10 films, ranked
Every A24 Film Everyone Argues About, Ranked
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A24 has become a personality trait, a punchline and a genuinely great distributor, usually all in the same conversation.
These are the ten titles that reliably split a room. Ranked by how much we would defend them at a party.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Number 1: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
The one people call overrated because it won things. It is not overrated. It is just extremely popular, which is different.
Hereditary
2018
Number 2: Hereditary
2018
A family grief drama that happens to end in a treehouse. The dinner table scene is the best acted scene in modern horror.
Uncut Gems
2019
Number 3: Uncut Gems
2019
Unpleasant on purpose. If you have to pause it, that is the film working, not you failing.
The Lighthouse
2019
Number 4: The Lighthouse
2019
Two men, one rock, and a black-and-white square of pure misery. Endlessly quotable and completely unhinged.
Midsommar
2019
Number 5: Midsommar
2019
A breakup film disguised as a folk horror. Sunlit the whole way through, which somehow makes it worse.
Talk to Me
2023
Number 6: Talk to Me
2023
The most purely entertaining film on this list and the one that will actually scare your friends.
The Witch
2015
Number 7: The Witch
2015
People called it slow in 2015 and then spent ten years quoting the goat. Patience pays.
Ex Machina
2015
Number 8: Ex Machina
2015
A chamber piece with three people and one very good final act. Aged terrifyingly well, unfortunately.
Civil War
2024
Number 9: Civil War
2024
Everybody argued about what it was saying, which rather proved the point it was making about journalism.
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Number 10: Beau Is Afraid
2023
Three hours of anxiety with no exit. We respect it enormously and will probably never watch it again.
Nearly made it
The ones that kept us up at night during the final cut.
- Moonlight
- Lady Bird
- Under the Skin
- Green Room
- Past Lives
Wrong? Tell us. We are on the internet, unfortunately.
