Society of the Snow 2023
J.A. Bayona's retelling of the 1972 Andes flight disaster, Spain's international-feature submission. Both admired the craft and the ensemble; both found it a touch long.
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The 24 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
January 4, 2024/ 111 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda each count down their twelve most-anticipated films of 2024, pile on honorable mentions, and close with a spoiler-through of the haunted-pool movie Night Swim alongside Chris Ryan.
81 films across 6 segments.
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First, a new one: Society of the Snownew on Netflix
Last year's lists, graded their 2023 anticipated picks, revisited
Sean's most anticipated of 2024his countdown, No. 1 first
Mickey 17 2025
No. 1 - Bong Joon-ho and Robert Pattinson. 'A great auteur with a vision who works in genre.'
Weapons 2025
No. 2 - Zach Cregger's 'Barbarian' follow-up; pitched as 'Magnolia, but a horror movie.'
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
No. 3 - George Miller prequel; Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth.
Blitz 2024
No. 4 - Steve McQueen; Saoirse Ronan in wartime London.
Love Lies Bleeding 2024
No. 5 - Rose Glass for A24; Kristen Stewart.
Joker: Folie à Deux 2024
No. 6 - Todd Phillips' musical sequel with Lady Gaga. 'Could be a car crash and I'll be interested.'
Civil War 2024
No. 7 - Alex Garland; Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons.
MaXXXine 2024
No. 8 - Ti West's third Mia Goth film, set in 1980s porn.
Nosferatu 2024
No. 9 - Robert Eggers; Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 2024
No. 10 (a two-part cheat) - Kevin Costner's self-funded Western epic.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 2024
No. 10, the second half, due August.
Oh, Canada 2024
No. 11 (a three-film 'old guys still got it' cheat) - Paul Schrader; Jacob Elordi and Richard Gere.
Juror #2 2024
No. 11 - Clint Eastwood courtroom thriller; Nicholas Hoult.
Ella McCay 2025
No. 11 - James L. Brooks' first feature in years; Emma Mackey, Albert Brooks.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 2024
No. 12 - Wes Ball directs; sent Sean down a Maze Runner rabbit hole.
Amanda's most anticipated of 2024her countdown, No. 1 first
Challengers 2024
No. 1 - Luca Guadagnino tennis drama; Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist. Up from No. 3 last year.
Megalopolis 2024
No. 2 - Francis Ford Coppola's decades-gestating epic; Adam Driver among a huge cast.
Hit Man 2023
No. 3 - Richard Linklater; Glen Powell and Adria Arjona.
Gladiator II 2024
No. 4 - Ridley Scott; Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal.
Opus 2025
No. 5 - Mark Anthony Green for A24; John Malkovich, Ayo Edebiri. Amanda discloses he's a close friend.
The Bikeriders 2023
No. 6 - Jeff Nichols; Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer. Amanda's already seen it.
Dune: Part Two 2024
No. 7 - 'probably too low on our list.'
Wolfs 2024
No. 8 - Jon Watts; George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
La Chimera 2023
No. 9 - Alice Rohrwacher; Josh O'Connor as a tomb raider in 1980s Italy.
Back to Black 2024
No. 10 - Amy Winehouse biopic; Sam Taylor-Johnson, Marisa Abela.
Maria 2024
No. 11 - Pablo Larraín; Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas.
Twisters 2024
No. 12 - Lee Isaac Chung; Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Honorable mentions and genre curiositiesthe also-rans, from Amanda's 'garbage' picks to Sean's monster-movie slate
This Is Me... Now: A Love Story 2024
Amanda's 'garbage' submention - the film built around Jennifer Lopez's album.
The Idea of You 2024
Anne Hathaway; Michael Showalter.
Argylle 2024
Matthew Vaughn; Amanda's '40,000 question marks.'
Presence 2024
Steven Soderbergh, premiering at Sundance.
Bird 2024
Andrea Arnold; Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski.
Janet Planet 2023
Annie Baker's first film; a mother and daughter.
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
Sean's planned 40th-birthday movie.
Alien: Romulus 2024
Fede Álvarez.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024
Tim Burton; Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega.
Speak No Evil 2024
American remake; James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy.
The Gorge 2025
Scott Derrickson for Apple.
Havoc 2025
Gareth Evans (Sean says 'Gareth Edwards').
Apartment 7A 2024
'Rosemary's Baby' prequel; Julia Garner.
Road House 2024
Doug Liman; Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor.
Venom: The Last Dance 2024
Kelly Marcel directs.
Wolf Man 2025
Leigh Whannell's monster movie.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F 2024
Eddie Murphy returns.
The Watchers 2024
Ishana Shyamalan's debut.
Trap 2024
M. Night Shyamalan; Josh Hartnett.
The Substance 2024
Coralie Fargeat.
The End 2024
Joshua Oppenheimer's first fiction feature.
Mother Mary
David Lowery; Anne Hathaway as a pop star.
I Saw the TV Glow 2024
Jane Schoenbrunn (transcribed as 'TV Globe'), Sundance.
The Shrouds 2024
David Cronenberg.
Terrifier 3 2024
'Reportedly the most disgusting horror movie ever made.' Amanda passes.
Harold and the Purple Crayon 2024
A birthday-movie candidate, per Amanda's daughter.
Borderlands 2024
Eli Roth.
Madame Web 2024
Dakota Johnson; 'one of the sights to see in 2024.'
F1 2025
Joseph Kosinski's Brad Pitt racing film, which Sean calls 'Apex.'
Night Swim, explaineda full spoiler walk-through with Chris Ryan, à la their Barbarian episode
Night Swim 2024
The Blumhouse/Atomic Monster haunted-pool movie (Bryce McGuire's feature debut, from his 2019 short); Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon. Sean and Chris narrate the whole plot; 'very stupid, but a lot of fun.'
Also mentioned raised along the way
Around Society of the Snow and the year in movies AliveAll Quiet on the Western FrontThe OrphanageThe ImpossibleThe Taste of ThingsRustinNyadMay DecemberRebel Moon
Named in passing Everybody Wants Some!!Anyone but YouMinariSpencerJackieEl CondeMishima: A Life in Four ChaptersThe NorthmanSaint MaudThe Empty ManAmyRevengeOccupied City12 Years a SlaveWidowsHungerWhen a Man Loves a WomanAll of Us StrangersAftersunCinderellaBlockersWishMad Max: Fury RoadThe Road WarriorMetropolisTwisterThe Godfather Part IIIBram Stoker's DraculaJackThe RainmakerYouth Without YouthTetroTwixtThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & SnakesSaltburnA Star Is BornParasiteLady BallersScream
Night Swim touchstones BarbarianThe ShiningThe ConjuringInsidiousTraining DayThe Color of MoneyOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodHereditaryMars Attacks!
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV YellowstoneIndustryWednesdayHacksSesame StreetSmall Axe
Video games The Legend of ZeldaSuper Mario
Podcasts / ad reads Off GuardThe Big PictureJMOWTF with Marc MaronJunk Fights