BEST MOVIES OF 2024 SO FAR

We're at the halfway point of 2024, so we wanted to take a moment to share our favorite movies of the year so far. We have some overlap here, but we also have a few different choices. What have you loved so far in 2024? Let us know, and thanks for watching along with us!
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Links to the movies we discussed:
• CHALLENGERS Movie Revi...
• DUNE: PART TWO Movie R...
• HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS Mo...
• ROBOT DREAMS Movie Rev...
• THELMA Movie Review | ...
• WE GROWN NOW Movie Rev...
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[@422katieleigh]

Quick question-you guys always have the popup about “want to review a movie with us?” But I’ve never seen any of us normies reviewing with you-what’s the popup about?

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Hi Katie! So with Table for One, people pick a movie they'd like to review with us, we watch it, then we all meet up in Riverside to record a review. Then we send them the review to keep. We don't post them here, but some people who have channels or blogs have posted them, as our friend Brent Leuthold did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJiQYYqCeZKBe6ssi=Vs5X3vhD4dMZrNSF. If you're interested, please email us at [e-mail] :)

[@422katieleigh]

@@BreakfastAllDay cool thanks! I knew about table for one but didn’t know this is what that was lol. Have a great day!

[@dkalyagin72]

Just watched Egoist - what a gem of a movie. Thank you, Alonos, for an excellent recommendation. I have not heard of this film before :)

[@thePANDEMlC]

Late Night with The Devil and Femme are the only two I feel like I've had a powerful enough experience with to even mention. Both fantastic.

[@SidV101]

Challengers definitely meets that bar for me, LOVE that one and I didn't even want to see it going in.

[@hbdude155]

Dune 2 at the Chinese theater imax was an experience

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Oh wow! Sounds like it.

[@jamesmc75]

My faves so far are Challengers, Civil War, The First Omen, Late Night With the Devil, Love Lies Bleeding, and Problemista.

[@dianelangan8270]

La Chimera!

[@squatch545]

It's the summer of Zendaya, but Christy went skiing with her in the winter. (j/k) 😂

[@schmeldwicksmith5379]

So happy to see We Grown Now on your list. I recently showed it to my sister and my mm and they both said it's the best movie they've seen in a long time. Such a beautiful film.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

So glad you all enjoyed it!

[@robcrosby6843]

The biggest surprise of 2024 is Immaculate. It looked like just another religious horror movie that wouldn't be worth the time, but, to my absolute delight, it was thrilling and left me giddy over the final third. This movie is willing to go to places that are genuinely transgressive. The word-of-mouth marketing makes me love it all the more. I did not care for Anyone But You, but Immaculate has made me a Sydney Sweeney fan (I even had a good time at Madame Web!)

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

It's such a great movie. And so much better than The First Omen!

[@travisspazz1624]

​@@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mfwtf you're high!

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

@@travisspazz1624 in what way first omen is better than immaculate.

[@travisspazz1624]

@@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf the acting, the cinematography, less cheap jump scares, it being scarier. It was just more memorable. I remember the ending of Immaculate and that's about it.

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

@@travisspazz1624 the first omen was a confusing film, it was trying to be a commercial Hollywood film and an arthouse movie at the same time, and it ends up being a mess. Immaculate at least has some good cinematography, the first omen looks like every other generic period film.

[@AndreKP-nt1oz]

Nice picks - Just discovered ur channel !!!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

So happy you're here, thanks Andre!

[@Celestialrob]

Loved "Old Oak". Alonso, thanks for giving it oxygen, I saw it last year! As for my 2024, nothing is amazing, but these I really liked. "Late Night With The Devil", "Seagrass", "Sometimes I think about Dying", "Civil War". Love you both.

[@mywalkabout]

Because of your channel, I saw hundreds of beavers, Thelma, and robot dreams. Thanks for reviewing these! ❤

[@BreakfastAllDay]

So great! We love hearing that. Happy to steer you in the right direction.

[@jasoncarrick5461]

Congrats on the 30.1K! I have been here since under 5K, what a ride it has been..........lol. I think about 4.3K is owed to Alonso's hair.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thrilled to have you here for so long, and yes, it is magnificent!

[@devmooreurl]

thank you so much for your videos!!!! I would love if you all started doing retro classics (older films) and also longer analysis of videos (25-30 minute long videos) AND......i would love if you all started recording in new places or going to the movie theatre to do reviews with people too! Totally understand you both have busy lives, but also think there's incredible potential with getting outside the rooms too. anyway, you two are the absolute TOP DAWG of the film analysis and film creative critique space, keep it up! - dev

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for the feedback and the kind words! We do lots of retro videos and our channel members get even more. As for shooting in the same place, we live an hour away from each other so it’s just easier to record remotely. But we love getting together for out of the theater reactions.

[@devmooreurl]

@@BreakfastAllDay wow!! i'll check it out!!!!!! and thank you both!

[@lewiscook7493]

I've been lucky enough to see a lot of movies this year. My favorites so far have been: 1. Dune Part Two 2. Challengers 3. Civil War 4. Furiosa 5. Kinds of Kindness 6. Tuesday 7. Thelma 8. Hit Man 9. A Quiet Place: Day One 10. Monkey Man

[@danielwarrenguitar]

Looking forward to your review of Ghostlight.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We will get to it at some point!

[@travisspazz1624]

One of the beat lead performances of the year!

[@antony_post]

I Saw the TV Glow is at the top of my list. It’s gonna be hard for something to top it later on this year for me. Great video!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

It's so good! Thanks, Antony!

[@cschaf5]

Congrats again on 30,000!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks so much!

[@1pknail]

Most of the ones you guys mentioned are also among my faves. I would add Love Lies Bleeding and Inside Out 2, the latter of which impresses me more the more I think about it.

[@deadenddrive-in3166]

Ones that I loved that her didn’t (or have yet to) review are “Monkey Man,” “The Contestant,” “Spermworld,” and “The Truth VS. Alex Jones”

[@edwardbrockhurst4565]

real emotion in this video love the passion

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for watching, Ed!

[@Wiz83]

My favorite movies of the year so far: Late Night with the Devil, Dune Part 2, Love Lies Bleeding, Civil War, Drive-Away Dolls, Lisa Frankenstein, Hit Man.

[@nekopaw-]

So far, Dune is my favorite film followed by Challengers. But, I haven't seen most of the movies on your lists so now I have a lot of new movies to watch. Thank you so much as always! 💕

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Let us know what you think when you catch up!

[@Ballbagsaggins]

I've had The Old Oak saved since it came out but definitely going to rush to watch it after that recommendation - sounds like everything I wanted it to be.🙂

[@gourmetghost]

kinds of kindness kicked butt! seeing his movies in theaters makes me feel like how they must have when A Clockwork Orange or Full Metal Jacket came out

[@BreakfastAllDay]

That is a great comparison.

[@bleuthold]

Mine's looking something like: 1. Dune: Part Two 2. Civil War 3. Challengers 4. Problemista 5. In A Violent Nature 6. Girls State 7. The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed 8. Inside Out 2 9. The Sixth 10. Hundreds Of Beavers

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Good stuff, Brent! Still need to see your No. 5 and 7.

[@bleuthold]

Thanks!

[@richfictionfighter]

My Top Ten Mid-2024 Movies 1. Civil War (don’t hate me Alonso!) 2. Love Lies Bleeding 3. Dune Part Two 4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 5. Hit Man (Netflix) 6. Immaculate 7. Thelma 8. Late Night With the Devil 9. Monkey Man 10. The Bikeriders (don’t hate me Christy!) Special shout out to “Drive-Away Dolls” too

[@Phantoma3]

Furiosa, Dune 2, Late night with the Devil.

[@samredd1130]

Civil War, Dune 2, and Robot Dreams are on my list

[@dogtrainer4645]

It's good to hear about movies Alonzo likes. He usually seems to not like most movies. 😂

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Stick around and you'll find that he likes many, many movies!

[@Advent3546]

I really enjoyed The Last Stop in Yuma County. Very fun genre savvy bottle thriller. Excellent suspense and use of Jim Cummings

[@raisedonpopcornwithgrant9670]

i see a lot of movies so these are the films i love the most so far this year: 1. Late Night With The Devil 2. Dune: Part Two 3. Perfect Days 4. North Of Normal 5. I Saw The TV Glow 6. Inside Out 2 7. Kinds Of Kindness 8. Turtles All The Way Down 9. Gasoline Rainbow 10. The Bikeriders 11. Challengers 12. The Taste Of Things 13. Hundreds Of Beavers 14. The People’s Joker 15. The Contestant 16. Monkey Man 17. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 18. Hit Man 19. Sasquatch Sunset 20. Origin 21. The Fall Guy 22. Love Lies Bleeding 23. I Like Movies 24. Civil War 25. Fitting In 26. Sometimes I Think About Dying 27. One Life 28. The Last Stop In Yuma County 29. Steve! (Martin) A Documentary In 2 Pieces 30. Thelma i know that’s a lot but i have already seen a ton lol

[@TrevorV.]

There’s plenty I have to catch up on, but Challengers, Dune, and Civil War are my favorites. There’s also a lot of 2023 movies I didn’t get to see until this year (Poor Things, Anatomy of a Fall, even Barbenheimer), so this year has been awesome to me so far!

[@joshknoll5172]

Clearly, I have not seen as many movies as you both, so here is my Top 5 so far: 1.) Dune Part 2; 2.) Horizon; 3.) Monkey Man; 4.) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; and 5.) Glitter and Doom

[@adamkhmer]

Love lies bleeding is a huge oversight but I forgive y’all WHEN you put it on your best of 2024.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We liked it!

[@trevorevansyoung]

Top 5 So far that I've seen: 1) Hit Man 2) Dune part 2 3) About Dry Grasses 4) Civil War 5) If But there are plenty i need to see. I was curious, since you both reviewed Monster, About Dry Grasses and some other foreign ones after tour 2023 best lists came out, would you count those movies toward this year?

[@Olphas]

Challengers is definitely my top movie so far and I doubt there will be anything else this year, that reaches these heights for me. And I didn't even have it on my list of movies to see before suddenly everybody got very excited about it! I also have Dune 2 and Problemista, Furiosa and the japanese movie River in my top 5.

[@andrewellison9932]

My tops so far are Dune Part Two, Civil War, MoviePass, MovieCrash, and Lousy Carter which I just saw.

[@miquesbookvlogs372]

The First Omen is my fav movie of the year so far! Would love to know y'alls thoughts if you ever play catch-up :D

[@greenday0courtney]

Challengers is by far my favorite but I have some honorable mentions! The Fall Guy was so fun and a great theater experience for me this year. And this probably doesnt count, but I really liked Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball concert movie. I think it’s on HBO Max? Definitely worth a watch.

[@rogerbell8429]

It's been a great year for movies so far. I'll be seeing Hundreds of Beavers this Tuesday so looking forward to that. My favorites include Challengers, La Chimera(It), 20,00 species of Bees(Sp), Housekeeping for Beginners(Mac), Robot Dreams, Libertate(Rom), Hoard(UK), Femme(UK), Silver Haze(UK), Green Border(Pol)

[@looney1023]

Im very much behind but so far my favorite films of the year are Kinds of Kindness, Monkey Man, Furiosa, and The Devil's Bath

[@basquat76]

Furiosa. A mad Max saga. Easily the best film so far for me.

[@joecamps1119]

Please review Kill if you get a chance!

[@nonchalantd]

♥

[@travisspazz1624]

Dune part 2, Challengers, Love Lies Bleeding, The First Omen, Kinds of Kindness, Civil War.

[@matheuslascasas134]

Honestly I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by movies in general this year. The stuff that was supposed to blow me away like Dune 2 or Challengers, kinda didn’t. The best stuff I’ve seen this year so far were the Oscar films like The zone of interest or Anatomy of a fall

[@kennethminear6739]

hi guys: my favs are late night, abigail, furiosa, mostly weird and action movies.

[@MauroRincon]

American Fiction. Loved it.

[@tlovehater]

I loved it but I think it's from 2023 lol

[@Trill_Tour]

Challengers, Dune: Part Two, and Furiosa are far and ahead the top 3

[@adamJKpunk]

I think my favourites so far are Civil War, Late Night with the Devil and Hit man.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

All good ones!

[@AllInTheGame01]

Speaking of Dune 2, would love to see a Denis vs Nolan Top 5 match-up from you both :) Gotta s/o Hit Man & Love Lies Bleeding.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Hit Man was great!

[@Pswayze23]

Nolan wins way too easily

[@LEOIAMLEOONYOUTUBE]

The thought robot dreams and the wild robot were the same thing. They are both giving iron giant.

[@commandZee]

It's been a pretty good year but my top two are still _Dune 2_ and _Love Lies Bleeding._

[@grantgilbert2822]

I haven’t heard of The Old Oak, but the premise kinda reminds me of Chocolat (2000)

[@Nextbigching]

I know you two disagree, but Origin is my favorite movie so far this year. Other favs: Tuesday, SUZE (great Canadian movie), Monkey Man, and Stop Motion.

[@hotguy1269]

Loved Challengers but not getting the ending!

[@christophercobb249]

I really struggled to enjoy Challengers, and I SO wanted to love it. I LOVED Call Me By Your Name, and I expected to love Challengers. But it just felt empty and devoid of substance, to me. I didn't have any issue with the content, and Zendaya was great in it. The film-making was great from a technical standpoint. But I just did not enjoy the film. I think part of it for me was that I did not feel the sexuality was authentic. It felt so staged, especially the tiny amount of gay/homoerotic teases. It felt like pinkwashing to me, and that irritated me. I think Zendaya is incredibly charismatic, but I also did not believe her as a mature woman with a child. It seems like she was portraying a woman who was early middle aged during the "now" scenes, but she still read to me as being around 22. I love her as an actor, and I hope she gets a vehicle worthy of her immense acting talent and charisma. (A film vehicle - I know she was the lead in Euphoria.) I probably need to see Challengers again, as I feel like I'm missing why people love it. I wanted to love it, but it just did not work for me.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Aww, that's a bummer. Thank you for sharing those insights, though!

[@podoherty2]

Don't know if it's been released in USA yet, but can't recommend The Beast enough. Love the show

[@ranestorypictures1738]

I tried, but Challengers annoyed me. No one was likeable, NO ONE, which was probably the point, but I didn't care who won, which is kind of a problem for a sports movie. The trick camera shots didn't make up for a thin narrative. Then there was why would she find these guys attractive, physically or for their lame personalities?

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

Civil War is a movie that has stayed with me, another great movie from Alex Garland. Monkey Man was awesome too.

[@KW-vy1rf]

Never heard of The Egoist, putting that on my list now! Also thanks for reminding me about We Grown Now. I wanted to see that! Challengers is on my list and I'd also add The Beast, Chicken for Linda and my number one, How to Have Sex. So moving, so real, a knockout debut film.

[@Glaceo09]

Have you guys considered reviewing The Beast (2024) with Lea Seydoux? Looks interesting!

[@thefilmseeker]

Even with Cannes, this year has been BLEAK so far. Thank god for Challengers and The Substance. Interesting that Alonso liked Old Oak so much, because as a die-hard Loach fan, this was easily my least favourite of his so far. I found it too saccharine, personally. I’m praying Almodóvar and Mike Leigh deliver as always.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We’re looking forward to The Substance!

[@ryancrrich]

About Dry Grasses!

[@rahulray9983]

You can also check out AAVESHAM ONE of the best film this year

[@craigbarr2003]

I'm surprised about the lack of GHOSTLIGHT. It's currently my number two.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We still need to see it!

[@angelthman1659]

​@@BreakfastAllDay Christy, check it out. Really good movie. It's the American Drive My Car, but done in a crowd-pleasing way. If it had stars, or in a different time it would have been a big indie hit.

[@angelthman1659]

The best movie of the year so far is Civil War. Surprised Christy didn't have it on her list, she seems to have really liked it.

[@GarganoA]

Tuesday, Ghostlight, Kinds of Kindness, Love Lies Bleeding for faves so far. Most forgettable and overrated so far: Civil War. Blah.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Tuesday is a good one too!

[@petergrossi6605]

@@BreakfastAllDay Tuesday is fantastic

[@michaelenglish1992]

BEAVERS! BEAVERS!! BEAVERS!!!

[@VikingMatt879]

I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe where everyone on the planet got to see the most astounding version of Dune 2 (and 1 for that matter) and I saw my own version that maybe my solemn nun grandmother put together. I knew this theory of mine to be real when Christy used the word "striking". I'm baffled. I did not see the same Dune movies as everyone else. The ones I saw were boring, bland, lifeless, JOYLESS, the costumes were straight out of Sci-Fi Tropes 101, the sets and art-direction were dull bland lifeless boring blobbish right out of Sci-Tropes 101, the performances were zombie-like, Chalamet is not going to be a skinny angsty dark-haired boy all his life and his acting style of staring with an angsty look on his face won't work forever. I love much of Denis' work but it's like he took the most WILD WEIRD OUT OF THIS WORLD ASTOUNDING series of books and said "These need to be bland cookie-cutter movies". The documentary Jodorosky's Dune is the version I want to see, and unfortunately never will. Nice lists, guys!

[@rodneywyatt9441]

Review the best action film of the year : "Kill"!!!!😊

[@stonegasman3866]

I'm really (nay, EXCEPTIONALLY) disappointed in both of you for outright ignoring Kevin Costner's Horizon which feels like the very last gasp of old-school 20th-century filmmaking. Despite the overall mixed reception, I was enthralled from the very first frame and could feel every drop of sweat and tears emanating from the screen, going faster than a 19th century locomotive. Costner doesn't show an ounce of ego, but allows his story to unfold novellistically and gives his ensemble equal moments to shine; even his own son is good in what minimal screentime he has. My 2024 favorites also include Civil War, The Fall Guy, Furiosa and MaXXXine. Looking forward to Longlegs next weekend! (WATCH HORIZON DAMMIT!!!)

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Stone: We are literally reviewing it next week. Tim Grierson is filling in.

[@stonegasman3866]

@@BreakfastAllDay Thank you...looking forward to it!

[@michaelgreene4816]

3 movies. 3 and a half hours each. Ego less? NOPE.

[@paradisecity0406able]

I'll be surprised if 'Dune: Part 2' doesn't *RIDE* its way to #1 🏜️💧🪱⚔️