My Favorite Movie Of 2024 Is Almost Too Bizarre To Recommend, Unless You Have The Same Twisted Sense Of Humor That I Do

My Favorite Movie Of 2024 Is Almost Too Bizarre To Recommend, Unless You Have The Same Twisted Sense Of Humor That I Do
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If you write about movies, you are going to be asked – often – what your favorite movie is. Or, people will ask you what the best movie you’ve seen is. Neither of these questions can be easy to answer, as people who worship film will tell you that they have far too many beloved movies to narrow it down to, and our opinions can shift depending on which way the wind blows. Which is why the annual creation of a Year End Top 10 list is a futile exercise. I might build one – as I did as part of CinemaBlend’s official ReelBlend podcast. But it’s a snapshot of a very specific time. That’s the list I made up on that day. I’m already annoyed, after publishing my list, that certain movies didn’t make the cut. I’m sure if I look at this list a year from now, I’ll disagree with the inclusion of three or four titles.

My number 1 movie of 2024 was never going to change, though. I fell in love with it the moment I saw it… and then stressed over who I actually could recommend it to. You see, Coralie Fargeat’s brilliant, cynical The Substance isn’t Mufasa, or Moana 2, or one of the safer movies that people want to hear more about when they are thinking about what to take the family to over the weekend. It’s a challenging, twisted, nauseating but hilarious film that’s tough to recommend, unless you have a specific sense of humor. It’s certainly not for everyone. But it definitely was for me.

(Image credit: Mubi)

The Substance is the smartest film I saw in 2024.

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