As 2024 concludes many top movies like Inside Out 2 Deadpool & Wolverine and Dune: Part Two are available for streaming. These movies earned a significant global box office and demonstrated different appeal among movie fans globally. Many Oscar contenders such as The Substance and Conclave are also available for at home viewing. Numerous independent features such as Janet Planet Didi are streaming plus many laugh filled comedies and frightening horror movies from the past year available for viewer consumption too.
Streaming platforms such as Disney Plus Max Netflix Prime Video Hulu Shudder Mubi Apple TV Peacock Paramount+ offered movie options at close of 2024 showing Variety of options for movie viewers. Studios provided options to watch box office top titles with critical acclaim. Many movies Furiosa and The Fall Guy despite being box office misses offer valuable film watching experiences to viewers as options. Peter Debruge a critic from Variety provides insights into different critical takes on many of these movies while exploring some of the finer details within their respective movie making processes.
Disney Pixar’s 'Inside Out 2' Claims Top Grossing Movie Position of 2024 With 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Coming in Close Second
Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2 grossed $1.6 billion making it highest grossing 2024 movie as well as eighth highest grossing movie in the world while also growing up the lead character and taking cues from Toy Story for character growth. Inside Out 2 screenwriters Dave Holstein and Meg LeFauve visualized core identity and how suppressed memories impact people’s core beliefs showcasing rich and mature look inside the human mind. Deadpool & Wolverine reached second place on box office gross making $1.3 billion. Deadpool and Wolverine which is also the highest grossing R rated film brought in new Marvel storylines .
Streaming Release for "Conclave," "Twisters," and "Dune: Part Two" Offer Compelling At Home Viewing Experience
Ralph Fiennes gave quietly complex performance in Edward Berger's Conclave showing a struggle between devotion and doubt among Catholic Cardinal while also showcasing some very satisfying twists similar to a murder mystery. Twisters a large box office hit brought Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones leading roles with Steven Spielberg executive producing. Director Lee Isaac Chung known for humanistic drama Minari provided confidence with high budget popcorn spectacle that blends action sequences with technological marvel. Dune: Part Two which Peter Debruge Variety described as the fifth best movie in 2024 is also an exciting view that created both human and awe-inspiring moments . Max users will enjoy various critical acclaimed films like Furiosa with Anya Taylor Joy and Civil War with Kirsten Dunst.
Mubi Hulu Peacock Shudder Add More Streaming Options for Movie Lovers Including The Substance and Thelma
The Substance a controversial movie won the prize for best screenplay at Cannes and had an unexpected high gross profit domestically while Demi Moore plays a Hollywood icon in this movie along side Margaret Qualley. Mubi adds this provocative offering alongside Shudder's horror films like Oddity Late Night With The Devil and In A Violent Nature while both Hulu with Thelma and Prime Video’s My Old Ass bring comedy genre for viewer enjoyment. Furiosa also disappointed at box office however earned praise from Owen Gleiberman describing it as darkly dazzling. Peacock brings movie releases like Conclave with its unique Oscar content and the underseen Fall Guy which despite poor box office reviews still provide a worthy view to all subscribers .
Netflix Brings 'It Ends With Us' 'Emilia Perez' 'Maria' and More to At Home Streaming with Top Actors And Stories
Netflix released a strong showing of movies this past year that are now available for streaming. It Ends With Us which is based on Colleen Hoovers popular book has had both a big box office release with a huge 350 million dollar revenue for box office and also has been touted as convincing soap opera. Emilia Perez won best actress honors at Cannes which included Zoe Saldaña Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz with Selena Gomez with audicious musical drama that highlights some deeply nuanced takes on gender roles. Maria set in final days of Maria Callas shows a personal and raw take on this influential character with performances by Angelina Jolie . The Piano Lesson is also available from Netflix and features Samuel L Jackson and John David Washington’s performances along side the acting talents from Ray Fisher Michael Potts Erykah Badu and Danielle Deadwyler all providing great range and depth for storytelling.
Max Features Titles "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Super Man the Christopher Reeve Story and Other Streaming Additions
Max viewers have the option to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie sequel which features Micheal Keaton and Winona Ryder reprising their original roles with the introduction of Jenna Ortega as well as Super/Man The Christopher Reeve Story which documents the actors journey during acting years and after a serious injury with participation of family providing original archived footage for viewers. A Quiet Place: Day One also makes a great streaming option to viewers with a large global box office which shows the movie as a box office hit and featuring performances from Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn. Janet Planet and I Saw The TV Glow offer unique indie viewing options as they have been noted for their creativity in story writing as well as directing respectively.
"My Old Ass" "Thelma" and "Fly Me to the Moon" Added to Streaming With Unique Story Telling and Performances
Prime Video brings movies like My Old Ass which has gained fame after it’s Sundance showing which has star quality work by Aubrey Plaza alongside Maisy Stella. Hulu also provides the movie Thelma featuring June Squibb as main lead who offers compelling action star abilities. Apple TV has "Fly Me to the Moon" featuring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's acting skills adding in a blend of rom-com combined with historical events around the first Moon Landing with Peter Debruge citing this movie as crowd pleaser that will encourage future viewing engagements due to depth. Many of these streaming movie titles offer viewers wide variety of choice for content.
Shudder and Various Other Streaming Options Such As Hulu and Netflix Present Unique Film Choices
Horror fans are provided options for movies with Oddity Late Night With the Devil In A Violent Nature from Shudder with notable critical acclaim for these different offerings. The Hulu platform also provides viewers unique movies such as Femme while Netflix streams between the temples Daughters and His Three Daughters showcasing the diverse streaming option provided this past year . Several original streaming productions showcase the uniqueness of story while also showcasing many acting and story telling skill sets . Other original series and movies like Love Lies Bleeding Sasquatch Sunset provide offbeat comedy horror combinations. Many niche film markets like art house teen targeted horror films along with queer based stories like Love Lies Bleeding provided niche genre preferences. Netflix is currently offering the series Will & Harper also as another viewing option.
Movie-going Etiquette Discussion Arises During Close Of 2024 With Rise In Cellphone Usage
In commercial and box office discussions of 2024 a return to movie going seems very much active following pandemic concerns. 2024 box office revenue fell short of 2023 total showing lack in products however overall there was renewed interest in experiencing film as an in person engagement. Top ten box office films consisted of sequels remakes or prequels demonstrating big interest in pre-sold storylines demonstrating lack of movie title and subtitle creativity despite a high revenue margin for these types of film styles. Notably no huge movie hits arose from Marvel DC or Star Wars other than Deadpool and Wolverine marking a large cultural shift from past successes.
Audiences have been noted to be disrespectful in theater with texting and talking causing significant disturbances as well as the rampant illegal recordings using camera devices. Classical Hollywood provided rules that theater managers took seriously such as keeping intoxicated individuals out using strict instruction on the rules for attending. The use of handheld devices has caused issues in modern theaters making enforcement of rules difficult however movie theaters have attempted PSAs asking for respect from patrons regarding these devices . One notable ad came from Deadpool & Wolverine providing explicit direction to viewers with a blunt “Silence Your Cell Phones” messaging.
Early Top Ten List of Movie Criteria and History is Recounted From Early Film Critic Era
The Top Ten List has been in existence for a very long time and goes as far back as the year 1920 by the National Board of Review where they reviewed “exceptional” movie options. The Film Daily started to also publish reviews around 1921 for various films with collaborations across newspapers periodicals and fan magazines. The New York Times also offered a Top Ten list in 1923 solidifying the yearly practice where George Gerhard and other prominent film reviewers gave list by November each year. Studios have begun to value top ten lists so did actors for career and prestige in the early days of Top Ten rankings. David O. Selznick noted his desire for “pictures that will be on the ten best” and MGM bragged its films often reached high ranks showcasing studio emphasis for movie rating performance. Today critics and websites are still doing these practices using traffic to boost viewer engagement while awarding the movie in question. There was always some divide between critics and those who attended at cinemas yet those critics did not go out of their way to promote a specific view point. David O Selznicks idea was a picture that was on the Top Ten list both commercially as well as artistic which is rare and those types of movies include The Best Years of Our Lives in 1946 Saving Private Ryan in 1998 and Oppenheimer in 2023
Elite Vs Pop Taste Division Evident With Transgender-Themed Titles Horror Films and Documentary Films This Year
Four critics picks that had notable support and also box office success include Emilia Pérez, Conclave Anora and The Substance but many other titles also had critical success such as teen horror films and documentaries although these genres do not usually have large box office pull. The transgendered themed movies received lots of love during top critic lists for acting choices and storyline delivery. Teenage targeted horror films included unique talent and creativity by such actresses like Hunter Schafer in Cuckoo Naomi Scott in Smile 2 Maika Monroe in Longlegs and Mia Goth in MaXXXine which helped create a unique market place within popular cinema. The documentary film Am I Racist did not receive much attention however offered insight into elite versus popular taste within modern film industry. It has been pointed out that it was clear where opinions differ and this may shape things in coming future projects of Hollywood to align with an audience which may create division in coming future for how to engage with different types of film productions.