Top Ten Films First Seen in 2024

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1. The Best Years of Our Lives (Wyler, 1946) - 8.5
2. Roman Holiday (Wyler, 1953) - 8.5
3. Triangle of Sadness (Ostlund, 2022) - 8.5
4. Force Majeure (Ostlund, 2014) - 8.5
5. Destiny (Lang, 1921) - 8.5
6. The Desperate Hours (Wyler, 1955) - 8.5
7. Mrs. Miniver (Wyler, 1942) - 8.5
8. The Heiress (Wyler, 1949) - 8.5
9. The Big Country (Wyler, 1958) - 8.5
10. Oppenheimer (Nolan, 2023) - 8.5

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11. Holy Smoke (Campion, 1999) - 8.5
12. The Awful Truth (McCarey, 1937) - 7
13. The Zone of Interest (Glazer, 2023) - 7
14. The Square (Ostlund, 2017) - 7
15. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene, 1920) - 7
16. Die Nibelungen (Lang, 1924) - 7
17. Grand Hotel (Goulding, 1932) - 7
18. The Fallen Idol (Reed, 1948) - 7
19. Carrie (Wyler, 1952) - 7
20. Going My Way (McCarey, 1944) - 7
21. Indiscreet (McCarey, 1931) - 7
22. Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi, 1936) - 7
23. Stage Door (La Cava, 1937) - 5.5
24. Detective Story (Wyler, 1951) - 5.5
25. Tar (Field, 2022) - 5.5
26. The Power of the Dog (Campion, 2021) - 5.5
27. Friendly Persuasion (Wyler, 1956) - 5.5
28. Ruggles of Red Gap (McCarey, 1935) - 5.5
29. Trapeze (Reed, 1956) - 5.5
30. Our Man in Havana (Reed, 1959) - 5.5
31. Love Affair (McCarey, 1939) - 5.5
32. Once Upon a Honeymoon (McCarey, 1942) - 5.5
33. Avatar: The Way of Water (Cameron, 2022) - 5.5
34. The Agony and the Ecstasy (Reed, 1965) - 5.5
35. The Portrait of a Lady (Campion, 1996) - 5.5
36. All the King's Men (Rossen, 1949) - 5.5
37. The Bells of St. Mary's (McCarey, 1945) - 5.5
38. Duck Soup (McCarey, 1933) - 5.5
39. Horse Feathers (McLeod, 1932) - 5.5
40. The Jazz Singer (Crosland, 1927) - 5.5
41. 1922 (Hilditch, 2017) - 5.5
42. The Milky Way (McCarey, 1936) - 5.5
43. An Affair to Remember (McCarey, 1957) - 5.5
44. The Spiders (Lang, 1919) - 5.5
45. In the Cut (Campion, 2003) - 4
46. The Broadway Melody (Beaumont, 1929) - 4
47. Monkey Business (McLeod, 1931) - 4
48. The Cocoanuts (Florey & Santley, 1929) - 4
49. Animal Crackers (Heerman, 1930) - 4
50. Oliver! (Reed, 1968) - 4

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The Zone of Interest is a tough one to rate. On one hand it's an extremely well made movie, but on the other hand it's so unsettling to watch (in ways that even something like Schindler's List isn't) that I can't imagine ever watching it again, and I do think rewatchability is a must for a great film.