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2024: My Personal Top 10 Films (So Far)

This year, I’m bringing this account back to what it used to be—just books and movies I truly care about. As I hit 4000 watched films this summer, I realized those countless nights in front of a flickering screen weren’t wasted. The emotions that washed over me, the thoughts I chewed on alone, the way the world feels softer after a really good film—all of it shaped something in me. Here are ten films from 2024 that stuck with me. No ranking. Just love. — The Pot-au-feu A film like a poem. Food, seasons, and glances say more than words. Faces glowing from the stove, love folded gently into the simplest dish. Tomorrow Is a Long Time I wasn’t running toward a man. I was running with my vote—like a love letter to our future. Robot Dreams Your scent, your touch, the nights we danced—they stay behind. I’ll carry part of you and live well. The Zone of Interest A garden blooming on the edge of horror. Fixed frames. Distant screams. A perfect lawn fed by death. It chilled me to the bone. Something in the Dirt Feels like an 80s fever dream—twisted, anxious, gross in the best way. A brutal look at women competing, erasing each other, molding themselves to survive. Afire Sweaty, insecure, burning with jealousy. The red of wildfire, of a dress, of desire. Heine’s poem over dinner says it all: “To love is to perish.” Let’s Go Karaoke! I left the theater smiling so hard it hurt. Rainbow light on a messy heart. Subtle but huge emotions. When’s part two coming? Black Box Diaries Forget what you think a survivor looks like. This woman is sharp, logical, brave. She fights from inside the system and still burns with hope. Fallen Leaves Kaurismäki does what he always does—lonely people, dry humor, deadpan love. Still hits like a soft, strange lullaby. The Taste of Mango So light you might miss how deep it cuts. A kiss in the rain, a night in Mumbai, a quiet voice saying: “You’re not alone in this.” — If you’ve got something that hit you hard this year, I’d love to hear it. I’m still watching, still listening. #entertainment #movie #2024topfilms

2024: My Personal Top 10 Films (So Far)
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She Survived the War. Her Love Didn’t.

Some films don’t break your heart in one go. They take their time—peeling it back, scene by scene—until you’re quietly wrecked. 📽️ Phoenix (2014) Post-WWII Berlin. Nelly, a Jewish cabaret singer, survives the camps but not without scars. Her face, destroyed. Her identity, fragile. After reconstructive surgery, she returns to find her husband. He doesn’t recognize her. Instead, he asks her to impersonate his dead wife—her former self—to claim an inheritance. And she agrees. What follows isn’t just a drama. It’s a slow-burning descent into betrayal, memory, and the brutal question: If someone can’t recognize you at your most broken, did they ever really know you at all? 💔 The final scene—her in a red dress, singing “Speak Low” as sunlight pours in—will haunt you for days. A woman reborn, not in fire, but in grief. What’s the last film that left you emotionally gutted in silence? #entertainment #movie #loveafterwar

She Survived the War. Her Love Didn’t.
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Films I Still Think About (Even Months Later)

Some films don’t stay long in your head—but some do. These are the ones that left something behind. A sentence. A scene. A shift in how I see things. — La Ricotta (1962): Living freely might just be the hardest thing to do. The August Virgin (2019): Talking to strangers made a whole summer feel full. Girl (2018): Becoming a girl isn’t a soft journey—it’s brave and painful. Frances Ha (2012): She’s a mess and radiant. I hope I stay brave enough to be both. — Antonia’s Line (1995): A family of women, holding each other up with love. Youth Yesterday (2024): How friends shape us, more than we notice. Still Walking (2008): The quiet, beautiful ache of family memory. The Swamp (2020): Damp, slow, heavy—some stories promise nothing, and that’s the point. — Autumn Days (2024): Can today’s lies soften yesterday’s pain? Maborosi (1995): Grief that stays silent until it doesn’t. All Around Us (2008): Life gets better, slowly, after the storm. Memoirs of a Snail (2024): Animated, yes—but not light. It hurts, honestly. — Haven’t found anything that moved me lately. No new list this July. Watching movies used to be my escape—now I’m just taking my time. If you’ve seen anything recently that stayed with you, I’d love to hear. And hey, hope July’s kind to you. 🌙 #entertainment #movie #filmsthatlinger

Films I Still Think About (Even Months Later)
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Hidden Gems | “Beauty That Breaks Your Heart”

Camus said, “Beauty makes people sad,” because things become even more heartbreaking the moment they break. These 6 films are stunningly beautiful, but also deeply sad to watch. ① “White Meadow” I always thought Jafar Panahi was jailed for his own films, but it turns out it was because of his editing work on this one. I don’t fully get the political metaphors, but the cinematography is gorgeous, very much like Andrei Tarkovsky’s style—making the reality feel even heavier. ② “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” Saw this at a film archive. Sergei Parajanov is a true cinematic poet, and the camera work here is incredible. It’s like a narrative poem, where the poetry lives in the fluid, layered movement of the shots. ③ “The Crying Meadow” I rarely recommend Tarkovsky (he’s a master, after all), but I love watching his shadows and light, especially on the big screen. His films feel like installation art—each frame packed with rich meaning and deep emotions. ④ “Know Yourself, Know Others” Recently watched and loved this true hidden gem. It’s about the tragedy of vanity and fame, a familiar theme, but this film struck me. The coldness of human nature stands out starkly beneath the glamorous surface—a beautiful woman who looks like a clown. That’s the cruel reality. ⑤ “Ghosts of the Hive” A haunting fable about a girl’s growing up. Innocence is scary, yet this film shows it in a mysteriously beautiful way—shocking in its beauty, and bold in its darkness. ⑥ “The Lonely Blind Woman, A Ling” Shima Iwashita is stunning here. Some lives are born empty and remain empty until the end. Some say sorrow deepens beauty, but I don’t quite agree. I understand how beauty hits the soul, but sadness can also feel just as absolute. #entertainment #movie #bittersweetbeauty

Hidden Gems | “Beauty That Breaks Your Heart”
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A Film That Smells Like Forest

93 minutes of pure atmosphere—somewhere between dream, documentary, and ritual. A quiet, overlooked gem that feels like a prose poem set to film. Through water as a motif, it traces the delicate lines between nature, the human body, and strange beauty. Moss, minerals, movement. And yes—an H.E. reactor appears by the end, as the film slips from the serene to the surreal. We follow Jonas, who studies insects and fish. He meets someone in a garden. They leave the city, camp by a lake, read books, eat fruit, and swim in water so cold it silences the world. Then—another stranger. A trio forms. But somewhere else, by another lake, another trio exists. Different time. Different place. 🌲 Three textures. Three mediums. One haunting kind of beauty. What’s a film that made you feel like you’d stepped out of time? #entertainment #movie #filmasritual

A Film That Smells Like Forest
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