The 10 best films of 2024 so far, according to critics

2024 is still halfway through, but there are already some reviews rating the best films of the year so far. Rotten Tomatoes, a website specializing in film and TV, has a scoring system called Tomatometer that is based on how many professional critics approve of the film.

See below for the ten best films released in theaters this year, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

1. A special place

John, a single father, has only a few months to live and intends to use them to find the perfect family for his young son, while trying to protect the child from reality. While struggling with a seemingly impossible task, John meets a social worker who presents him with a solution he had never previously considered.

Produced in the United Kingdom, the film was released in the region in July 2021. But according to the film and TV specialist site, Colliderthe worldwide release was delayed until this year.

On Rotten Tomatoes the film received 100% approval from specialized critics. According to professionals, the film focuses on moments that unite human beings and transport the viewer to a “devastating” and also “inspiring” place. The film received 95% approval among the public.

2. LaRoy, Texas

Depressed and broke, Roy is mistaken for a hitman and receives an envelope with money. But now he must escape the real killer.

Although the film received 100% approval on the Tomatometer, the audience score was 64%. According to critics, the film stands out for its sharp script and talented cast.

3. Don’t expect too much from the end of the world

Production assistant Angela is overworked and receives less than she should. She is assigned a job where she has to shoot a video on workplace safety for a multinational company in Bucharest, Romania. When one of the interviewees makes a statement that sparks a scandal, she has to reinvent the story.

The Romanian film was directed by Radu Jude, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and was released in theaters in March this year.

The production received 99% approval from critics, who say the film further demonstrates that Radu Jude is a talented and provocative director. Among the public the score was 65%.

4. Inside the yellow cocoon

Winner of the best film award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the film tells the story of Thien, who needs to collect the body of his sister-in-law, who died in a motorbike accident, and her five-year-old son, who survived. to her hometown. She begins the search for her older brother who abandoned them to leave the child in the care of his father.

During the journey, Thien has dreams and encounters that bring back old repressed memories and forbidden desires. He ends up having to fight his own existential crisis.

According to the Tomatometer, the film scored 98%, and, according to the audience, 75%. Specialized critics have assessed that the film rewards those who are patient with a gripping spiritual odyssey.

5. Molli and Max in the future

This sci-fi romantic comedy follows a man and a woman whose orbits collide repeatedly for 12 years, across four planets and three dimensions.

The film won over both specialized critics and the public. Giving the production an approval rating of 98%, professionals said that the film makes up for the style and creativity that the budget might lack. Already 96% of the public has approved the film.

6. Aisha

The film follows a young Nigerian woman’s experience as she seeks international protection in Ireland. Stuck in the limbo of the Irish immigration system, the young woman strikes up a friendship with a former prisoner. But the friendship between the two seems to have its days numbered when Aisha’s future in the country is threatened.

The film scored 98% on the Tomatometer. Critics considered it Aisha takes a sensitive and nuanced look at the immigrant experience and praised the performances of the lead actors, Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor.

7. Accidental murderer

In the film inspired by a true story, a stern professor discovers he has talent as a fake hitman. But he falls in love with one of his clients, which ignites a powder keg of deception and mistaken identities.

The character in the film is based on a real man named Gary Johnson who worked as a fake hitman for the police. However, the biggest twists are fiction.

The film’s approval rating among critics is 96% and 81% among audiences. The critic called the production “a deceptively dark thriller but also full of laughs”.

8. Interview with the devil

In 1977, a talk show host tries to increase the popularity of his once-popular talk show. To do this, he plans to interview a psychic, a professional skeptic, a parapsychologist and a girl supposedly possessed by the devil in the Halloween special.

With the approval of 97% of specialized critics and 81% of the public, the film won over industry experts because it is “delightfully dark” and demonstrates that the terror of possession has not run its course.

9. Totem

In a house in Mexico, a seven-year-old girl named Sol is busy preparing a birthday party for her father. But as the day progresses and the event becomes something no one expected, the girl begins to understand the gravity of celebrating the day.

The film received 97% approval from critics, who said that Tótem is moving and tells a touching story without falling into sentimentality. The film was approved by 79% of the audience.

10. Bastard

In 18th-century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen is a proud and ambitious but impoverished war hero. He sets out to tame a vast uninhabitable land to build a colony and earn the title of nobility from the king. However, the area is under the rule of a vain and ruthless nobleman who perceives Kahlen as a threat to his power.

The film received a Tomatometer score of 97%. According to the review, Bastard guides the audience through wild terrain with a look of hope. Among the public approval is 94%.

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