The 20 Best Movies of 2024 According to IMDb and Where to Stream Them
The Christmas holidays are a time of full stomachs and empty days. Perfect for a movie marathon. These are the best movies of 2024 according to IMDb and the associated streaming service.
The Christmas holidays are a time to pick up everything that was left behind during the rest of the year. Leaky bike in the shed, faulty shower head, trail of bird poop on the living room window (only been there a few days, but still). Watching the best movies of 2024 is also high on this server’s to-do list. So let’s start with that.
The best movies of 2024 according to IMDb
Just before (at the time of writing) the Christmas holidays begin, we’re listing the best movies of 2024, with IMDb ratings and how to stream them.
1. Dune: Part Two
IMDb score: 8.5
Where to stream? HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Pathé Thuis (2.99 euros)
Movie in a sentence: The chosen one on a distant planet takes revenge on Jack van Gelder’s people with the help of desert people and mechanical locusts (also available as a LEGO set).
2. The Brutalist
IMDb score: 8.1
Where to stream? Disney+, Amazon Prime Video
Movie in a sentence: A Jewish architect flees Europe in 1947 and is allowed to design a stunning building in America in a 3.5-hour historical drama.
3. Longs
IMDb score: 8.1
Where to look? Now only in theaters, starting March 2025 on Disney+
Movie in a sentence: A young prostitute from Brooklyn impulsively marries a rich guy from a Russian oil family, who is not happy about it.
4. evil
IMDb score: 8.0
Where to look? It just arrived in theaters
Movie in a sentence: Feeling out of place, a young green-skinned girl befriends a popular girl, only to cross paths with the Wizard of Oz.
5. Deadpool and Wolverine
IMDb score: 7.6
Where to stream? Disney+, Pathé Thuis (4.99 euros)
Movie in a sentence: The antihero reluctantly joins the Marvel hero in another multiverse adventure.
6. A real pain
IMDb score: 7.6
Where to look? in the cinema
Movie in a sentence: Some mean cousins go on a road trip through Poland to remember their late grandmother.
7. Ghostly light
IMDb score: 7.6
Where to stream? Amazon Prime Video
Movie in a sentence: A construction worker walks into a theater and jokingly joins a local performance of Romeo and Juliet, which eventually begins to mirror his own life (sounds a bit like Synecdoche New Yorktop film).
8. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
IMDb score: 7.5
Where to stream? HBO Max+, Pathé Thuis (4.99 euros)
Movie in a sentence: Mad Max prequel about Furiosa, who goes from being a young warrior to a ruthless heroine after her kidnapping.
9. Young woman and the sea
IMDb score: 7.5
Where to stream? Disney+
Movie in a sentence: Biographical story of swimmer Gertrude Ederle, who was the first to swim across the English Channel in 1926.
10. The substance
IMDb score: 7.4
Where to look? in the cinema
Movie in a sentence: A faded celebrity takes a black market drug that temporarily transforms her into a young version of herself.
Best movies of 2024: numbers 11 to 20
There’s no Christmas break yet (at the time of writing it’s still 4 hours and 42 minutes) so we’ll continue for a while. If you have already seen numbers 1 to 10, you can continue with numbers 11 to 20.
11. His three daughters
IMDb score: 7.2
Where to stream? netflix
12. Challengers
IMDb score: 7.1
Where to stream? Amazon Prime Video, Pathé Thuis (2.99 euros)
13. Civil war
IMDb score: 7.0
Where to stream? maximum HBO
14. Gladiator 2
IMDb score: 6.9
Where to look? Cinema, from 13 to 1 at Pathé Thuis
15. The scapegoat
IMDb score: 6.9
Where to stream? Sky Showtime, Pathé Thuis (3.99 euros)
16. Overcoming
IMDb score: 6.9
Where to stream? Cinema, from 16 to 1 at Pathé Thuis
17. Rebel Crest
IMDb score: 6.8
Where to stream? netflix
18. Beetle Juice Beetle Juice
IMDb score: 6.7
Where to stream? HBO Max, Pathé Thuis (12.99 euros – very expensive!)
19. Love lies bleeding
IMDb score: 6.6
Where to stream? Amazon Prime Video
20. tornadoes
IMDb score: 6.5
Where to stream? HBO Max, Pathé Thuis (4.99 euros)
That was him. Have a very happy Christmas holiday!