Best of 2024

Sally Rooney's fourth novel follows two grieving brothers whose romantic entanglements force them to confront what they owe each other and what it means to be truly known by another person.

Employees of a company undergo a procedure that separates their work and personal memories.

A young chef returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop after his brother's suicide.

The Roy family fights for control of the world's largest media conglomerate as the patriarch's health falters.

A high school chemistry teacher turns to manufacturing methamphetamine after being diagnosed with cancer.

Two friends find their way back to each other through video game design, spanning decades of creative partnership.

The ghost of Abraham Lincoln's son exists in a cemetery purgatory alongside other spirits.

Twelve characters from the Native community in Oakland, California, converge at the Big Oakland Powwow.

Denis Villeneuve completes his adaptation of Frank Herbert's masterwork with a visually staggering epic that transforms Paul Atreides from reluctant hero into something far more ambiguous and dangerous.

Two interlocking stories about the AIDS crisis in 1980s Chicago and a woman searching for her estranged daughter in 2015 Paris.

Four young people navigate relationships, politics, and the meaning of life through letters and encounters.

Two college students in Dublin become entangled with a married couple.

A casino worker with an extraordinary ability to detect lies hits the road, solving murders at every stop.

A 1960s chemist becomes the host of a cooking show and uses her platform to teach women about science.

A world divided between those who worship dragons and those who fear them faces an ancient evil's return.

Two brothers rob banks across Texas to save their family ranch, pursued by a retiring Texas Ranger.

A ranching family in Montana battles land developers, politicians, and rival families to protect their legacy.

A conscientious objector serves as a combat medic in WWII, saving 75 men without carrying a weapon.

FX's lavish adaptation of James Clavell's novel is a masterpiece of historical drama, following an English navigator shipwrecked in feudal Japan as warring lords plot to seize supreme power.

In a dystopian future, people live in a vast underground silo with strict rules about what can be said or known.

In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters discover they can dance the night away in a magical world — but at a terrible cost.

Three African-American women mathematicians play a vital role at NASA during the early space programme.

The heirs of the Usher dynasty meet gruesome fates as a mysterious woman from the patriarch's past appears.

Wednesday Addams investigates a series of murders at her new school, Nevermore Academy.

A young Black woman navigates friendships, career, and relationships in Los Angeles.

An Indian boy adopted by an Australian couple uses Google Earth to find his birth family.

The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief in a new series after the events of Endgame.

A small-town Pennsylvania detective investigates a murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

Steven Zaillian's gorgeous black-and-white adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel follows Tom Ripley through 1960s Italy as he murders, impersonates, and improvises his way into a life he was never meant to have.

The First Son of the United States falls for the Prince of England in a secret relationship.

A single mother and working actress raises three daughters in Los Angeles.

A working-class African-American father struggles with his past and present in 1950s Pittsburgh.

A lone bounty hunter makes his way through the Star Wars galaxy's outer reaches, protecting a mysterious child.

A young woman must question and rebuild every element of her life after an assault.

The story of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the days following JFK's assassination.

Two best friends take annual vacations together until a falling out, then try to repair their relationship.

The eight close-knit siblings of the Bridgerton family look for love and happiness in London high society.

The forging of the Rings of Power and the rise of Sauron in the Second Age of Middle-earth.

An aspiring model in Los Angeles discovers that beauty is a currency with deadly consequences.

A group of high school students navigate love, drugs, identity, and trauma in suburban America.