The 10 best films of 2024
Our choice of the year’s essential screen entertainment.
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Luca Guadagnino’s Queer: a sexy thwarted romance
Daniel Craig is cast against type in this stylish adaptation of William Burroughs’ novel. Plus: Nightbitch and We Live in…
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The women behind Humphrey Bogart
The documentary Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes searches for new insights into the actor’s life in his five closest female…
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Conclave: this papal power struggle is high entertainment
Ralph Fiennes gives an all-time best performance in this sumptuous, thrilling drama about appointing a new pope.
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Wicked is a super-sized, elaborate and hip hop-influenced take on the musical
The origin story of The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West arrives two decades after the stage show.…
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Hollywood voyeurism at the Marilyn Monroe exhibition
A collection of the star’s possessions tries to make celebrity worship a feminist pursuit.
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Gladiator II is a triumph
In this sequel, chock-full of fighting, Ridley Scott lets his appetite for elaborate action scenes run wild.
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Paddington in Peru loses the magic of the first films
In this third instalment, the bear travels “home” – and the franchise’s feel-good, pro-immigration spirit vanishes.
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