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.
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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.”
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If you’ve got something that hit you hard this year, I’d love to hear it.
I’m still watching, still listening.
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