. Sans Soleil Honorable Mention: Grand Illusion
@@EyebrowCinema i watched couple Trier movies this year and dogville is easily my favorite. And i say this even though i really don't like the main thesis of the movie. It plays with theatricality and the idea of symbolism in quite interesting ways. That aspect deserves a breakdown video alone.
@@cactusman5603 i still haven't seen The Red And The White but i am extremely curious. Though i think it looks like a movie that deserves to be seen in big screen. I saw The Round-Up in a film festival and it was a great experience.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice is sooo good! I mean, I love basically everything Ozu made, but 'Green Tea' is definitely up there. "There Was a Father" is a personal favorite, though.
Great video, as always, gave me couple of films that I never heard of before that are now definately on my watchlist! Here's my list for 2024, in no particular order: 1. Perfect Days (2024) 2. The Holdovers (2023) 3. The Abyss (1989) 4. Body Heat (1981) 5. The Big Chill (1983) 6. Klute (1971) 7. The Passenger (1975) 8. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) 9. In a Violent Nature (2024) 10. Death Becomes Her (1992)
Great list as always! My Top 10 new watches of 2024: 10. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 9. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 8. Memories of Murder (2003) 7. Red Rocket (2021) 6. The Lair of the White Worm (1988) 5. The Substance (2024) 4. The Devils (1971) 3. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 2. I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 1. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
I didn't watch nearly as many movies as I would have liked to this year, but here's my list 10. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - 7.5/10 9. Love Lies Bleeding - 8/10 8. Dune: Part Two - 8.5/10 7. Anora - 8.5/10 6. Hundreds of Beavers - 8.5/10 5. Princess Mononoke - 9/10 4. The Florida Project - 9/10 3. A Different Man - 9/10 2. Challengers - 9/10 1. The Zone of Interest - 9.5/10
Excluding new releases that could fill up multiple spots: 10. Drive My Car 9. Pretend That You Love Me 8. The Man Who Wasn’t There 7. Barton Fink 6. Dragon Inn 5. Ran 4. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 3. Grizzly Man 2. Sonatine 1. Bullet Ballet
Awesome list, here's mine: 10: forever a woman (1955) 9: pride and prejudice (2005) 8: the big clock (1948) 7: strange days (1995) 6: ben-hur (1959) 5: die nibelungen parts 1&2 (1924) (Thank you for that recommendation by the way, big fan of the podcast) 4: letter never sent (1959) 3: pulse (2001) 2: threads (1984) 1: brief encounter (1945)
Weirdly enough, I've only seen Funny games from your list, but I loved it. The most intriguing for me are numbers 2,1,4,6, and I'll make sure to check them out. The Friends of Eddie Coyle I've been meaning to watch for some time. I'm gonna attempt to make a top 15 , even though I'm not very good at this. Movies that impressed me the most in 2024. 1. Babette's Feast 2. Phantom of the Paradise 3. The reflecting skin 4. Anatomy of a fall 5. Paper Moon 6. Sideways 7. Terms of endearment 8. Beau travail 9. Jean de Florette/Manon of the spring 10. Big night 11. The Servant 12. The long day closes 13. Deep cover 14. The great silence 15. Master and Commander
My 10 Favourite Movies I watched for the first time in 2024 are: 1. The Zone of Interest (2023) 2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) 3. Shame (2011) 4. Samurai Rebellion (1967) 5. Pale Flower (1964) 6. The Apartment (1960) 7. The Boy and the Heron (2023) 8. Challengers (2024) 9. Network (1976) 10. Gone Girl (2014)
For me- 1- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick) - this was technically a rewatch, but this viewing felt like such a rediscovery since I didn’t really pay it much mind my first go around) 2- Modern Times (1936, Charlie Chaplin) 3- Twin Peaks (1989, David Lynch) - technically a TV Show, but this year I watched every episode of Twin Peaks and I had what I can only refer to as a religious experience, and it very quickly became my second favourite show (Doctor Who at 1), so I can’t just not include it, so I’m going with the 1989 pilot. 4- Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau) - saw while studying at the BFI in London with a live piano accompaniment. Awesome. 5- Insomnia (2002, Christopher Nolan) 6- The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese) 7- The Remains of the Day (1993, James Ivory) 8- The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) 9- Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa) 10- Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg) - Ironically enough, my final Spielberg film, discounting Twilight Zone: The Movie. Honourable mentions Amy (2015), Barry Lyndon (1975), Cabaret (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Ed Wood (1994), Evil Dead II (1987), The Last Waltz (1978), On The Waterfront (1954), Spellbound (1945), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Thing (1982), This Is England (2006), Through A Glass Darkly (1961). I had a pretty good year at the movies. I watched my first films by Ingmar Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan, Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang, Bruce Lee, Ernst Lubistch, Ida Lupino, Park Chan-wook, François Truffaut, John Waters and Ed Wood and I finally finished the filmographies of David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg (my favourite director) and Quentin Tarantino. For Kubrick, I actually did something of a retrospective where I watched each of his films month to month, and while I didn’t love all of them, it was still exciting to come to a new one every month. Edit: please do another watchlist video this year.
@@samuelbarber6177 stellar, stellar list. I'm envious of how much great stuff you've watched. As for the watchlist video, a lot of what's holding that up are that three of the films on it, The Killer, The Straight Story, and Dick Tracy, are pretty difficult to get in Canada at the moment. They aren't streaming anywhere or even rentable. I've kept my eyes open for physical copies but thus far have been unsuccessful in finding any.
@@EyebrowCinemathat’s a shame. I’ve had my own issues with that kind of thing in the UK as well (had to get a full Blu-Ray set of Twin Peaks just to get Fire Walk With Me, but I have it now, so…)
There are two movies based on George V Higgins books ('Friends of Eddie Coyle' and 'Killing Them Softly'), and I can't seem to enjoy either one as much as they probably deserve. Partially because I love the books so much that I focus too hard on the parts the movies leave out, and partially because the audio books are performed so well that a lot of the actors' dialogue just sounds "wrong" to my ear.
Kind of an odd and boring list this year, but: 10. Double Indemnity 9. The Taste of Things 8. No Other Land 7. Nickel Boys 6. Ikiru 5. Malcolm X 4. Princess Mononoke 3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2. Hundreds of Beavers 1. Army of Shadows
Not a big year for great first time watches numerically, but there were a few really good ones: Pusher II(2004) and Pusher III(2005): these were a lot more grounded and character driven than I expected from the director of Drive. PTU(2003): a gorgeously shot, feel good hangout movie about cops doing terrible things to find a lost gun. Chungking Express(1994) Sparrow(2008): a fluffy Hong Kong crime caper film that is almost a musical and really leans into French New Wave. A very beautiful exercise in style. The Umbrella's of Cherbourg: I actually watched this because I was trying to track down the visual influences for Sparrow, and I really enjoyed it. I think next year I am going to try a lot more mid 20th century musicals.
@@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775 Umbrellas is my favourite musical. Demy's follow-up, The Young Girls of Rochefort is also excellent and told in a pretty different style.
Not counting 2024 movies or 2023 releases I was catching up with, my favorite first-time watches of the year include: - M (1931, Fritz Lang) - If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, Barry Jenkins) - Fist of Fury (1972, Lo Wei) - Modern Times (1936, Charlie Chaplin) - Her (2013, Spike Jonze) - Moonage Daydream (2022, Brett Morgen) - The Last Waltz (1978, Martin Scorsese) - All About My Mother (1999, Pedro Almodovar) - A Raisin in the Sun (1961, Daniel Petrie) - Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Otto Preminger) - Phenomena (1985, Dario Argento) - The Sparks Brothers (2021, Edgar Wright) - In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai) - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988, Terry Gilliam) - Phantasm (1979, Don Coscarelli) - A Woman Under the Influence (1974, John Cassavetes) - The Fisher King (1991, Terry Gilliam) - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Terry Gilliam) - Cool Hand Luke (1967, Stuart Rosenberg) - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, Stanley Kramer)
My top 10 1. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) dir. Werner Herzog 2. Who's Singin' Over There? (1980) dir. Slobodan Šijan 3. Cyclo (1995) dir. Tran Anh Hung 4. I Like Killing Flies (2004) dir. Matt Mahuran 5. Quiz Show (1994) dir. Robert Redford 6. Vengeance Is Mine (1979) dir. Shōhei Imamura 7. Auto Focus (2002) dir. Paul Schrader 8. Carnal Knowledge (1971) dir. Mike Nichols 9. Lawman (1971) dir. Michael Winner 10. Kalak (2023) dir. Isabella Eklöf
@@Superphilipp I did! Still lots I haven't seen but I did make a Top Ten list on Letterboxd yesterday of you're interested. The top 3 were Challengers, A Different Man, and Nosferatu.
My favorite discovers of this year were: Another Year. Possibly Mike Leigh’s finest film. America America. A great Elia Kazan epic that is grossly underrated. The Wild Pear Tree. This is the year I finally got into NBC’s work. He is incredible. World’s Greatest Dad. A brilliant dark comedy with a great performance by Robin Williams. I’m also a massive Breaking the Waves fan. I also just saw Spies a few days ago, liked it a lot but couldn’t help compare it to Metropolis which is far better.
It has been an absurd year for me, a lot of highs in the beginning and a lot of lows at the end. Exploring outside my comfort zone has given me many great films. For this reason I will list the more surprising and unique ones for me rather than a “Lawrence of Arabia” or a “Breathless”, I hope this list isn’t too long. 1. The Human Condition Trilogy 2. Diary of a Country Priest 3. Children of Paradise 4. Greed 5. The Fall of Otrar 6. Our Hitler, a Film from Germany 7. Ashes and Diamonds 8. Walkabout 9. Once Upon a Time, Cinema 10. City of Pirates 11. The Traveling Players 12. Mr. Smith goes to Washington 13. La Dolce Vita 14. The Wages of Fear 15. Romeo, Juliet and Darkness 16. Last Year at Marienbad 17. The Naked Island 18. La Terra Trema 19. The Structure of a Crystal 20. The Golden Thread 21. War and Peace 22. On the Silver Globe 23. Memories of Underdevelopment 24. The Douglas Trilogy 25. Zazie dans le Metró
Nice list! I did not know about your top 3 and will need to look those up. That said, Funny Games is on the top of my list for worst films I’ve ever viewed. I hate the cynicism of Haneke with the feeling that I came out a worse human being after viewing that film. As a retort may I offer the 2024 Tamil film by C. Prem Kumar, *Meiyazhagan* …a filmmaker who unapologetically believes in the restorative power of film and human connection. Naive in these deeply negative times? Maybe…but I would rather go down in a warm embrace…
My top 10 First watches for 2024 10. Mysterious Skin 9. Festen 8. House (1977) 7. A Matter of Life and Death 6. Bound 5. Cutie Honey 4. Hellzapoppin’ 3. Hundreds of Beavers 2. Ritual (2000) 1. Make Way for Tomorrow
10. Glass Chin 9. Radioactive Dreams 8. Intruder 7. The Stairway to the Distant Past 6. Blonde Death 5. A Savage Beast Goes Mad 4. Made in Hong Kong 3. Shatter Dead 2. Sherlock Jr 1. The Most Terrible Time In My Life
My top 10 first watches in 2024 10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) 9. The Lighthouse (2019) 8. Good Time (2017) 7. The Nice Guys (2016) 6. End of Watch (2012) 5. Heat (I know...........) 4. Pusher (1996) 3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 2. Thief (1981) 1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
my top 10 first watches were: #10: La Haine (1995) #9: Trainspotting (1996) #8: A Hard Day's Night (1964) #7: Josie and The Pussycats (2001) #6: After Hours (1985) #5: Stop Making Sense (1984) #4: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) #3: Mulholland Drive (2001) #2: Fallen Angels (1995) #1: Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) Miscellaneous honorable mentions: - Brazil (1985) - True Stories (1986) - Parasite (2019) - Help! (1965) - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - Hundreds of Beavers (2022) - Yojimbo (1961) - The Fly (1986) - Tomboy (2011) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Chungking Express (1994) - High and Low (1963) - Good Morning (1959) - Smiley Face (2007)
I love this kind of list! For me, my 10 would be: Drive My Car Lilja 4-Ever Winter Light Poor Things Mad God La Haine Anora The Remains of the Day The Zone of Interest Diary of a Lost Girl
I experienced some major burnout this past year, but from what I did watch. Here was my Top 10 First-Time Watches of 2024 (not including 2024 films). 1. Society of the Snow (2023) 2. Monster (2023) 3. Cure (1997) 4. Swing Kids (2018) 5. The Apartment (1960) 6. Night On Earth (1991) 7. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) 8. The Road Home (1999) 9. Paper Moon (1973) 10. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Favorite Films from 2024. 1. Anora 2. Look Back 3. Dune II 4. Civil War 5. The Substance
This year I did a lot of catching up on classics I hadn't seen so I have a long list of good and great movies. Some of the best movies I watched for the first time this year were, in no particular order: The Muppet Movie (1979) The Thing (1982) I'm Not There (2007) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Labyrinth (1986) The Iron Giant (1999) Casino (1995) Road to Perdition (2002) The Departed (2006) The Lighthouse (2019) Tombstone (1993) Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
Thanks for turning me on to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I somehow knew nothing about it. The Friends of Eddy Coyle gets just a little more twisted when you realize that it's a comedy - and, against type, Mitchum is the butt of the joke. I think of it alongside Point Blank (1967) as absurdist deconstructions of the gangster film. Lone Star is an overlooked classic. It might be John Sayles' best and that's saying a lot. Looking forward to your worst list. Especially since I somehow contrived to see Queen of Outer Space TWICE!
So, here are mine. 1. Hundreds of Beavers (Mike Cheslik, 2022) - The funniest movie in fifty years. Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker channeling Buster Keaton. The writing here is as perfect as movies of utter silliness can get: Jean's progression from Zero to Hero is clear, with the gags getting more elaborate as he levels up. This allows the jokes to snowball, starting off relatively simple until they reach Rube Goldberg complexity and beyond. It's a glorious throwback to old-fashioned slapstick joy with a delightfully dirty layer occasionally showing its head. 2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller, 2024) - If it stood entirely on its own merits, Furiosa would be a solid vengeance thriller. But as a prologue to Fury Road, it is a masterwork. It is a bleak endeavor, a cruel and spiteful joke that denies any catharsis for its hero... but this isn't the end. The horror and cruelty and ugly, foul *evil* that Furiosa wades through would be cynical if this movie existed by itself - a simple revenge movie with baddies to get mowed down. But Furiosa never wallows in its misery: it instead looks forward. It is the seed of a tree that will bear fruit for someone else. A seed of a tree that is worth watering and preserving, no matter whether she eats of it or not. To quote one of her companions on her 2015 journey: "Feels like hope." 3. The Last Unicorn (Arthur Rankin, Jr/Jules Bass, 1982) - A post-apocalyptic, melancholic meditation on regret, nostalgia, loneliness, mortality. A 92 minute open wound, a wailing sob of a movie crashing down on its knees in agony. But for all of the heartbreak, this is no dive into despair. It is a gentle reminder that the pain of loss will never go away, but that it is better to have held tight to your friends and loved them - to continue holding tight and loving every day - than to hide away in your castle and dream of the days when you were happy. "I regret," says one of our heroes at the end of the film. And that character comes to the conclusion that it is better to regret than to have never loved at all. 4. Swing Girls (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004) - Pure joy. Swing Girls is sports comedy formula at its peak. Exceptionally funny, but primarily enthusiastic and just plain invigorating. It is impossible to walk out of this without a gigantic, goofy grin plastered across your face. 5. Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009) - PURE MAXIMALIST INSANITY. This may very well be the most over-the-top action movie I've ever seen... but underneath the naked abandon of its unignorable style, this is a surprisingly touching ode to "freedom." The race may be fixed, your childhood hero may have turned his back on the profession, you may have been at the top so long that winning no longer brings satisfaction (though your first victory brought you to tears)... but the race hasn't changed, the finish line is still up ahead, and striving for that goal can not only grant you happiness, but the other racers, the spectators - even the cops chasing you may become so enamored with the race that they ignore their orders and join in, pressing down that turbo charge and reaching for that finish line out of *sheer joy* in being alive. It's a beautiful picture of love conquering all in the face of oppression. The fact that it is absolutely fucking bonkers is just icing on the cake. 6. The Artifice Girl (Franklin Ritch, 2022) - 90 minutes of people in rooms, talking about ethics. What are the rights of a child? How much autonomy does a child have to make its own decisions? In what areas should we trust a child's feelings and autonomy, and where should we draw the line between "you can make this decision, but not that one?" This is the most thought-provoking film I saw this year, an interrogation into the need for free will and the need for providing safety for those without any way to defend themselves. 7. Pearl (Ti West, 2022) - Outsized melodrama, a soap opera nightmare that goes big, big, BIGGER, more tragic with each passing minute. It's a Mildred Pierce in technicolor and sweeping strings that makes Gone with the Wind look like kitchen sink realism. But it also evokes James Whale's Frankenstein: Pearl as tragic monster, able to feel pain and abandonment, lashing out against an unjust world. 8. The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) - Magic. They don't make 'em like this anymore. A sunny, bright and cheery musical for making the day warm with your lover. The presence of Gene Kelly as one of the lovestruck fools dancing around Rochefort says it all, really. And you know what? This may be the best movie he starred in. 9. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) - My mother made me read Watership Down as a child ("But Moooooom, I'm too old for a book about rabbits"). I loved it, of course. But there was an unintended side effect: I had nightmares for weeks. The prophecies and visions, blood and drowning and horror, actually woke me up in the middle of the night and made me vomit. Apocalypto captures that feeling of fantasy horror better than any other movie I've seen. 10. The Summer (Han Ji-won, 2023) - A tender and gentle coming-of-age tale filled with small details that make its world alive. Soccer games on television (a constant reminder of a future lost), well-meaning questions that hurt just to hear, the happiness in an acquaintance who listens to you and cares about things that you are afraid to share with those closest to you. How do you say "I love you" when you know that you're too afraid to share your feelings completely?
My thoughts on your list: The Friends of Eddie Coyle - These kinds of mean, hard movies were never much my jam on a personal level (I prefer some kindness in my films), but I can't deny that it's well-made and does exactly what it sets out to do. Funny Games - Oh hey, I watched this in 2024 as well! (I had previously watched the remake, which is functionally identical but has weaker performances.) I really disliked it (as I should have known already). Smug nonsense that thinks it is better than you for daring to watch it. Well, I don't normally watch these kinds of violent movies, but supposedly you have something to say... but you don't, you're just a poser showing off to your European arthouse loser friends that you're so much better than everyone else. If it sounds like I despise European arthouse cinema... I do. :P Breaking the Waves - I disliked Funny Games, but I absolutely despised Breaking the Waves. There is no nuance here: the church is evil for how it casts out "sinners," and by making Bess a lunatic irresponsible for her own actions the film removes any sort of possible argument to be made on its behalf. Furthermore, by making our main character craaaazy, we have no emotional anchor. She isn't operating under reality, yet we are viewing her through reality. There is no way to be on her wavelength, because we are placed on the outside looking in from the very start. Why would an outsider fall in love with a girl from this community - and Bess, who has several screws loose, in particular? Why is there a pee-colored filter over every frame of the movie? The film is an utter disaster. It's not LvT's worst, though (Dogville exists, and makes this dang thing look like the Sistine Chapel.) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Too dry for me. Much like Eddie Coyle, I can see that it does what it aims to do, but these bleak movies are not really my kind of thing.
And some honorable mentions of films I really enjoyed: Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (William Friedkin, 2023) Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, 2024) Green Snake (Tsui Hark, 1993) Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (Kevin Costner, 2024) Laapataa Ladies (Kiran Rao, 2023) Mars Express (Jeremie Perin, 2023) Omkara (Vishal Bhardwaj, 2006) River (Junta Yamaguchi, 2023) Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (Hiroyuki Yamaga, 1987) Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (Aki Kaurismaki, 1994) Where the Devil Roams (John Adams/Toby Poser/Zelda Adams, 2023) Zatoichi in Desperation (Shintaro Katsu, 1972) Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (Kazuo Ikehiro, 1964)
Most of my 2024 was me reevaluating movies I had previously seen and catching up to classic I had overlooked My top first watches that year are. 1. I Saw the TV Glow 2. Lawrence of Arabia 3. The Red Shoes 4. The Royal Tenembaums 5. Vertigo 6. Paris Is Burning 7. Faust 8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space 9. The Abyss 10. Ikiru Honorable Mention to The Children's Hour that missed being in my top 10 by just a little.
Great video! My ten favorite i watched this year would be - Mank Midnight Run Bringing out the Dead To Live and Die in L.A John Wick 4 The Ring (rewatch) The Exorcist 3 Kinds of Kindness The Killer Sexy Beast
My Top 10 “discoveries” of 2024: 1. Nowhere (1997) 2. The Swimmer (1968) 3. Take Shelter (2011) 4. Gray’s Anatomy (1996) 5. The Leopard (1963) 6. Santa Sangre (1989) 7. Yi Yi (2000) 8. The Queen (1968) 9. White Dog (1982) 10. Hoop Dream (1994) Honorable mentions (not ranked): Millennium Mambo The Ruling Class Wild Zero Purple Noon Black Orpheus The Doom Generation Querelle I Saw The TV Glow All Of Us Strangers Withnail And I
WATCH ELIO PETRI'S SECOND MOVIE OF HIS TRILOGY, it is one of my favourites, so glad you discovered the works of italian 70s counterculture they are so great love from Italy
Ok here is mine top 10 first watches i am fairly early to watching films because i only watched like 400-500 films something like that but alas here we go 1.brokeback mountain 2005 2. Treasure of the sierra madre 1948 3. Requiem for a dream 2000. 4.the man who wasnt there 2001. 5.the manchurian candidate 1962 6.ikiru 1952 7. My dinner with andre 1981 8 a place in the sun 1951 9 three billboards outside ebbing Missouri 2017 10. They shoot horses don't they 1969
@@EyebrowCinema can you tell me why is it and outstanding list is it you watched all of these films except they shoot horses don't they 1969 well I follow you too on letterboxd and sometimes I watch your review exceptionally your positive reviews and I find many good obscure films and I have them on my watchlist as I plan them to watch this year or I least hope I just have a very disorganized schedule and routine because I am 14 I have no independence and most of my life I just struggle with my mental health issues even though I'm not diagnosed yet but I'm going to a psychologist so at least there is that and sometimes I get so hopeless I get fatigued and even overwhelmed from films well its not every time I have hopeless episodes and that impacts to watch films and hell I don't watch many films as I used to because I get distracted with my thoughts and overwhelmed by noise because unfortunately I live in a very toxic home environment I just hope I watch many more films this year If I am in and alright mood and I don't want it ruined by goddamn people in my life so yeah that was a pretty long sorry if I sounded negative or nihilistic maybe we can talk about this privately.
@ViktorIvanov-om9dr 5. Miller's Crossing - 9/10 4. The Man Who Wasn't There - 9.5/10 3. No Country For Old Men - 10/10 2. The Big Lebowski - 10/10 1. Inside Llewyn Davis - 10/10
Looking back over the films I watched for the first time this year, I saw many truly great ones. It was hard to narrow them to 10, with quite a few classics in my honorable mentions: 1. The Age of Innocence (a rare instant 5 star film for me) 2. Adaptation 3. The General (on one hand, villain protagonist, on the other hand, train) 4. Strange Days (#KatherinepleasereleaseanewBluray, #IdontknowifmyplayercanplayGermanBlurays) 5. A Man for all Seasons (“wow, this is so great, I wonder why this hit so hard in December 2024?[*AAAAAAAAAHHHHH*]”) 6. King of Comedy 7. Seven Samurai (this was a coincidence, I swear) 8. Night Moves 9. Manchester by the Sea 10. Hundreds of Beavers Honorable mentions: Ronin, Weird: The Al Yankovic story, Assault on Precinct 13, Beau is Afraid, All That Jazz, Little Women, The Shining, and Perfect Blue
Megalopolis x10
Such a fun theater experience!
Honestly, i prefer this kind of list than lists of the best released in the year
Love this version of a list way more than year end lists where pretty much only full time movie critics have chance to see all great movies of year and everyday people won’t have chance to see all movies until May of next year at home. Awesome job!
My top 10 first time watches in 2024:
1.Bicycle Thieves (1948)
2.The Straight Story (1999)
3.Stop Making Sense (1984)
4.Brief Encounter (1945)
5.Seven Samurai (1954)
6.Come and See (1985)
7.Pèpè le Moko (1937)
8.Rocco and his Brothers (1960)
9.After Hours (1985)
10.Blue Velvet (1986)
It was a fun year for me and films, first time watching David Lynch's films and it was my best year so far in terms of watching foreign cinema, especially Italian.
Half of those are among my all-time favorites (2, 3, 5, 9, 10)
good watch list 👍
Also saw After Hours for the first time this year. A pretty crazy morality play. Would never suspect it was a Scorsese film without his name in the credits lol
Very good.
Eyebrow Cinema being a Kendrick fan and considering GNX one of the good things that happened this year was a surprise, but a welcome one.
The Jasper "oh you better believe that's a check" made me chuckle. Discovered your videos early last year and really like the hard work and insight you put into them! My favorite first times in 2024: "Antonia's Line", "Frances Ha", "Tokyo Godfathers", "Le Samurai" and "Charade".
Lone Star! Awesome pick! Such an underrated movie.
My top ten (out of 530). Loosely ranked outside of Top 3. Lots of big ones that ended up living up to expectations.
10. Godfather Part II
9. Kramer vs. Kramer
8. Fail Safe
7. All of Us Strangers
6. Goodfellas
5. Insider
4. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Ordinary People
2. Fanny and Alexander (series version)
1. Nashville
Lawrence of Arabia is so impressive. Maybe David Lean's best epic?
I like that you're watching so many old movies. Got me interested with "Spies", never heard of that movie befor, but now I gotta see it.
An exceptional list. I shouted for joy when you picked Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice as your Ozu pick this year. Same for Friends of Eddie Coyle. I highly recommend George Higgins' original novel. Great book, and one of those rare cases where Hollywood didn't f*ck it up. Lone Star is one of the great films of the 1990s. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion is your true Chef's kiss here. Bravo!
Always looking forward to this! I have done this for a couple years as well, sometimes tough to rank all time classics against each other.
My top 10 first watches of 2024
10) Day of The Jackal (1973)
9) Face Off (1997)
8) Fearless (1993)
7) The Wrong Man (1956)
6) The Tree of Life (2011)
5) The Thin Red Line (1998)
4) The Tin Star (1957)
3) Cape Fear (1993)
2) Killers of the flower moon (2023)
1) The Man who shot liberty valance (1962)
Honorable mentions: New York New York (1977), Sleepless (2001), Gangs of New York (2002), The Birds (1963), Goodfellas (1990), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), My Darling Clementine (1946), Two Lane Blacktop (1971), Superman (1978), Rear Window (1954), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Lone Star (1996), Old Henry (2021), True Grit (2010), Gladiator (2000), Grizzly Man (2006)
I got the chance to see The Tree of Life and Gladiator in cinemas, it was magical.
I also would like to mention the Batman TAS episode "Two Face". Not really a movie but it was so good I just had to mention it.
Lets hope mallick releases this year
@@IngarBergmen hell yeah og Day of the Jackal, a personal favorite. hopefully more people will check because of that new glossy tv show.
So many great movies on here, especially great westerns. The Wrong Man stood out to me since it's such an obscure hidden gem from Hitchcock lol
Too old to remember exactly what I've seen this year -- but reading so many lists of interesting films (even those that aren't to my taste are worthy entries) from you and your commenters is a pleasure. FWIW, however, I do remember which two newly-seen films I've seen this week: The Fever (2019) and Arctic (2018). Happy new year.
I love these list. Way more helpful than best of the current year lists in my opinion
Great list Dan! Some of my beloved classics, some films I didn't much like but should give a rewatch and some titles I never heard of before and make me curious.
As for me, I have the good fortune that in Amsterdam there are some brilliant cinema's that show the classics. So 2024 was the year I had a chance to see La Salaire de la Peur, ODd Man Out, Network, The Conversation, Nashville, La Regle du Jeu, Early Spring and Metropolis on the big screen, which made them into new experiences.
My favourite first time watches (excluding new films) were (in viewing order):
- The Ascent
- Waltz with Bashir
- Beau Travail-
- Andrei Rublev
- Harlan County, USA
- The Misfits
- A Swedish Love Story
- Coraline
- The Chaser
- The Apu trilogy.
Thanks for putting some fascinating movies on my radar, and for all you do on your channel.
Another exciting year of film watching for me. I'd highly recommend all of these:
20. Bad Lieutenant (1992) dir. Abel Ferrara
19. Charade (1963) dir. Stanley Donen
18. Deep Red (1975) dir. Dario Argento
17. Police Story (1985) dir. Jackie Chan
16. Peeping Tom (1960) dir. Michael Powell
15. Nickelodeon (1976) dir. Peter Bogdanovich
14. Belle de Jour (1967) dir. Luis Buñuel
13. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) dir. Mike Nichols
12. Wild River (1960) dir. Elia Kazan
11. Blue Collar (1978) dir. Paul Schrader
10. Le Trou (1960) dir. Jaques Becker
9. The Insider (1999) dir. Michael Mann
8. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) dir. John Huston
7. Point Blank (1967) dir. John Boorman
6. Nixon (1995) dir. Oliver Stone
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) dir. John Ford
4. The Burmese Harp (1956) dir. Kon Ichikawa
3. Love Streams (1984) dir. John Cassavetes
2. The Wages of Fear (1953) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
1. Mikey and Nicky (1976) dir. Elaine May
Fantastic list. I really should revisit Bad Lieutenant.
Judge Roy Bean is an interesting Western. Huston directed some fairly memorable moments and Newman gives an impressive performance.
I had forgotten Lone Star! I'm going right away to rewatch it! Thank you.
Big Country is one of the most underrated westerns to come out of Hollywood. Honestly, I hope William Wyler gets some more RUclips love. He and Michael Curtiz are two classic directors that could use a boost in the popular consciousness!
My top 10 from what I watched this year :
10. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
9. The Emperors naked army marches on (1987)
8. Ivans Childhood (1962)
7. Fargo (1996)
6. The Apartment (1960)
5. The Seventh Seal (1957)
4. No Country for old men (2007)
3. Some like it Hot (1959)
2. Stalker (1979)
1. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
My top ten, in no particular order (apart from the top two):
1. Magnolia (1999)
2. Silence (2016, shoutout to the 1971 version as well)
3. Overlord (1975)
4. Red Rocket (2021)
5. Shame (2011)
6. Billy Liar (1963)
7: Ace In The Hole (1951)
8. House Of Games (1987)
9. The Shadow Within (1970)
10. Love Liza (2002)
Honourable mentions:
- Nightbirds (1970)
- Red Angel (1966)
- Thank You For Smoking (2005)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Il Sorpasso (1962)
- The Killer (1989)
- Jeanne Dielman (1975)
- The Ballad Of Narayama (1958)
- In The Soup (1992)
- Odd Man Out (1947)
Wow! Another great video as well, Danny! Some great movie recommendations that I’ll put in my watchlist. But here are my top ten first movies that I watched for the first time last year:
1. The General (1926)
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
3. Duck Soup (1933)
4. Sherlock Jr.
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
6. Casino (1995)
7. Gran Torino (2008)
8. Network (1976)
9. Cooley High (1975)
10. Top Gun Maverick (2022)
But those are the only films I saw that I was impressed with. There are plenty of incredible films I watched in 2024. But man, these films grabbed me the most whether it be entertainment value, or just simple artistic value. And there’s that. I really like your videos. I may not agree with your taste a good chunk of the time, but one thing I like is that you have a very straightforward and passionate way of making videos and reviews. And that reflects in your movie choices. That’s something you don’t see much in other RUclipsrs. Happy New Year, and take care! Hope you discover even better movies in the future!
Oh wow, I watched Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion last year too, and it immediatly made to my top 10 of 2024 list! Such a sharp (and timely) political satire, Volonté is amazing in his portrait of a fascist, not to mention Morricone's hypnotizing score and Elio Petri's dynamic direction. Happy to see we shared a favorite this year!
Fantastic video! Heres my top 10 first time watches
1. Amadeus
2. The Nightingale
3. Room
4. All Of Us Strangers
5. The Florida Project
6. The Zone of Interest
7. Another Round
8. Red Rocket
9. A Woman Under The Influence
10. Battle of Algiers
The Nightingale was such a challenging watch for me. I definitely needed something to lighten the mood when it was over.
I can give you a Top 15 First-Time Watches.
#1 Grave of the Fireflies
#2 Yojimbo
#3 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
#4 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
#5 Punch-Drunk Love
#6 Le Samourai
#7 Full Metal Jacket
#8 The Swallows of Kabul
#9 Nashville
#10 The Illusionist
#11 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
#12 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
#13 Boy and the World
#14 8½
#15 Moonrise Kingdom
@@AgsmaJustAgsma damn. Exquisite stuff.
@@EyebrowCinema I had Grave of the Fireflies on DVD for many years, but I refused to watch it until I got older, because I knew I was not prepared for how devastating it would be, given that I have a sister ten years younger than me. The movie was a hard watch, still.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was an unexpected blast, for I went to a 11PM screening, expecting it to be a cheesy but fun slasher movie. Boy, do I love being wrong.
@@AgsmaJustAgsmaI rewatched it this year, and I always somehow forget just how intense The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is. You just can’t look away.
Great video Man, and this is my top 10 First time Watches of 2024.
1. Harold and Maude (1971)
2. La Strada (1954)
3. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
4. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
5. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
6. Poor Things (2023)
7. Brief Encounter (1945)
8. A Place in the Sun (1951)
9. Seconds (1966)
10. To Die For (1995)
That's my list and Happy New Year
@mihovilkoncurat4480 these are all excellent. Happy New Year.
My top 10 first time watches for 2024:
10. Peeping Tom
9. The Fly (1986)
8. Thelma and Louise
7. Atonement (2007)
6. Zodiac (I know)
5. The Great Dictator
4. Harakiri
3. Downfall
2. Your Name
1. Conspiracy (2001)
@@IrishRoo12 nice list! I haven't even heard of Conspiracy until now.
I like a lot your top 10
Lol explaining the history of the Kendrick saga to my friends was definitely a highlight of 2024
As for movies, my newest favorites include Daughters of the Dust, One Sings The Other Doesn’t, Son of the White Mare, Logan Lucky, Bringing Out The Dead, Supermarket Woman, Zodiac, Beau Trevail, and full filmography of Mike Leigh (Happy Go Lucky and High Hopes were my top two).
I’d never heard of Ikarie XB 1 but it looks awesome and it’s definitely near the top of my watchlist now!
1. NEWS FROM HOME
2. THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
3. THE HEARTBREAK KID
4. F FOR FAKE
5. ONE WEEK
6. ZOMBI 2
7. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
8. BLACKBERRY
9. OM SHANTI OM
10. FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES
Good year, GREAT videos! Keep em' coming!
Added a number of movies to my watchlist. Here are my Top 10 First-time Watches of 2024
10. The Confession (1970)
9.Possession(1981)
8.That Day, on the Beach (1983)
7.Five Easy Pieces(1970)
6.The Piano Teacher (2001)
5.Beau Travail (1999)
4.I Vitelloni(1953)
3.Good Morning(1959)
2. The Leopard(1963)
1.Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Leopard was my introduction to Burt Lancaster. It's also kinda enchanting seeing how they recreated Italy at that time.
A fascinating selection.
My 30 best first time watches in 2024 (out of 117) :
-Blue Collar (1978) d.Paul Schrader
-New York, New York (1977) d.Martin Scorsese
-The Getaway (1972) d.Sam Peckinpah
-Salvador (1986) d.Oliver Stone
-Umberto D (1952) d.Vittorio De Sica
-On the Waterfront (1954) d.Elia Kazan
-The Conversation (1974) d.FF Coppola
-All of us strangers (2023) d.Andrew Haigh
-Cruising (1980) d.William Friedkin
-Alice in the cities (1974) d.Wim Wenders
-The Holdovers (2023) d.Alexander Payne
-The revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) d.Raoul Walsh
-Una pura formalita (1994) d.Giuseppe Tornatore
-Birth (2004) d.Jonathan Glazer
-All About Eve (1950) d.JL Mankiewicz
-Breakint the waves (1996) d.Lars Von Trier
-Night on Earth (1991) d.Jim Jarmusch
-One-eyed jacks (1961) d.Marlon Brando
-Last Tango in Paris (1972) d.Bernardo Bertolluci
-The Fugitive Kind (1960) d.Sidney Lumet
-The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) d.William Wyler
-The Last Seduction (1994) d.John Dahl
-The Vanishing (1988) d.George Sluzier
-Kill Bill Vol.1 & 2 d.Quentin Tarantino
-Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009) d.Wes Anderson
-From dusk till dawn (1996) d.Roberz Rodriguez
-The Tall T (1957) d.Bud Boetticher
-La Notte (1961) d.Michelangelo Antonioni
-Atlantic City,USA (1980) d.Louis Malle
-Angel Heart (1987) d.Alan Parker
I'm so glad you loved Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion!!! I first saw it back in 2021 and loved it immediately. Some might disagree, but I think it's closest cinematic cousin is Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (2014).
The 3 films that I hadn't already seen or watchlisted were instantly added to the queue, as always.
I did a lot of rewatching in 2024 but I finally watched Once upon a time in Hollywood which I’d been dying to see. Though the final film I saw before the it became 2025 was Twilight and while yes it’s bad I can calmly say that I’ve seen worse movies.
@@gmg9010 I agree. If nothing else the first Twilight is easily the best of the series.
@ yeah that acting though woof. Though this year I plan on seeing Alien,Titanic and The last temptation of Christ. Those are the big films I want to see this year.
@@gmg9010 good picks all.
I was pleasantly surprised to see The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ranked so high. I follow your Letterboxd and figured some Ozu would be on the list, but I thought you would go with Late Spring or Tokyo Twilight. But there’s something special about the modesty of Green Tea Over Rice, especially in that warm finale.
Coincidentally enough, I also went on an Ozu kick this year, after falling in love with Tokyo Story late last year. I watched Late Spring up until his final year, along with some earlier films mixed in and catching a 35mm screening of Tokyo Story with my parents. Tokyo Twilight was definitely my favorite, but Floating Weeds wasn’t far behind.
I certainly have a lot of classics yet to watch (even though I already watched a lot) so my first-time watches aren't that exciting, but they are truly great movies:
10. Finishing School (1934) by George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock
9. Blow Out (1981) by Brian De Palma
8. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by George Miller
7. Happy Together (1997) by Wong Kar-Wai
6. Germany, Year Zero (1948) by Roberto Rossellini
5. Tokyo Story (1953) by Yasujiro Ozu
4. The Boy and The Heron (2023) by Hayao Miyazaki
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer
2. The Last Picture Show (1971) by Peter Bogdanovich
1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) by Jacques Demy
@@gokiloki620 you had a stellar year.
I watched a bunch of banger documentaties this year i watched the 7 up series and also jonas mekas gigantic " as i was moving ahead i saw brief glimpses of beauty "
Also id highly recommend " streetwise " gorgeous documentary about homeless teenagers in 1980s America
Also i FINALLY watched dekalog legitimately might be one of the impressive filmmaking feats in history kieslowski made 10 great movies in one year
Oh i also watched the coen brothers entire filmography, i HIGHLY recommend " the man who wasn't there" its their most underrated film and my personal favorite
Id like to thank you for your videos , i always get excited when you upload a new video
Happy new year 🎉
@@elliotalderson7744 thanks for your kind words. Happy New Year :)
Your inclusion of 90s Morbius in your "shoutout to all Michaels" had me in stitches
I’m going to be selfish and do a top 20 because my movie year was pretty damn great
20. Sexy Beast (2000)
19. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
18. Southern Comfort (1981)
17. The Invisible Man (1933)
16. Cure (1997)
15. The Reflecting Skin (1990)
14. The Cameraman (1928)
13. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
12. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
11. Strangers on a Train (1951)
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
9. The Conformist (1970)
8. Death Becomes Her (1992)
7. The Trial (1962)
6. The Grey Zone (2001)
5. A Separation (2011)
4. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
3. Secrets & Lies (1996)
2. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
1. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
@@karlboyack1921 nice list. We also both watched Cure for the first time this year!
Lone Star was also top 5 movies i watched this year as well! expert storytelling
The Friends of Eddie Coyle was recommended to me by Gina Gershon.
Not personally or even directly, but in her Criterion Closet video, she picked the movie at random for fun and that made enough of an impression that I remembered it the next time Criterion had a sale.
Hell yeah, Lone Star is such a slept-on masterpiece. Sayles combines sociopolitical commentary with genre fiction so well; Matewan is great too.
Happy New Year. Great picks and love your channel.
My first time watches for 2024 are as follows (ranked accordingly):
1. The Miracle Woman (1931) dir. Frank Capra
2. Remember the Night (1940) dir. Mitchell Leisen
3. The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
4. Scarlet Street (1945) dir. Fritz Lang
5. Lost Horizon (1937) dir. Frank Capra
6. There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) dir. Douglas Sirk
7. Written on the Wind (1956) dir. Douglas Sirk
8. You Can’t Take It With You (1938) dir. Frank Capra
9. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) dir. Lewis Milestone
10. Portrait of Jennie (1948) dir. William Dieterle
@@JoseChavez-rf4ul love how classic Hollywood this list is.
My favourite 20 first watches this year:
20. The City of Women - Federico Fellini
19. When Harry Met Sally - Rob Reiner
18. Underground - Emir Kusturica
17. The Substance - Coraline Fargeat
16. The Cranes are Flying - Mikhail Kalatozov
15. Frances Ha - Noah Baumbach
14. We all loved each other so much - Ettore Scola
13. The apartment - Billy Wilder
12. Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos
11. Drama of jealousy (and other things) - Ettore Scola
10. Marriage Italian Style - Vittorio de Sica
9. Seduced and Abandoned - Pietro Germi
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid - George Roy Hill
7. Vertigo - Hitchcock
6. Welcome or no trespassing - Elem Klimov
5. Anora - Sean Baker
4. Rear Window - Hitchcock
3. Come and See - Elem Klimov
2. A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick
1. The Graduate - Mike Nichols
Do what u will with this information.
I too watched breaking the waves for the first time... and dogville which i thought was even better.
Also saw Investigation of a Citizen Above suspicion and fully agree with your comments. Immediately bought the Criterion.
I've historically been prone to rewatching old favorites over and over again but this year I made an effort to seek out mostly new-to-me movies and branch out into genres I don't usually gravitate toward. Part of me is still kicking myself for not watching all of these gems earlier but it's also exciting to find out there's still a lot out there for me to fall in love with. It was a struggle to only list ten:
10. History is Made at Night
9. Secrets & Lies
8. The Palm Beach Story
7. Klute
6. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
5. Seconds
4. The Ox-Bow Incident
3. Tampopo
2. A Matter of Life and Death
1. The More the Merrier
Honorable mention to The Exorcist III because I was NOT prepared for any of that.
well, Eddie Coyle and Citizen have been sitting on my shelf for over a year, time to put those babies in the disctray.
a few of my standouts this year: Eileen (2023), And Justice For All (1979), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Paper Moon (1973), Liberty Heights (1999), Living Out Loud (1998).
That Lang movie looks great, thanks
My list would probably go:
- A Separation (2011)
- Birth (2004)
- Fish Tank (2009)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- La Chimera (2023)
- Monster (2023)
- Poetry (2010)
- The Substance (2024)
- Woman in the Dunes (1964)
I also watched Breaking the Waves, Lone Star, and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion for the first time this past year and really enjoyed them all! Excited to get to Ikarie XB-1 soon I love the Czech New Wave
Much appreciated!! 😽
My top 10 first time watches of 2024 in no particular order.
1. Sunset Boulevard
2. Dogville
3. Punishment Park
4. The Phantom Carriage
5. The Round-Up
6. Alice In The Cities
7. The Cremator
8. The Player
9. To Be Or Not To Be
10. Sans Soleil
Honorable Mention: Grand Illusion
@@keremmazman3761 I actually picked up Dogville at a thrift shop a while back so I'll be watching that in the New Year.
To Be Or Not To Be and The Phantom Carriage are so good. The Round-Up I haven’t seen but I really like The Red and the White from the same director.
@@EyebrowCinema i watched couple Trier movies this year and dogville is easily my favorite. And i say this even though i really don't like the main thesis of the movie. It plays with theatricality and the idea of symbolism in quite interesting ways. That aspect deserves a breakdown video alone.
@@cactusman5603 i still haven't seen The Red And The White but i am extremely curious. Though i think it looks like a movie that deserves to be seen in big screen. I saw The Round-Up in a film festival and it was a great experience.
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice is sooo good! I mean, I love basically everything Ozu made, but 'Green Tea' is definitely up there. "There Was a Father" is a personal favorite, though.
You should watch Von Trier's Europa from 1991, masterpiece! Breaking the waves is a beuatiful film.
I watched the 1973 Wicker Man for the first time this year. It was not what I expected and I loved it.
Great video, as always, gave me couple of films that I never heard of before that are now definately on my watchlist!
Here's my list for 2024, in no particular order:
1. Perfect Days (2024)
2. The Holdovers (2023)
3. The Abyss (1989)
4. Body Heat (1981)
5. The Big Chill (1983)
6. Klute (1971)
7. The Passenger (1975)
8. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
9. In a Violent Nature (2024)
10. Death Becomes Her (1992)
Great list as always! My Top 10 new watches of 2024:
10. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
9. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
8. Memories of Murder (2003)
7. Red Rocket (2021)
6. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
5. The Substance (2024)
4. The Devils (1971)
3. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
2. I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
1. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
I didn't watch nearly as many movies as I would have liked to this year, but here's my list
10. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - 7.5/10
9. Love Lies Bleeding - 8/10
8. Dune: Part Two - 8.5/10
7. Anora - 8.5/10
6. Hundreds of Beavers - 8.5/10
5. Princess Mononoke - 9/10
4. The Florida Project - 9/10
3. A Different Man - 9/10
2. Challengers - 9/10
1. The Zone of Interest - 9.5/10
Excluding new releases that could fill up multiple spots:
10. Drive My Car
9. Pretend That You Love Me
8. The Man Who Wasn’t There
7. Barton Fink
6. Dragon Inn
5. Ran
4. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
3. Grizzly Man
2. Sonatine
1. Bullet Ballet
@@p1nh3dlarry72 Bullet Ballet is completely new to me.
@@EyebrowCinema same director as Tetsuo the Iron Man
@@p1nh3dlarry72 you've sold me.
Awesome list, here's mine:
10: forever a woman (1955)
9: pride and prejudice (2005)
8: the big clock (1948)
7: strange days (1995)
6: ben-hur (1959)
5: die nibelungen parts 1&2 (1924)
(Thank you for that recommendation by the way, big fan of the podcast)
4: letter never sent (1959)
3: pulse (2001)
2: threads (1984)
1: brief encounter (1945)
The intro is way too western oriented
Weirdly enough, I've only seen Funny games from your list, but I loved it. The most intriguing for me are numbers 2,1,4,6, and I'll make sure to check them out. The Friends of Eddie Coyle I've been meaning to watch for some time.
I'm gonna attempt to make a top 15 , even though I'm not very good at this. Movies that impressed me the most in 2024.
1. Babette's Feast
2. Phantom of the Paradise
3. The reflecting skin
4. Anatomy of a fall
5. Paper Moon
6. Sideways
7. Terms of endearment
8. Beau travail
9. Jean de Florette/Manon of the spring
10. Big night
11. The Servant
12. The long day closes
13. Deep cover
14. The great silence
15. Master and Commander
@@lolizorz cool list. Love seeing Phantom of the Paradise so high.
My 10 Favourite Movies I watched for the first time in 2024 are:
1. The Zone of Interest (2023)
2. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
3. Shame (2011)
4. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
5. Pale Flower (1964)
6. The Apartment (1960)
7. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
8. Challengers (2024)
9. Network (1976)
10. Gone Girl (2014)
Nice choices
For me-
1- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick) - this was technically a rewatch, but this viewing felt like such a rediscovery since I didn’t really pay it much mind my first go around)
2- Modern Times (1936, Charlie Chaplin)
3- Twin Peaks (1989, David Lynch) - technically a TV Show, but this year I watched every episode of Twin Peaks and I had what I can only refer to as a religious experience, and it very quickly became my second favourite show (Doctor Who at 1), so I can’t just not include it, so I’m going with the 1989 pilot.
4- Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau) - saw while studying at the BFI in London with a live piano accompaniment. Awesome.
5- Insomnia (2002, Christopher Nolan)
6- The King of Comedy (1982, Martin Scorsese)
7- The Remains of the Day (1993, James Ivory)
8- The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
9- Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
10- Duel (1971, Steven Spielberg) - Ironically enough, my final Spielberg film, discounting Twilight Zone: The Movie.
Honourable mentions
Amy (2015), Barry Lyndon (1975), Cabaret (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Ed Wood (1994), Evil Dead II (1987), The Last Waltz (1978), On The Waterfront (1954), Spellbound (1945), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Thing (1982), This Is England (2006), Through A Glass Darkly (1961).
I had a pretty good year at the movies. I watched my first films by Ingmar Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Elia Kazan, Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang, Bruce Lee, Ernst Lubistch, Ida Lupino, Park Chan-wook, François Truffaut, John Waters and Ed Wood and I finally finished the filmographies of David Fincher, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg (my favourite director) and Quentin Tarantino. For Kubrick, I actually did something of a retrospective where I watched each of his films month to month, and while I didn’t love all of them, it was still exciting to come to a new one every month.
Edit: please do another watchlist video this year.
@@samuelbarber6177 stellar, stellar list. I'm envious of how much great stuff you've watched. As for the watchlist video, a lot of what's holding that up are that three of the films on it, The Killer, The Straight Story, and Dick Tracy, are pretty difficult to get in Canada at the moment. They aren't streaming anywhere or even rentable. I've kept my eyes open for physical copies but thus far have been unsuccessful in finding any.
@@EyebrowCinemathat’s a shame. I’ve had my own issues with that kind of thing in the UK as well (had to get a full Blu-Ray set of Twin Peaks just to get Fire Walk With Me, but I have it now, so…)
There are two movies based on George V Higgins books ('Friends of Eddie Coyle' and 'Killing Them Softly'), and I can't seem to enjoy either one as much as they probably deserve. Partially because I love the books so much that I focus too hard on the parts the movies leave out, and partially because the audio books are performed so well that a lot of the actors' dialogue just sounds "wrong" to my ear.
Kind of an odd and boring list this year, but:
10. Double Indemnity
9. The Taste of Things
8. No Other Land
7. Nickel Boys
6. Ikiru
5. Malcolm X
4. Princess Mononoke
3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2. Hundreds of Beavers
1. Army of Shadows
@@maxvetter1336 you sell yourself short. There's some great stuff here.
Not a big year for great first time watches numerically, but there were a few really good ones:
Pusher II(2004) and Pusher III(2005): these were a lot more grounded and character driven than I expected from the director of Drive.
PTU(2003): a gorgeously shot, feel good hangout movie about cops doing terrible things to find a lost gun.
Chungking Express(1994)
Sparrow(2008): a fluffy Hong Kong crime caper film that is almost a musical and really leans into French New Wave. A very beautiful exercise in style.
The Umbrella's of Cherbourg: I actually watched this because I was trying to track down the visual influences for Sparrow, and I really enjoyed it. I think next year I am going to try a lot more mid 20th century musicals.
@@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775 Umbrellas is my favourite musical. Demy's follow-up, The Young Girls of Rochefort is also excellent and told in a pretty different style.
Not counting 2024 movies or 2023 releases I was catching up with, my favorite first-time watches of the year include:
- M (1931, Fritz Lang)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018, Barry Jenkins)
- Fist of Fury (1972, Lo Wei)
- Modern Times (1936, Charlie Chaplin)
- Her (2013, Spike Jonze)
- Moonage Daydream (2022, Brett Morgen)
- The Last Waltz (1978, Martin Scorsese)
- All About My Mother (1999, Pedro Almodovar)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961, Daniel Petrie)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Otto Preminger)
- Phenomena (1985, Dario Argento)
- The Sparks Brothers (2021, Edgar Wright)
- In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988, Terry Gilliam)
- Phantasm (1979, Don Coscarelli)
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974, John Cassavetes)
- The Fisher King (1991, Terry Gilliam)
- Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Terry Gilliam)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967, Stuart Rosenberg)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, Stanley Kramer)
My top 10
1. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) dir. Werner Herzog
2. Who's Singin' Over There? (1980) dir. Slobodan Šijan
3. Cyclo (1995) dir. Tran Anh Hung
4. I Like Killing Flies (2004) dir. Matt Mahuran
5. Quiz Show (1994) dir. Robert Redford
6. Vengeance Is Mine (1979) dir. Shōhei Imamura
7. Auto Focus (2002) dir. Paul Schrader
8. Carnal Knowledge (1971) dir. Mike Nichols
9. Lawman (1971) dir. Michael Winner
10. Kalak (2023) dir. Isabella Eklöf
It makes sense that Ikarie reminds you of Solaris both are based in books by Stanislaw Lem, who was an incredible sci fi writer.
So ... did you like anything that came out this year?
@@Superphilipp I did! Still lots I haven't seen but I did make a Top Ten list on Letterboxd yesterday of you're interested. The top 3 were Challengers, A Different Man, and Nosferatu.
@@EyebrowCinema Cool! Thanks for that. Have a happy new year
@Superphilipp you too!!
My favorite discovers of this year were:
Another Year. Possibly Mike Leigh’s finest film.
America America. A great Elia Kazan epic that is grossly underrated.
The Wild Pear Tree. This is the year I finally got into NBC’s work. He is incredible.
World’s Greatest Dad. A brilliant dark comedy with a great performance by Robin Williams.
I’m also a massive Breaking the Waves fan. I also just saw Spies a few days ago, liked it a lot but couldn’t help compare it to Metropolis which is far better.
@@mickey4355 Metropolis is definitely better. It might also be my favourite silent movie, full stop though.
It has been an absurd year for me, a lot of highs in the beginning and a lot of lows at the end. Exploring outside my comfort zone has given me many great films. For this reason I will list the more surprising and unique ones for me rather than a “Lawrence of Arabia” or a “Breathless”, I hope this list isn’t too long.
1. The Human Condition Trilogy
2. Diary of a Country Priest
3. Children of Paradise
4. Greed
5. The Fall of Otrar
6. Our Hitler, a Film from Germany
7. Ashes and Diamonds
8. Walkabout
9. Once Upon a Time, Cinema
10. City of Pirates
11. The Traveling Players
12. Mr. Smith goes to Washington
13. La Dolce Vita
14. The Wages of Fear
15. Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
16. Last Year at Marienbad
17. The Naked Island
18. La Terra Trema
19. The Structure of a Crystal
20. The Golden Thread
21. War and Peace
22. On the Silver Globe
23. Memories of Underdevelopment
24. The Douglas Trilogy
25. Zazie dans le Metró
@@cactusman5603 not too long at all. Congrats on a hell of a year.
Nice list! I did not know about your top 3 and will need to look those up.
That said, Funny Games is on the top of my list for worst films I’ve ever viewed. I hate the cynicism of Haneke with the feeling that I came out a worse human being after viewing that film. As a retort may I offer the 2024 Tamil film by C. Prem Kumar, *Meiyazhagan* …a filmmaker who unapologetically believes in the restorative power of film and human connection. Naive in these deeply negative times? Maybe…but I would rather go down in a warm embrace…
My top 10 First watches for 2024
10. Mysterious Skin
9. Festen
8. House (1977)
7. A Matter of Life and Death
6. Bound
5. Cutie Honey
4. Hellzapoppin’
3. Hundreds of Beavers
2. Ritual (2000)
1. Make Way for Tomorrow
What is the film used at 00:09
@@markodjuric4282 Le Doulos.
@EyebrowCinema thank you very much!
Question: does Criterion streaming service provide access to audio commentary tracks?
@@zvimur not for everything but it does have some.
where do you find ways to watch these movies? Physical media?
How many Michaels do you know?
10. Glass Chin
9. Radioactive Dreams
8. Intruder
7. The Stairway to the Distant Past
6. Blonde Death
5. A Savage Beast Goes Mad
4. Made in Hong Kong
3. Shatter Dead
2. Sherlock Jr
1. The Most Terrible Time In My Life
My top 10 first watches in 2024
10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
9. The Lighthouse (2019)
8. Good Time (2017)
7. The Nice Guys (2016)
6. End of Watch (2012)
5. Heat (I know...........)
4. Pusher (1996)
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
2. Thief (1981)
1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
my top 10 first watches were:
#10: La Haine (1995)
#9: Trainspotting (1996)
#8: A Hard Day's Night (1964)
#7: Josie and The Pussycats (2001)
#6: After Hours (1985)
#5: Stop Making Sense (1984)
#4: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
#3: Mulholland Drive (2001)
#2: Fallen Angels (1995)
#1: Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Miscellaneous honorable mentions:
- Brazil (1985)
- True Stories (1986)
- Parasite (2019)
- Help! (1965)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- The Fly (1986)
- Tomboy (2011)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- High and Low (1963)
- Good Morning (1959)
- Smiley Face (2007)
I love this kind of list! For me, my 10 would be:
Drive My Car
Lilja 4-Ever
Winter Light
Poor Things
Mad God
La Haine
Anora
The Remains of the Day
The Zone of Interest
Diary of a Lost Girl
I experienced some major burnout this past year, but from what I did watch. Here was my Top 10 First-Time Watches of 2024 (not including 2024 films).
1. Society of the Snow (2023)
2. Monster (2023)
3. Cure (1997)
4. Swing Kids (2018)
5. The Apartment (1960)
6. Night On Earth (1991)
7. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
8. The Road Home (1999)
9. Paper Moon (1973)
10. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Favorite Films from 2024.
1. Anora
2. Look Back
3. Dune II
4. Civil War
5. The Substance
Looking forward to your take on "An Autumn Afternoon" when you get to Ozu in colour.
Easily my favorite Ozu, aye
This year I did a lot of catching up on classics I hadn't seen so I have a long list of good and great movies. Some of the best movies I watched for the first time this year were, in no particular order:
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Thing (1982)
I'm Not There (2007)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Casino (1995)
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Departed (2006)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Tombstone (1993)
Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
@@elliot2331 real good stuff. I've had I'm Not There on my mind a lot lately with A Complete Unknown now playing in theaters.
Thanks for turning me on to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I somehow knew nothing about it.
The Friends of Eddy Coyle gets just a little more twisted when you realize that it's a comedy - and, against type, Mitchum is the butt of the joke. I think of it alongside Point Blank (1967) as absurdist deconstructions of the gangster film.
Lone Star is an overlooked classic. It might be John Sayles' best and that's saying a lot.
Looking forward to your worst list. Especially since I somehow contrived to see Queen of Outer Space TWICE!
So, here are mine.
1. Hundreds of Beavers (Mike Cheslik, 2022) - The funniest movie in fifty years. Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker channeling Buster Keaton. The writing here is as perfect as movies of utter silliness can get: Jean's progression from Zero to Hero is clear, with the gags getting more elaborate as he levels up. This allows the jokes to snowball, starting off relatively simple until they reach Rube Goldberg complexity and beyond. It's a glorious throwback to old-fashioned slapstick joy with a delightfully dirty layer occasionally showing its head.
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller, 2024) - If it stood entirely on its own merits, Furiosa would be a solid vengeance thriller. But as a prologue to Fury Road, it is a masterwork. It is a bleak endeavor, a cruel and spiteful joke that denies any catharsis for its hero... but this isn't the end. The horror and cruelty and ugly, foul *evil* that Furiosa wades through would be cynical if this movie existed by itself - a simple revenge movie with baddies to get mowed down. But Furiosa never wallows in its misery: it instead looks forward. It is the seed of a tree that will bear fruit for someone else. A seed of a tree that is worth watering and preserving, no matter whether she eats of it or not. To quote one of her companions on her 2015 journey: "Feels like hope."
3. The Last Unicorn (Arthur Rankin, Jr/Jules Bass, 1982) - A post-apocalyptic, melancholic meditation on regret, nostalgia, loneliness, mortality. A 92 minute open wound, a wailing sob of a movie crashing down on its knees in agony. But for all of the heartbreak, this is no dive into despair. It is a gentle reminder that the pain of loss will never go away, but that it is better to have held tight to your friends and loved them - to continue holding tight and loving every day - than to hide away in your castle and dream of the days when you were happy. "I regret," says one of our heroes at the end of the film. And that character comes to the conclusion that it is better to regret than to have never loved at all.
4. Swing Girls (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004) - Pure joy. Swing Girls is sports comedy formula at its peak. Exceptionally funny, but primarily enthusiastic and just plain invigorating. It is impossible to walk out of this without a gigantic, goofy grin plastered across your face.
5. Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009) - PURE MAXIMALIST INSANITY. This may very well be the most over-the-top action movie I've ever seen... but underneath the naked abandon of its unignorable style, this is a surprisingly touching ode to "freedom." The race may be fixed, your childhood hero may have turned his back on the profession, you may have been at the top so long that winning no longer brings satisfaction (though your first victory brought you to tears)... but the race hasn't changed, the finish line is still up ahead, and striving for that goal can not only grant you happiness, but the other racers, the spectators - even the cops chasing you may become so enamored with the race that they ignore their orders and join in, pressing down that turbo charge and reaching for that finish line out of *sheer joy* in being alive. It's a beautiful picture of love conquering all in the face of oppression. The fact that it is absolutely fucking bonkers is just icing on the cake.
6. The Artifice Girl (Franklin Ritch, 2022) - 90 minutes of people in rooms, talking about ethics. What are the rights of a child? How much autonomy does a child have to make its own decisions? In what areas should we trust a child's feelings and autonomy, and where should we draw the line between "you can make this decision, but not that one?" This is the most thought-provoking film I saw this year, an interrogation into the need for free will and the need for providing safety for those without any way to defend themselves.
7. Pearl (Ti West, 2022) - Outsized melodrama, a soap opera nightmare that goes big, big, BIGGER, more tragic with each passing minute. It's a Mildred Pierce in technicolor and sweeping strings that makes Gone with the Wind look like kitchen sink realism. But it also evokes James Whale's Frankenstein: Pearl as tragic monster, able to feel pain and abandonment, lashing out against an unjust world.
8. The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) - Magic. They don't make 'em like this anymore. A sunny, bright and cheery musical for making the day warm with your lover. The presence of Gene Kelly as one of the lovestruck fools dancing around Rochefort says it all, really. And you know what? This may be the best movie he starred in.
9. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006) - My mother made me read Watership Down as a child ("But Moooooom, I'm too old for a book about rabbits"). I loved it, of course. But there was an unintended side effect: I had nightmares for weeks. The prophecies and visions, blood and drowning and horror, actually woke me up in the middle of the night and made me vomit. Apocalypto captures that feeling of fantasy horror better than any other movie I've seen.
10. The Summer (Han Ji-won, 2023) - A tender and gentle coming-of-age tale filled with small details that make its world alive. Soccer games on television (a constant reminder of a future lost), well-meaning questions that hurt just to hear, the happiness in an acquaintance who listens to you and cares about things that you are afraid to share with those closest to you. How do you say "I love you" when you know that you're too afraid to share your feelings completely?
My thoughts on your list:
The Friends of Eddie Coyle - These kinds of mean, hard movies were never much my jam on a personal level (I prefer some kindness in my films), but I can't deny that it's well-made and does exactly what it sets out to do.
Funny Games - Oh hey, I watched this in 2024 as well! (I had previously watched the remake, which is functionally identical but has weaker performances.) I really disliked it (as I should have known already). Smug nonsense that thinks it is better than you for daring to watch it. Well, I don't normally watch these kinds of violent movies, but supposedly you have something to say... but you don't, you're just a poser showing off to your European arthouse loser friends that you're so much better than everyone else. If it sounds like I despise European arthouse cinema... I do. :P
Breaking the Waves - I disliked Funny Games, but I absolutely despised Breaking the Waves. There is no nuance here: the church is evil for how it casts out "sinners," and by making Bess a lunatic irresponsible for her own actions the film removes any sort of possible argument to be made on its behalf. Furthermore, by making our main character craaaazy, we have no emotional anchor. She isn't operating under reality, yet we are viewing her through reality. There is no way to be on her wavelength, because we are placed on the outside looking in from the very start. Why would an outsider fall in love with a girl from this community - and Bess, who has several screws loose, in particular? Why is there a pee-colored filter over every frame of the movie? The film is an utter disaster. It's not LvT's worst, though (Dogville exists, and makes this dang thing look like the Sistine Chapel.)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Too dry for me. Much like Eddie Coyle, I can see that it does what it aims to do, but these bleak movies are not really my kind of thing.
And some honorable mentions of films I really enjoyed:
Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (William Friedkin, 2023)
Flow (Gints Zilbalodis, 2024)
Green Snake (Tsui Hark, 1993)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (Kevin Costner, 2024)
Laapataa Ladies (Kiran Rao, 2023)
Mars Express (Jeremie Perin, 2023)
Omkara (Vishal Bhardwaj, 2006)
River (Junta Yamaguchi, 2023)
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (Hiroyuki Yamaga, 1987)
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (Aki Kaurismaki, 1994)
Where the Devil Roams (John Adams/Toby Poser/Zelda Adams, 2023)
Zatoichi in Desperation (Shintaro Katsu, 1972)
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (Kazuo Ikehiro, 1964)
Most of my 2024 was me reevaluating movies I had previously seen and catching up to classic I had overlooked
My top first watches that year are.
1. I Saw the TV Glow
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. The Red Shoes
4. The Royal Tenembaums
5. Vertigo
6. Paris Is Burning
7. Faust
8. Killer Klowns from Outer Space
9. The Abyss
10. Ikiru
Honorable Mention to The Children's Hour that missed being in my top 10 by just a little.
I NEVER would've pegged you as a Kendrick fan hahaha. GNX was indeed one of the best things that happened in 2024
@@thesummerofmark i wasn't until this year. The feud caught my interest, and it was enough to learn I actually love his music.
@ based
Credits made me think I was watching a RM Brown video with that music lol
Great video! My ten favorite i watched this year would be -
Mank
Midnight Run
Bringing out the Dead
To Live and Die in L.A
John Wick 4
The Ring (rewatch)
The Exorcist 3
Kinds of Kindness
The Killer
Sexy Beast
My Top 10 “discoveries” of 2024:
1. Nowhere (1997)
2. The Swimmer (1968)
3. Take Shelter (2011)
4. Gray’s Anatomy (1996)
5. The Leopard (1963)
6. Santa Sangre (1989)
7. Yi Yi (2000)
8. The Queen (1968)
9. White Dog (1982)
10. Hoop Dream (1994)
Honorable mentions (not ranked):
Millennium Mambo
The Ruling Class
Wild Zero
Purple Noon
Black Orpheus
The Doom Generation
Querelle
I Saw The TV Glow
All Of Us Strangers
Withnail And I
I watched both of these movies for the first time in 2024!
- The Big Country (1958)
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
WATCH ELIO PETRI'S SECOND MOVIE OF HIS TRILOGY, it is one of my favourites, so glad you discovered the works of italian 70s counterculture they are so great love from Italy
Ok here is mine top 10 first watches i am fairly early to watching films because i only watched like 400-500 films something like that but alas here we go
1.brokeback mountain 2005
2. Treasure of the sierra madre 1948
3. Requiem for a dream 2000.
4.the man who wasnt there 2001.
5.the manchurian candidate 1962
6.ikiru 1952
7. My dinner with andre 1981
8 a place in the sun 1951
9 three billboards outside ebbing Missouri 2017
10. They shoot horses don't they 1969
@ViktorIvanov-om9dr this is an outstanding list.
@ViktorIvanov-om9dr The Man Who Wasn't There is amazing! Easily a top 5 Coen Bros movie
@@EyebrowCinema can you tell me why is it and outstanding list is it you watched all of these films except they shoot horses don't they 1969 well I follow you too on letterboxd and sometimes I watch your review exceptionally your positive reviews and I find many good obscure films and I have them on my watchlist as I plan them to watch this year or I least hope I just have a very disorganized schedule and routine because I am 14 I have no independence and most of my life I just struggle with my mental health issues even though I'm not diagnosed yet but I'm going to a psychologist so at least there is that and sometimes I get so hopeless I get fatigued and even overwhelmed from films well its not every time I have hopeless episodes and that impacts to watch films and hell I don't watch many films as I used to because I get distracted with my thoughts and overwhelmed by noise because unfortunately I live in a very toxic home environment I just hope I watch many more films this year If I am in and alright mood and I don't want it ruined by goddamn people in my life so yeah that was a pretty long sorry if I sounded negative or nihilistic maybe we can talk about this privately.
@@jcmurie and what is your top 5 coen brothers films if you ranked from 5 to 1 and give me the reasons why they are 5 Coen brothers films
@ViktorIvanov-om9dr
5. Miller's Crossing - 9/10
4. The Man Who Wasn't There - 9.5/10
3. No Country For Old Men - 10/10
2. The Big Lebowski - 10/10
1. Inside Llewyn Davis - 10/10
I really hope you would look at brilliant movie called The Cremator (1968, Czechoslovak new wave)
Looking back over the films I watched for the first time this year, I saw many truly great ones. It was hard to narrow them to 10, with quite a few classics in my honorable mentions:
1. The Age of Innocence (a rare instant 5 star film for me)
2. Adaptation
3. The General (on one hand, villain protagonist, on the other hand, train)
4. Strange Days (#KatherinepleasereleaseanewBluray, #IdontknowifmyplayercanplayGermanBlurays)
5. A Man for all Seasons (“wow, this is so great, I wonder why this hit so hard in December 2024?[*AAAAAAAAAHHHHH*]”)
6. King of Comedy
7. Seven Samurai (this was a coincidence, I swear)
8. Night Moves
9. Manchester by the Sea
10. Hundreds of Beavers
Honorable mentions: Ronin, Weird: The Al Yankovic story, Assault on Precinct 13, Beau is Afraid, All That Jazz, Little Women, The Shining, and Perfect Blue