Once again, you didn’t ask, and once again, I deliver: my Top 20 Films of 2024 – loosely ranked! – of titles to appear on the UK’s official FDA release schedule from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The complete list is also up on my Letterboxd, but here it is for your perusing pleasure (starting with my favourite):

1. Red Rooms (“La chambres rouges”), Pascal Plante, 2023.
2. Witches, Elizabeth Sankey, 2024.
3. Our Body (“Notre corps”), Claire Simon, 2023.
4. Dahomey, Mati Diop, 2024.
5. The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer, 2023.
6. A Different Man, Aaron Schimberg, 2024. 
7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller, 2024.
8. Close Your Eyes (“Cerrar los ojos”), Victor Erice, 2023.
9. Evil Does Not Exist, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2023.
10. Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, 2024.
11. Hundreds of Beavers, Mike Cheslik, 2022.
12. The Beast (“La Bête”), Bertrand Bonello, 2023 [above].
13. All We Imagine As Light, Payal Kapadia, 2024.
14. Juror #2, Clint Eastwood, 2024.
15. Conclave Edward Berger, 2024.
16. Monster, Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2023.
17. Timestalker, Alice Lowe, 2024.
18. Monkey Man, Dev Patel, 2024.
19. My Old Ass, Megan Park, 2024.
20. Trap, M. Night Shyamalan, 2024.