As we do yearly right here at Flickchart, we not too long ago revealed our High 20 Movies of 2025. However as our lists are determined by the mixture rankings of all of our customers, they’re always evolving and altering, as any checklist we publish right here on our weblog is simply “correct” on the time of its publication.
A yr’s price of recent consumer rankings could make a giant distinction, and as such, it’s time to take one other have a look at our High 20 Movies of 2024. You’ll be able to see the checklist as we revealed it final yr right here, however what we current right here is the checklist because it stands RIGHT NOW. A number of the modifications could shock you – or not – however these are the present Greatest Movies of 2024.
- Directed by Oz Perkins
- Present International Rank: #5,080
- Final Yr’s Rank: #14
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #5,646
Author/director Osgood Perkins as been prolific of late, releasing each The Monkey and Keeper in 2025, each starring one-time She-Hulk, Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany. Neither was as heralded as Longlegs. Perkins is presently in post-production on a 3rd movie with Maslany, The Younger Folks, which he has written and directed. The forged additionally consists of the likes of Nicole Kidman, Nico Parker, Heather Graham and Johnny Knoxville.
Maika Monroe appeared in three movies in 2025: In Chilly Mild, 100 Nights of Hero and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. She’s going to subsequent seem in Reminders of Him, and can star in They Observe, the long-awaited sequel to her 2014 breakout hit, It Follows, from authentic author/director David Robert Mitchell.
In 2026, Nicolas Cage will star because the title character within the movie Madden, from American Hustle director David O. Russell. He will even convey his character, Spider-Man Noir, from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse into dwell motion on the small display, when he stars in Spider-Noir for MGM+.
- Directed by James Mangold
- Present International Rank: #4,886
- NEW to the High 20
8 Oscar nominations – together with Greatest Image, Greatest Director and three appearing nominations – helped propel James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic onto our High 20 checklist, after not even showing within the High 40 final yr, as a late-year launch. In line with IMDb, Mangold has many initiatives in improvement, however is presently in manufacturing on Juliet, a romantic drama from the novel of the identical identify by Anne Fortier.
Timothée Chalamet has simply made Oscar historical past, changing into the youngest man to be nominated for the Greatest Actor Academy Award 3 times, along with his position in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
Edward Norton will subsequent seem reverse Seth Rogen and Penélope Cruz in The Invite, from Booksmart director Olivia Wilde. Monica Barbaro starred in a second season of Netflix’s Fubar, reverse Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 2025, and might subsequent be seen within the movies Crime 101 and One Night time Solely.
- Directed by David Leitch
- Present International Rank: #4,334
- Final Yr’s Rank: #10
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #4,131
David Leitch is one other director with a bunch of initiatives on the go, however his subsequent movie is the crime thriller Learn how to Rob a Financial institution, presently in post-production. It boasts a forged together with Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Christian Slater, Anna Sawai and John C. Reilly.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are every a part of a few of 2026’s most anticipated releases. Gosling will star in Mission Hail Mary, primarily based on the novel by The Martian creator Andy Weir and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Blunt stars in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and can reunite with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and director David Frankel for The Satan Wears Prada 2.
- Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
- Present International Rank: #4,193
- NEW to the High 20
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are reuniting with director John Krasinski to put in writing A Quiet Place Half III, presently in pre-production.
Sophie Thatcher bolstered her scream-queen cred together with her starring position in Companion, presently on Flickchart’s High 20 checklist of 2025. She additionally starred within the third season of Yellowjackets, and her subsequent movies would be the comedy Peaches from author/director Jenny Suen, and the thriller Her Non-public Hell, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
Chloe East appeared in three movies in 2025: Atropia, Going Locations and A Large Daring Lovely Journey. She will subsequent be seen in On the Sea, a drama starring Amy Adams and directed by Kornél Mundruczó (Items of a Lady).
Hugh Grant starred in Bridget Jones: Mad Concerning the Boy in 2025, however no phrase on his subsequent movie but.
- Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
- Present International Rank: #4,027
- NEW to the High 20
A Actual Ache‘s reputation was propelled by its Greatest Supporting Actor Oscar win for Kieran Culkin. Culkin will subsequent play Caesar Flickerman in The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping, the position originated by Stanley Tucci within the authentic movies.
After showing within the threequel Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Jesse Eisenberg is creating, writing and directing the tv sequence Bream Offers Me Hiccups, primarily based on his personal e book of quick tales.
- Directed by Gints Zilbalodis
- Present International Rank: #3,874
- NEW to the High 20
Movement had not but even made the Flickchart High 40 by the tip of final yr, however after beating the likes of The Wild Robotic and Inside Out 2 to develop into the very first impartial movie to win the Oscar for Greatest Animated Characteristic, this animated movie, which eschews dialogue and was created fully utilizing the open-source software program Blender, has rocketed up the charts. Author/producer/director Gints Zilbalodis and author/producer Matīss Kaža grew to become the very first Latvians to ever win an Academy Award, however there’s no phrase simply but on their subsequent challenge.
- Directed by Brady Corbet
- Present International Rank: #3,751
- NEW to the High 20
The Brutalist was nominated for 10 Oscars, profitable Greatest Rating and Cinematography, and making Adrien Brody a two-time Greatest Actor Oscar winner with solely two profession nominations. (His first was for The Pianist.) Brody has starred in The Emperor, the ultimate movie from New Zealand director Lee Tamahori, who handed away in 2025. The movie is listed as being in post-production on IMDb, with no set launch date simply but.
Felicity Jones starred in Oh. What. Enjoyable., 100 Nights of Hero and present Greatest Image nominee Prepare Desires in 2025, whereas Man Pearce appeared in Killing Religion and The Lady in Cabin 10. There’s no phrase but on Brady Corbet’s subsequent potential directorial challenge.
- Directed by Fede Alvarez
- Present International Rank: #3,534
- Final Yr’s Rank: #9
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #4,124
The Alien franchise made its option to the small display in 2025 with Hulu’s Alien: Earth, from Fargo creator Noah Hawley. It additionally obtained formally joined to the Predator franchise when Elle Fanning portrayed a pair of Weyland-Yutani synthetics in Predator: Badlands. Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues have written a sequel to Alien: Romulus, however Alvarez is opting to not return as director. As soon as a brand new director is discovered, the movie will little doubt enter manufacturing quickly, with Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson anticipated to return.
- Directed by Alex Garland
- Present International Rank: #3,481
- Final Yr’s Rank: #8
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #3,901
Alien: Romulus and Civil Conflict, each starring Cailee Spaeny, had been back-to-back on final yr’s checklist as properly, only a bit increased. In 2025, she starred in Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller, and can seem in season two of Netflix’s Beef in April.
Kirsten Dunst starred reverse Channing Tatum in Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman, and might subsequent be seen in Forest and Sky’s Canine Dies. Wagner Moura starred within the AppleTV+ miniseries Dope Thief, and The Secret Agent, which is presently nominated for 4 Oscars: Greatest Casting, Greatest Worldwide Characteristic Movie, Greatest Image and Greatest Actor for Moura. (It gained Greatest Non-English Characteristic Movie and Greatest Actor – Drama on the Golden Globes.) Moura will subsequent seem reverse Alicia Vikander in The Final Day, from author/director Rachel Rose.
Alex Garland had a busy 2025. He co-wrote and directed Warfare with former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza. Then, as a author, he reunited with director Danny Boyle for 28 Years Later. One other sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta, is presently in theaters, and 28 Years Later: Half III (no subtitle but) is on the best way. For his subsequent movie as director, Garland is tackling an adaptation of the 2022 motion RPG Elden Ring, which is able to star Cailee Spaeny.
- Directed by Jon M. Chu
- Present International Rank: #3,181
- Final Yr’s Rank: #7
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #3,756
The sequel, Depraved: For Good, which adapts the second half of the stage play, has carried out equally properly on the field workplace, whereas taking part in rather less properly with critics. After Depraved scored 10 Oscar nominations final yr, the sequel was shut out of this yr’s Academy Awards.
Grande will subsequent seem within the latest season of American Horror Story, after which in Focker-in-Legislation, the following movie within the Meet the Dad and mom franchise. Erivo has a number of initiatives in numerous phases of improvement, together with Youngsters of Blood and Bone, reverse Idris Elba, from The Previous Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood. Jon M. Chu is hooked up to direct and function govt producer alongside Battlestar Galactica‘s Ronald D. Moore on a Swiss Household Robinson sequence for Disney+.
- Directed by Kelsey Mann
- Present International Rank: #2,922
- Final Yr’s Rank: #4
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #2,770
It misplaced the Greatest Animated Characteristic Oscar to Movement, and is among the films on this checklist to have a noticeable (although minor) drop within the rankings since final yr, however this sequel from Pixar Animation Studios was the highest-grossing movie of 2024. Nonetheless, the studio’s authentic challenge for 2025, Elio, underperformed, although it has garnered an Oscar nomination for Greatest Animated Characteristic. Pixar’s subsequent initiatives are a mixture of originals and sequels, with Hoppers arriving in March, then Toy Story 5, from WALL-E and Discovering Nemo director Andrew Stanton, in June, and Gatto in March of 2027. Incredibles 3 and Coco 2 are additionally on the docket to assist pay the payments till and except audiences need to go see authentic Pixar function movies once more.
- Directed by Luca Guadagnino
- Present International Rank: #2,628
- Final Yr’s Rank: #5
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #3,123
Challengers was one of many largest snubs ultimately yr’s Oscars, however it nonetheless fares properly with Flickchart’s customers. Director Luca Guadagnino exhibits no indicators of slowing down. He additionally launched Queer, starring Daniel Craig, in 2024, and After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, in 2025. His subsequent movie is Synthetic, a have a look at Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. The stacked forged consists of Andrew Garfield as Altman, A Full Unknown‘s Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman and Mark Rylance.
2026 is the yr of Zendaya. Season three of Euphoria premieres in April. Then she might be seen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Model New Day, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Three, and Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama, reverse Robert Pattinson.
Josh O’Connor’s star is massively on the rise, as he took the lead reverse Daniel Craig in Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller in 2025, and is starring in Joel Coen’s Jack of Spades and Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day in 2026. Mike Faist can subsequent be seen reverse Florence Pugh within the Netflix miniseries East of Eden, a brand new adaptation by Zoe Kazan of the 1952 novel written by John Steinbeck.
- Directed by Robert Eggers
- Present International Rank: #2,487
- Final Yr’s Rank: #17
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #6,488
A December launch in 2024, Nosferatu rocketed shortly up the chart to make our High 20 checklist earlier than we revealed final yr, and it continues to rise. The subsequent movie from Robert Eggers will see him tackling one other traditional monster, as he unleashes Werwulf on Christmas Day. The forged consists of Nosferatu‘s Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp and Willem Dafoe, and The Witch‘s Ralph Ineson. After that, Eggers is incongruously creating a brand new adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and a sequel to Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, of all issues.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Present International Rank: #2,441
- Final Yr’s Rank: #15
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #5,669
Director Edward Berger launched Ballad of a Small Participant, starring Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton, in 2025. Subsequent up is The Riders, presently in pre-production and anticipated to star Brad Pitt.
Ralph Fiennes obtained his third Oscar nomination for Conclave, 28 years after he was final nominated for The English Affected person. It’s an award he nonetheless, inconceivably, has not gained. 2025 noticed him seem in The Choral for director Nicholas Hytner, and 28 Years Later for Danny Boyle. He’s presently in theaters in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, and can star later this yr in The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping, the place he takes on the position of President Snow, performed by Donald Sutherland within the authentic movies.
This yr, Stanley Tucci might be seen within the second season of Amazon Prime’s Citadel, and reverse Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in The Satan Wears Prada 2. John Lithgow made appearances in Dexter: Resurrection and can subsequent deal with the position of Professor Albus Dumbledore in HBOMax’s upcoming Harry Potter sequence.
- Directed by Chris Sanders
- Present International Rank: #1,994
- Final Yr’s Rank: #11
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #4,206
DreamWorks launched Canine Man, The Unhealthy Guys 2 and Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Film in 2025, however the studio’s massive hit was the remake of Learn how to Prepare Your Dragon. So, clearly, they’re remaking its sequel for 2027, and even getting Cate Blanchett to reprise her position in dwell motion. Will it out-perform Shrek 5, presently slated to come back out throughout the similar month? Subsequent up for the studio is a extra authentic challenge, Forgotten Island, in September.
Chris Sanders is at work on the script for Lilo & Sew 2, the sequel to final yr’s live-action remake of his authentic 2002 animated movie.
- Directed by Coralie Fargeat
- Present International Rank: #1,966
- Final Yr’s Rank: #6
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #3,375
Recent off her first-ever Oscar nomination, Demi Moore is presently starring reverse Billy Bob Thornton within the second season of the Paramount+ sequence Landman. Her subsequent movie shall be a sci-fi titled Unusual Arrivals, from director Roger Ross Williams, by which she’s going to star reverse Colman Domingo.
Margaret Qualley is a scorching commodity proper now, with appearances in Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! and Completely satisfied Gilmore 2 in 2025. This yr, she’s starring in John Patton Ford’s Learn how to Make a Killing, with Glen Powell and Ed Harris, and Ridley Scott’s The Canine Stars, reverse Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Man Pearce.
There isn’t a phrase but on author/director Coralie Fargeat’s subsequent challenge.
- Directed by Shawn Levy
- Present International Rank: #1,918
- Final Yr’s Rank: #3
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #1,924
Hugh Jackman has now discovered to “by no means say by no means once more” in the case of Wolverine. Will he seem in Avengers: Doomsday? Within the meantime, Track Sung Blue was launched on Christmas Day, by which he stars reverse Kate Hudson. (The musical biopic a few Neil Diamond cowl act has scored a Greatest Actress Oscar nomination for Hudson.) And this yr Jackman’s taking up the title position in The Demise of Robin Hood, from Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski.
Ryan Reynolds has a whole lot of initiatives in numerous phases of improvement, however subsequent up shall be Mayday, a few reconnaissance pilot making an attempt to outlive and evade seize after crash-landing in Soviet territory, from Sport Night time and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves administrators John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.
Director Shawn Levy simply completed his contributions to the ultimate season of Netflix’s Stranger Issues, and he’s now presently in post-production on Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling. This latest journey in a galaxy far, distant is hitting theaters in 2027.
- Directed by George Miller
- Present International Rank: #1,797
- Final Yr’s Rank: #2
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #1,836
This prequel to Mad Max: Fury Street carried out under expectations on the field workplace, throwing the way forward for Mad Max: The Wasteland, George Miller’s potential SEQUEL to Fury Street, into query.
In the meantime, Anya Taylor-Pleasure is starring reverse Timothy Olyphant in Fortunate, an AppleTV+ restricted sequence primarily based on the novel by Marissa Stapley. She’s reprising her voice position of Princess Peach in The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film, and can seem in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Half Three.
Chris Hemsworth is presently in manufacturing on Subversion, a naval motion film from director Patrick Vollrath additionally starring Lily James and Michael Peña. He’s starring reverse Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry in Crime 101 this yr. And, oh yeah, he’s coming again as Thor in slightly film you might have heard of, known as Avengers: Doomsday.
- Directed by Sean Baker
- Present International Rank: #1,708
- Final Yr’s Rank: #12
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #5,478
Sean Baker grew to become the primary particular person since Walt Disney in 1954 to win 4 Academy Awards in the identical yr. In contrast to Disney, Baker obtained all of his Oscars for a similar film, taking Greatest Image, Director, Screenplay and Modifying for Anora. There’s no phrase on his subsequent directorial challenge but, however he co-wrote Left-Handed Lady with director Shih-Ching Tsou, which was launched on Netflix in November 2025.
Mikey Madison is a scorching commodity following her Oscar win, although she’s being picky, making no movie appearances in 2025. Subsequent up, she’ll star reverse Jeremy Sturdy, Jeremy Allen White, Betty Gilpin and Wunmi Mosaku in The Social Reckoning, author/director Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Community.
- Directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Present International Rank: #510
- Final Yr’s Rank: #1
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #537
The second half of Denis Villeneuve’s wildly profitable adaptation of Frank Herbert’s traditional sci-fi novel dominated the 2024 Flickchart all yr, following its launch in March, so it’s no shock to see it nonetheless perched on prime. Villeneuve is prepping to launch Dune: Half Three – adapting Herbert’s novel Dune: Messiah – on December 18. This implies it’s presently slated to launch on the identical day as Marvel’s Avenges: Doomsday, promising an enormous battle on the field workplace, except Warner Bros. or Marvel backs down.
Villeneueve is completed with Dune after ending this trilogy. Subsequent up, he’s been tapped to direct the primary James Bond movie for Amazon, since they acquired the rights to the character final yr. The hunt is presently on for a brand new Bond actor.
We’ve mentioned the present domination of Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. Rebecca Ferguson has a packed 2026, with Mercy, reverse Chris Pratt, already launched, and season two of AppleTV+’s Silo, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and The Magic Faraway Tree all coming earlier than Dune: Half Three.
Javier Bardem is taking up the position of Max Cady – performed by Robert Mitchum in 1962, and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake – in a TV sequence adaptation of Cape Worry, which will even star Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson. He’ll additionally star in El ser querido, from director Rodrigo Sorogoyen.
Josh Brolin had a busy 2025 with Weapons, Wake Up Lifeless Man: A Knives Out Thriller and Edgar Wright’s The Operating Man. Earlier than Dune: Half Three, search for him in Ridley Scott’s The Canine Stars and Brian Duffield’s Whalefall, a few scuba diver who’s swallowed by an enormous sperm whale and should escape earlier than he runs out of air.
These films appeared on our High 20 checklist final yr. Excluding one notable drop, they’ve all risen a bit within the world rankings, however have simply been surpassed by different (notably Oscar-winning) movies.
- Directed by Wes Ball
- Was: #13
- Now: #21
- Present International Rank: #5,232
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #5,532
- Directed by Rose Glass
- Was: #19
- Now: #22
- Present International Rank: #5,875
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #7,608
- Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
- Was: #18
- Now: #23
- Present International Rank: #6,050
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #7,478
- Directed by Lee Isaac Chung
- Was: #20
- Now: #28
- Present International Rank: #7,212
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #7,839
- Directed by Tim Burton
- Was: #16
- Now: #35
- Present International Rank: #7,977
- Final Yr’s International Rank: #6,440
Rounding out the checklist, listed here are the remainder of Flickchart’s present High 40 for 2024:
21. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (directed by Wes Ball)
22. Love Lies Bleeding (directed by Rose Glass)
23. Abigail (directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett)
24. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (directed by Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park)
25. Transformers One (directed by Josh Cooley)
26. I Noticed the TV Glow (directed by Jane Schoenbrun)
27. Nickel Boys (directed by RaMell Ross)
28. Twisters (directed by Lee Isaac Chung)
29. I’m Nonetheless Right here (directed by Walter Salles)
30. The Lifetime of Chuck (directed by Mike Flanagan)
31. Saturday Night time (directed by Jason Reitman)
32. Friendship (directed by Andrew DeYoung)
33. A Totally different Man (directed by Aaron Schimberg)
34. Gladiator II (directed by Ridley Scott)
35. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (directed by Tim Burton)
36. Juror #2 (directed by Clint Eastwood)
37. Insurgent Ridge (directed by Jeremy Saulnier)
38. Sorts of Kindness (directed by Yorgos Lanthimos)
39. My Previous Ass (directed by Megan Park)
40. A Quiet Place: Day One (directed by Michael Sarnoski)
Most info for this text was taken from The Web Film Database.
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