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đŹâ¨ The Best TV Shows and Movies of 2024
We're taking a look at some of the standout films and TV shows of the year in several retrospective articles. Do you agree with our picks?
Michael Ahr
December 17, 2024
Tuesday Edition December 17, 2024
Everyone loves a good end-of-year best-of list! Sometimes itâs all about making sure your favorite TV show or movie made the cut and feeling validated when you see its high rank. Other times, thereâs a certain enjoyment in disagreeing with the shows that perhaps are too low on the list or unfairly ranked above those some may deem to be of better quality.
But whether you agree or disagree with our choices, you will undoubtedly be entertained by what we feel is the most comprehensive list of the best movies of the past year, as well as two separate lists for US and UK offerings on television. All in all, 2024 was a truly magnificent year in on-screen entertainment, and there was plenty to praise in every category.
â Michael Ahr
MOVIES
The Best Movies of 2024
Why is everyone always convinced the sky is falling and cinemaâs days are numbered? This year brought plenty of artistic and compelling films that are sure to burrow their way into the collective subconscious for years to come. The movie theater is alive and well!
Whether itâs the sight of MuadâDib standing before a nation of radicalized disciples as if he were a space-aged T.E. Lawrence, or just the cozy sight of Mike Faist, Josh OâConnor, and Zendaya sharing a ratty motel bedframe, the year has gifted us with indelible movie moments. Sometimes theyâre startling visions, too, as searing as director RaMell Ross innovating what it means to place viewers inside the perspective of a protagonist in Nickel Boys; the box office enjoyed another double-header event with its own social media nickname (Glicked); and Mikey Madison showed the world how we handle things down in South Brooklyn.
It was a good year for movies! Here are our staffâs collective picks for the best of âem.
TV
The Best TV Shows of 2024
TV was fit-to-bursting with geek-friendly storytelling in 2024. From quality superhero spinoffs (The Penguin, Agatha All Along) to ambitious genre animations (Arcane, Invincible) to heady sci-fi book adaptations (Silo, 3 Body Problem), it didnât take much effort to find nerdy bliss in the TV world this year. Combine that with the more âtraditionalâ cable efforts like ShĹgun, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Interview with the Vampire, and we had ourselves a recipe for another calendar turn of televisual excellence.
If our list of the best TV shows of 2024 is any indication, the geeks have well and truly inherited the episodic earth once again.
TV
The Best UK TV Shows of 2024
Despite some dicey times for the British TV industry, 2024 has seen some amazing work come to screen. Weâve had tense crime series, globetrotting thrillers, glitzy entertainment shows, heartfelt comedy, imaginative sci-fi and brilliant period drama.
Weâve had shows so good they explain why clever, creative people choose unstable careers and crazy hours to make them. Join us in celebrating the most entertaining UK TV series of the year!
"Apple TV+ must love dystopian drama Silo - which won a place on our Best US TV Shows of 2024 list - as much as we do, because they just ordered two more seasons."
EDITORâS PICKS
Kraven the Hunter leaves Sony Picturesâ Universe of Marvel Characters for dead after this safari goes tragically awry.
With Nickel Boys, director RaMell Ross creates a new cinematic language for first-person POV. One that demands empathy from the viewer.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a beautiful, deliberate literary adaptation that only the streaming era could produce.
Day of the Fight might look familiar, but its focus on redemption and community sets it apart even amongst boxing movies.
TODAYâS QUIZ
In order to make the landscape of Oz more vibrant, Wicked director Jon M. Chu had 9 million flowers of which variety planted, rather than using CGI? |
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