It’s that time again, time to sort through the ten films that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences swear are the best of the year, like we don’t know the real best film is absent, which is and only could be Hundreds of Beavers.
(Okay fine given when it hit the festival circuit, Beavers probably wasn’t eligible this year, I am only saying)
And like every year, I’ve seen ’em all, and present to you a ranked list from “This one’s incredible” to “How is this nominated, how is it nominated in so many categories, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” We’ll include where I currently rank it on my Films of 2024 Letterboxd list, (there are non-nominated films from that year I may yet watch that will be ranked higher than some of these, at least one is in danger of being bumped down by Madame Web), where I’d rank it among all 98 Best Pictures (including Sunrise), and what other nominations I think should have been in there.
And for fun, what would be the smash to title card if this were an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Such as this example from The Phantom Menace.
First off… the ones I’m going to grumble about if their name gets read.
Next page: I Have Some Notes
