BEST MOVIES AND TV OF 2024 WITH DAN MURRELL AND JOHN ROCHA

[@ChrisMeadows92]

I watch John's content daily, but Dan is in my top three KZbinrs. Rare for someone in this space to be so principled, reasonable and kind.

[@djnkosi]

Wow. Kristian, Dan and John - what a lineup!

[@Planet_Yavin]

Damn Rocha, your ability to analyze and critique a film is amazing to me. Even if its a movie that you liked and I did not. Kudos to you man, and thank you for sharpening my film senses. Great show today guys!

[@fadilelmansour9487]

the dynamic between the 3 of you is off the flippin' charts (as always). MORE KRISTIAN+ROCHA+DAN please !!

[@SG002]

That was fun seeing Dan on this channel. Thanks for coming, Dan.

[@martinshortzenegger]

I knew Dan would know how to read my screen name haha! Kristian always fumbles it. Great show, guys!

[@tomdevinney7280]

0:00 intro 3:12 Challengers 8:03 True Detective Night Country 10:16 Transformers One 13:50 The Penguin 19:06 The Brutalist 22:44 Dark Matter 24:13 Agatha All Along 30:14 Heretic 33:16 ROBINHOOD, PROLON 37:15 Nosferatu 42:57 the Substance 49:06 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 54:21 A Complete Unknown 1:01:00 Anora 1:06:54 Shogun 1:11:34 viewer questions

[@farakhhanif]

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

[@chrisjherman]

Good discussion and nice to see Dan on here. Some of the best films of the year for me are The Substance, Nosferatu, Late Night with Devil, Hundreds of Beavers and The Wild Robot.

[@zaneplatt3533]

I really like you guys together. Kristian brings the everyman approach, Rocha the passion and Dan the critical analysis.

[@EleventhCubFan]

Always look forward to this. Best trio on the KZbins!

[@adamlanciaart]

Appreciate you guys for all of your content and your in depth Movie/ TV thoughts and critiques. A special episode we all look forward to and this was great!

[@drozwalker9]

It is always great to have 3 legends on my screen. Great show guys!

[@pgonzo72]

Always look forward to this show every year.

[@TheDoctorCog]

Great to see you three back together!

[@adeolaatitebi4575]

Kristian Harloff, Dan Murell and The Outlaw John Rocha together, magic happens every time.

[@nunosarnadas]

Hey Kristian, love your show and this episode was the year wrap up party I have been waiting for. Congratulations and thank you. Just a quick note, maybe personal, maybe more feel it too. I love watching it while I am working throughout the night but I keep juggling the volume between your mic and your guests', as yours is always way lower. And with a baby sleeping next door, that is stress inducing! I would use headphones, but I want to be on the lookout for possible cries and all that might require my attention. Anyway, maybe it's just me! Keep up the great work dude, you are nailing it!

[@shelby127]

Best show of the year. Love you three. I subscribe to you all and have for years

[@jennifer5512]

Great discussion! I really loved your discussion of Anora especially! Yes, I hate some of those idiots on Twitter who have this moralistic way of watching a film. Anora is hilarious and sad at the same time and that's what makes it a great movie.

[@hakimzane]

So good to see Dan on the show. Dude's a legend.

[@narjo5019]

This is awesome. I’m a huge fan of all of you guys, thanks for the awesome content and perspectives. Schmoeville!

[@Joakim-Buht-Focker]

1. Challengers 2. Alien: Romulus 3. Joker: Folie a Deux 4. Strange Darling 5. Anora 6. Heretic 7. Civil War 8. My Old Ass 9. Speak No Evil 10. Juror no.2 11. A Real Pain 12. The Order 13. Apprentice 14. Conclave 15. Your Monster 16. Twisters 17. The Substance 18. Trap 19. Longlegs 20. Abigail I thought it was a great year for very diverse styles of flicks. And I'm happy y'all made this pod work because it's always my favorite of the year on this channel.

[@omarmir8426]

Most anticipated show for sure every year. Great job guys, here's to a successful 2025.

[@kallofkthuluz5922]

Great show. Thanks guys.

[@matthewcincotta62]

We need more Dan collabs throughout the year

[@whogg0521]

Great work from you 3, per usual. I am just like Dan…so hard to get back to all of them.

[@zaneplatt3533]

Love that Rocha mentioned the King, big fan of that film and it doesn't get talked about enough.

[@OrionInSpace]

So good to see Dan here on the channel. I wish he was on it more to be honest because I can’t stress enough just how much you should be following him as a content creator on this overly saturated platform of grifter and slop content creators. Dan is by far one of the top three I trust the most of his insight on the industry and also his ability to be real with his thoughts and opinions.

[@geoffbache9897]

Love you guys getting together to discuss stuff 👍 👍

[@alexputnam1930]

30 seconds in to this special gathering and the thought popped into my head “oh wow yup, it’s like the clash of the movie-sweaties youtuber titans!” And as a former Schmoedown fan, gawt dayum this got me nostalgic on that front as well!

[@philrm99]

Great discussion

[@malkav81]

Rocha, I'll never understand not loving The Rock. Best Bay movie, and it's not even close.

[@robertgoyette5863]

ive seen a lot of people compare chalamet to dicaprio but imo hes much more like river phoenix in that he seemed to emerge fully formed not just as a movie star but as as a truly great leading screen actor

[@WayneE42]

This should be good. Rocha, Murrell, & Harloff. 😁

[@Panthror]

I might be the only one, but I could see Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the DCU Batman. Kraven wasn't his fault and with a better studio and director behind him, I think he'd be awesome in the role. Also I don't see a James Bond in him. Having recently watched a documentary on the guy that Ian Fleming was inspired by for Bond (his name was Dusan “Duško” Popov), I got to say Daniel Craig looks the most like that guy. (Fun) fact: During WW2 Ian Fleming was sent to a casino to watch what Popov did with MI6 funding, only to see Popov use the money to play, and bet big on, a game of baccarat. Which was the game that Bond played in the Casino Royal book before they changed it to poker for the movie. So there you go: Casino Royal was inspired by actual events that happened during WW2.

[@jacobbsgro8542]

I just watched season 2 of Arcane. If you haven't watched it highly recommend it. Easily slid into my top spot for shows in 2024 and for 2025. Keep up the good work gentlemen.

[@cutterhale7530]

Great vid! Here’s my top 10 of 2024 10 Bob Marley one love 9 the Ministry of ungentlemenly warfare 8 if 7 inside out 2 6 Twisters 5 The Fall Guy 4 Dune Part 2 3 A complete Unknown 2 Gladiator 2 1 Saturday night

[@josephashley4122]

"Where's your hood at?" 😂 1:46:55

[@austinmcmanus1397]

My Top 10 of 2024:* 1) Hit Man 2) Dune: Part Two 3) A Complete Unknown 4) Thelma 5) Dìdi 6) Deadpool & Wolverine 7) Rebel Ridge 8) Kneecap 9) My Old Ass 10) Juror #2 *I haven’t yet seen: A Different Man Anora The Brutalist Emilia Pérez Nosferatu Saturday Night Sing Sing We Live in Time Wicked The Wild Robot

[@erikmaldonado8334]

why did everyone forget about Knox Goes Away, Weekend In Taipei, and Sight. Those were great cool movies.

[@MarkSkiban]

Rocha's opinion on Depp vs. Taylor Joy is irrelevant since he hasn't seen The Witch. She clearly would've been able to do a great job as well based on Witch and Split.

[@tomhanks4585]

Loved the chat! But I wish John didn’t give as many details on what you discussed. There were several instances of shows and movies where he’d say “by the end when…” and say something about the project. I know he might not see it as a spoiler but having not seen some of these yet due to their limited release, it was a little frustrating.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

I wonder if Eggers will ever make a better film than The Witch. That said, I’ve enjoyed everything he’s made so far.

[@im_nic]

This was such a great year! I'll also drop my Top 10: 1. The Substance 2. Dune 2 3, Challengers 4. The Brutalist 5. Strange Darling 6. Nosferatu 7. Anora 8. Love Lies Bleeding 9. Civil War 10. Wicked Also, with Furiosa and Smile 2, great year for female lead cinema! Hope 2025 lives up

[@Joakim-Buht-Focker]

Day of the Jackal, and Baby Reindeer were two perfect shows this year, for me. I binged both of those shows right away. And I agree with Kristian, Dark Matter was top tier also. Cross was really good also. A very twisty turny sadistic fucked up thriller with a lot of substance, but also heart, and levity. Was the Curse this year? That show is amazin!

[@haunted_autumn]

As far as 'Best Shows of the Year', I have to say that Ripley is my number one, no contest. Glad to see it got awards recognition throughout the year, even into the Golden Globes.... sad that more people aren't talking about it... It was, in my opinion, absolutely phenomenal!

[@malkav81]

Tangent. I hope everyone in LA is staying safe with these massive fires.

[@marcakins3373]

2025 and I get a team up podcast of podcasters I follow….😂😂😂

[@KnockoutAce]

Agree with Kristian about Dark Matter, I loved that show! Check out Silo if you haven’t already

[@jim1242]

1:18:43 - For sure, the Big Kevin Costner movies of the 90s would have gone to streaming it it was around back then. Particually Bodyguard which made a whoping $400m in 1992. Maybe JFK and Danes with Wolves would get a limited release for an oscar push . This could explain why Horizen didnt do well. People are now prerfer to see this movies at home (as well as Costner with Yellowstone).

[@ChironBroderick]

Transformers One, Piece By Piece (Pharell Lego Movie), and Mr. & Mrs. Smith were definitely a highlight of the year for me.

[@noahbunch52]

Kristian, I don’t know if you’re a reader, but the author of Dark Matter wrote a book called Recursion that has to do with bending memories and time that I think you’d really enjoy!

[@ZachBobBob]

A little critique Kristian but I'm not a fan of the extended single shots when someone is talking. I like seeing you guys react to what each other are saying, whereas when its a single it's like John is directly lecturing me 😅 Otherwise tho excellent discussion I look foward to these every year!

[@vzawada316]

here is my list for my favorites of 2024 1. the substance 2. dune 2 3. furoisa 4. Nosferatu 5. strange darling 6. a complete unknown 7. challengers 8. Exhuma 9. heretic 10. kingdom of the planet of the apes still need to see the brutalist September 5th sing sing waiting for their wide releases

[@musicmann1967]

I find it weird that people are going on and on about the running time of "The Brutalist". It's about 3.5 hours, *including* an intermission. Yes, that is long, but there have been PLENTY of great movies over 3 hours, and they don't have an intermission, which gives you a time to hit the rest room or stretch your legs, generally making it much less of an endurance test. I'm looking forward to seeing it

[@ASC_YT]

And they meet once again… 👌👌

[@R17759]

I didn’t see many movies but Heretic and Nosfaratu were both excellent I thought. Curious what Kristian’s thoughts on Heretic are when he watches it. It actually could be a decent movie to do a reaction video for.

[@Joakim-Buht-Focker]

It's one of those movies that is great to watch with someone, and be surprised together. I was debating on saving it for a friend when I was 10min in, but it was too good to stop watching.

[@ethanjobson3879]

I would argue the last big non hybrid comedy event movie in theaters (so not sci fi, mystery, action, comic book, horror, etc.) was Trainwreck in July 2015. Neither Schumer nor Apatow have had a movie anywhere near that big since.

[@pasindubulegoda3799]

D Quaid deserved a nomination

[@cadavre82]

I know i know. You have a long list of movies to watch. Add the lighthouse to that list! KRISTIAN! you'll love it. Incredible.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Bananas that The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare didn’t receive a cinema release here in the UK.

[@DUIChamp]

I wish someone would have asked Dan about Star Trek SNWs specifically

[@SethSterner]

Harloff, I’ve been following your content for years now, ever since Collider. But man, please do something about your mic. Somehow it manages to be significantly lower than anyone else you have on the show and as someone who’s only ever able to listen to the podcast, it’s really hard to manage the volume. I’m not sure if it’s just the way you speak or if it’s an engineering issue.

[@Fan-Nimater101]

My favs of the year Kung fu panda 4 Garfeild Inside out 2 No time to spy a loud house movie Despicable me 4 Ultraman riseing MHA your next Transformers one Wild robot Moana 2 Sonic 3

[@mladenkulic446]

I already posted my favorite movies of 2024 on Kristian's best movies of 2024. So, I will put my favorite TV shows of 2024 here and they are: Shōgun Season 1, The Penguin Season 1, Bad Monkey Season 1, The Boys Season 4, Superman & Lois Season 4, The Good Doctor Season 7, Blue Bloods Season 14, The Legend of Vox Machina Season 3, X-Men 97 Season 1, My Adventures with Superman Season 2, Mayor of Kingstown Season 3, Tulsa King Season 2, & Lioness Season 2.

[@CharlesEdmond79]

👍🏽👍🏽🙂

[@malkav81]

1:43:40: no love for Sam Elliott?

[@Dont-Ask-Me-My-Name]

Want to see Substance so so bad but when everyone says it's so graphic, &that the body horror was all-time I need to know how graphic? Can anyone compare it to another film or two? The body horror is on par with what or is it the worst ever?

[@krisztianunpronounceable]

They need to reboot Zordoz!

[@mcp1981]

Kristian - where’s your glasses?

[@mustermas]

do you guys ever watch or review any black themed movies like nickel boys or the fire inside which are critically acclaimed. It seems your best of lists over the last few years are heavily skewed to white themed movies with majority white casts. if you call yourself a youtube critic or critic in general its cool to review a diverse catalog of films

[@eugenejohnson1627]

Great review and insights, but am I tripping, for the last 2 weeks Harloff's mic has been considerably lower than his guests?

[@bigalthetank]

🖐🐴👨

[@dibils]

does Kristian not watch back any of the shows, how can he not correct the audio for multiple shows in a row now

[@peteparker22]

Anyone have Bad Boys on their list? I thought that was pretty damn good action movie

[@trayntp]

Brolin and Ritchson are both TOO OLD for a new Batman unless they’re playing Thomas Wayne. God, do people EVER think!?

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

After watching lots of Best Films of 2024 lists on YT and TT, i’m delighted to see how few lists include Deadpool and Wolverine. I’ve had enough Ryan Reynolds to last me two lifetimes.

[@mollylanni]

DP&W was nowhere near the top of my list

[@SG002]

My superchat to these 3 1:37:27

[@MindofMike35]

Why does everybody 💩 on the Tom Hanks Pinocchio? I loved that movie!!!

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

“I like when directors’ like Luca Guadagnino mess with their audience” - Says the man who disliked Joker 2 for that very same reason 😂

[@ThisIsNoConcept]

Idk what you guys saw, but Lily Rose Depp was the worst part of Nosferatu. She got better towards the end, but she was way overacting. Anya would’ve done way better

[@serialkiller77]

How you guys no mention The Wild Robot? It’s easily one of the best movies of the year not just in animation