Films Seen in Cinema in 2024

An ongoing list of the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2024.



★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Worthy
★★ – Disappointing




Uzak
★★★½
dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Drama
[Turkey, 2002]




铁西区 (Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks)
★★★★★
dir. Wang Bing
Documentary
[China, 2002]




Bande de Filles
(Girlhood)
★★★½
dir. Celine Sciamma
Coming-of-Age Drama
[France, 2014]




Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu
(Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
★★★★★
dir. Celine Sciamma
Historical Drama
[France, 2019]




Saving Private Ryan
★★★★★
dir. Steven Spielberg
Epic War
[USA, 1998]




Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
★★★½
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 1999]




Challengers
★★★½
dir. Luca Guadagnino
Romantic Sports Drama
[USA, 2024]




一 一 (Yi Yi)
★★★★★
dir. Edward Yang
Drama
[Taiwan, 2000]




Winged Migration
★★★★½
dir. Jacques Perrin
Documentary
[France / Italy / Germany / Switzerland, 2001]




Mad Max: Fury Road
★★★★★
dir. George Miller
Post-Apocalyptic Action
[Australia, 2015]




Dune: Part Two

★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2024]




All of Us Strangers
★★★★
dir. Andrew Haigh
Romantic Fantasy
[UK, 2023]