Every A24 Horror Movie Ranked!

[@firerook]

The ranking of a scale of A24 is such a Dan thing to do and I love it.

[@arukas11]

27:00 mark, again with the Giancarlo Esposito rant, I love it! hahahaha it's already part of the Dan's lore

[@SuperSteve120]

Great idea for a video, Dan! Nice work!!

[@jacobdawes6405]

Great list Dan! I love seeing your creative twists on film rankings! You should definitely do a Agatha Season Review! That'd be cool to see!

[@thewatchtower4949]

I will always have A24 to thank for getting me into modern horror, I never liked horror that much in the past, but movies like hereditary really made me fall in love with horror, a lot of the movies remind me of the reflective and psychological horror movies from the late 70s and early 80s

[@JakeGottfriedStudios]

As someone who's favorite movie of all time is The Lighthouse and seeing it at #13... eh I get it

[@Kevo6492]

@@JakeGottfriedStudios Not my favorite movie of all time but my favorite of the ones listed, and my favorite of 2019. I can see why people don’t like it but it’s a masterpiece on every level.

[@travisspazz1624]

Not bad, but least favorite Eggers.

[@johnnolan5579]

I agree. Too low on the list.

[@thebenjyman253]

Yep, one of the best films of recent years for me. There's something so effective that's equal parts enchanting and disturbing about the characters' descent into madness, on top of the fantastic acting and cinematography. But I get why people don't like it as much

[@TylerG13]

My top 5 for A24 in general:) 1. Aftersun 2. Sing Sing 3. Lady Bird 4. Moonlight 5. Hereditary

[@MoramothHauntz]

Happy Halloween Dan and Dan-Fans. I've probably seen about 3 of these. Not going to miss a Dan ranking video though

[@kenbing8]

Thanks for putting in the work for us, Dan!

[@jonathanortega753]

I really enjoyed Dream Scenario is really hilarious and fantastic performance by Nicholas Cage and is a origin of Freddy Kruger

[@motherplayer]

Same. I think it works the whole way, myself.

[@bjdepro]

When Dan describes college students filmmaking - “Where all of the characters walk in slow motion to music, everybody drops F bombs, because that’s how everybody knows you’re an adult and edgy” I can’t help but to think about Zack Synder loool 😂😂😂

[@mr.woodfall655]

Was hoping you'd do another one of these this year. Also the "how A24 is it" scale was spot-on!

[@billy_little]

Beau Is Afraid is a cinematic masterpiece. I honestly get why people don’t/wouldn’t like it, but MAN. What a journey.

[@NoCountryforBadMovies]

Agreed

[@WarMonkeyPlays]

Great list, great video, great watch! Absolutely loved the A24 rating idea.

[@sweettangoTIMMY]

This is a HALLOWEEN miracle... wait, that's not the right quote, but it's the feeling I feel. Thanks Dan!

[@matthewhunter1193]

I know what #1 will be, but that's not gonna stop me from watching the video.

[@IdealBen]

Another amazing video! That "I AM YOUR MOTHER" was perfect 👌 Thank you Dan!

[@gian-phillipelomena8711]

This content is wildly rich and unbelievably put together. I can’t emphasize enough how influential and necessary Dan Murrell is for the movie space. The true heir to the good ol’ ebert and roeper days of the birth of the podcast. Thank you so much for all your effort and dedication to your craft!

[@OrionInSpace]

Hopefully if a studio like NEON can grow to be another new A24 style studio we can get that list as well Dan! I would probably also have to agree that Hereditary is my #1. I haven’t seen all of the movies from A24 but this one is so high above many others it’s almost sometimes not even a competition.

[@Atlantisforum]

Suggestion for next year: Blumhouse! Okay, you can't do them all, so maybe a top 20 or something.

[@travisspazz1624]

Cruel and unusual punishment.

[@Robbrevi3ws]

Love the ranking system Dan. Really well done!

[@bradstowell3280]

So glad you came around on I Saw the TV Glow. Such a gem of a movie! Also Talk to Me being number 2?? Great list

[@VoicelessScream]

Awesome ranking video. I rarely bother with that format but this one was perfect and matched mine too so good to know, we've got similar tastes!

[@ChrisMeadows92]

I love it when you drop these longform projects. Happy Halloween, Dan!

[@TimothyMReynolds]

Love this overview. I hope you use the “How A24 is it?” metric for all A24 releases going forward.

[@andothersuchnonsense2685]

I'm glad that you enjoyed "I Saw the TV Glow" more on a rewatch. It's my favorite film of the year so far, I absolutely adore it, but I get that it isn't for everyone. Edit: Also! Whenever I talk about Saint Maud irl I never meet anyone who has seen it, it's so so good. Watch it!

[@jonathanortega753]

Man Green Room is really a frightening thriller and I was really so scared when we're in a group of neo nazi and Patrick Stewart performance is absolutely unbelievable and frighting

[@kellybrincks]

❤ Under the Skin

[@Asoleimani1989]

Kudos for including Climax

[@JuanRodriguez-hz1xt]

Dan, I don’t even need to watch this to know that you have Hereditary as #1 and that you’ll mention Toni Collette was robbed of a nomination haha.

[@rubydown3329]

Rose Glass Appreciation Club!! I'm so glad to see Saint Maud so high on your list, one of my all time favorites!

[@DeutschmannGG]

Not exactly scientific, but very clever and kinda funny scale you used. If we ever happen to be in the same pub, your drinks are on me :D

[@DGVI1]

I disagree on In Fabric. Peter Strickland is a master of suspense and atmosphere. Love his films, original, fresh and hypnotic.

[@katielomax2364]

This is an incredibly valuable video for me because I'm not a huge horror fan, I need several reasons to be convinced to watch one. (My partner was surprised I wanted to see Longlegs but it was because of your review Dan!) So now I have a nice short list of new A24 movies to see-thank you! (Also the I AM YOUR MOTHER legit jump scared me)

[@erice6973]

Shocked by your number one! Shocked!!...well..not that shocked LOL. I will never forgive the academy for not rewarding Toni Collette with AT LEAST a nom for best actress!

[@daijishinomori9161]

That last bit was some good jump scare if I ever saw one

[@shadows1192]

Hereditary is #1 and no one can change my mind.

[@freedomtompkins9536]

Literally cannot stand that movie. It’s so bad

[@thebortthe]

You are correct.

[@thebortthe]

@@freedomtompkins9536you’re bad. I’m just kidding.

[@freedomtompkins9536]

@@thebortthe it’s just not the type of horror movie I’m used to

[@NoahDrasin]

Midsommar is far better

[@Sean-eq9ig]

I feel the same way about The Lighthouse as you do with Hereditary. It's one of my favorite movies ever made, and every time I watch it I find something new to love. That being said, I personally wouldn't consider it a horror movie lol. If I'm not ocunting that one then Hereditary easily takes #1 for me

[@1740ryguy]

Should rank the blumhouse movies next👍🏻

[@kallewardracing]

Oooh I’m excited to watch this! Thanks, Dan!

[@outdoorcats]

I think "Lamb" is one of the best films of the past few years, but it's not really a horror film. I think if you watch it expecting a horror film, you'll be pretty bored. It's more of a folkloric/mythic tragic drama.

[@dannygillespie6614]

An incredible video! A few random comments. Trying to judge the bleakness of some of these, specifically I Saw the TV Glow, is a tricky task. For sure it's at least 5/8, but on second watch, I found it easier to see the hopeful ending that JS intended. There's plenty of reason to believe that escape happens, which is a glimmer of hope in the midst of the dark. As a non-binary person it seems to me almost impossible that anyone would miss the trans allegory, but I know some people have which is wild to me. Still, as with your review in May, I think you do a really good job expressing taste, quality, and "this won't be for everyone" ness about this movie. I do think Beau is Afraid is a horror movie. The last act, including the attic part, is certainly in line with body horror and the horror aesthetics of Roy Andersson who Aster cites frequently as a favorite (check out Songs from the Second Floor; it's brilliant). Dream Scenario...not so much. I'm not sure that ones a horror movie, but I could see it. BUT if Dream Scenario is considered a horror movie, why isn't The Zone of Interest?!? (which I would score: Bleak: 8/8, Abstract: 4/8, and I'd have to look up critic gap). But there are a lot of movies like it--say, Come and See for example--that usually aren't labeled horror when they definitely are. Also did Love Lies Bleeding not count? That surprises me. I loved that an hour into this video on A24 horror movies you still dutifully provided plot summaries of movies that everyone watching an hour long video on A24 horror will have already seen. And yay for Saint Maud finally getting its flowers! My list has The Witch and I Saw the TV Glow at the top, and then most of your top 10 in a slightly different order to fill out the top 10.

[@jonathanortega753]

I love A24 from horror, comedy, romantic, drama and thriller and also NEON which both have really shockingly and disturbing violent gore scenes

[@magnifique909]

Such a fun idea! Great work, thank you! Gonna watch Bodies bodies bodies

[@dougbeatty]

Top 5 Memorable Spaghetti Scenes: 1. Gummo 2. Killing of a Sacred Deer 3. Lady and the Tramp 4. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 5. Elf

[@HolaKyle]

Thank you for always making such great content! You do amazing work!

[@Hessy-ob5ws]

Appreciate the list and the A 24 scale for the films! As others have said "a very Dan thing to do" but l like it. I am a big fan of A 24 movies but l was surprised l hadn't previously heard of some of these films and a number l personally would not count as horror (for example l think of "The Green Room" as more of a increasingly bloody thriller - for me, true horror is best defined as otherworldly - be that the supernatural, the occult or the human subconscious - or any combination thereof). What makes A 24 horror more interesting than most is a greater emphasis on plot and character (and acting) rather than an over reliance on gore and torture and seemingly revelling in it (looking at you Terrifier and - to a slightly lesser extent - SAW franchises - movies l cannot get into and straight forwardly do not like). Largely agree with your top ten list although my top three would be different - l love Hereditary and Talk to Me and they are brilliantly acted but to me their premises and filmic style are not as unique as Saint Maud, Under the Skin and The Witch which would be my top three. Morfyyd Clarke has never been better than in Saint Maud and when she "hears" God speaking to her in a "foreign" voice God is actually speaking Welsh - Clarke being Welsh herself! Under the Skin is a sci-fi horror with very little dialogue but with brilliant editing, sound design and music - and a fantastic, underrated performance from an almost wordless Scarlett Johansson. And The Witch - well, a Puritan folk horror steeped in the belief systems of the time in which it is set - set in the natural world and a forest but feeling claustrophobic at the same time! All three films share something that is almost impossible to define - a uniqueness. Perhaps you can do a list of Neon horror films at some stage (if they've made enough of them!) - l was looking for Cuckoo on your list and then realised it was a Neon film not from A 24. For me, Longlegs was overrated (loved the central performance, didn't like Nicholas Cage - too over the top even by his standards) - the whole thing felt to me like an over extended X-Files episode. But that's a story for another day (I have a tendency to digress).

[@vzawada316]

amazing video dan here's my top 10 a24 horror movies 1. hereditary 2. pearl 3. talk to me 4. midsummer 5. the witch 6. maxxxine 7. X 8. green room 9. the lighthouse 10. killing of a sacred deer

[@Y0B0]

I can't believe you put In Fabric at 28th!

[@dannygillespie6614]

You're one of those people he alluded to haha. I'd never heard of it till now. It looks legit and I'll have to check it out.

[@shelby127]

Yay! Love a video like this from Dan

[@malysrobert1014]

You thought Talk to Me was better than The Witch and The Lighthouse?! Even by whatever the ranking metrics!?

[@fcsuper]

I've not seen most A24 movies in the theater, but I have seen more than I expected.

[@ChrisBonusTV]

I’d argue that Midsommar should have a higher abstract score due to it being set mostly during day time & with bright colours as a horror movie.

[@kellybrincks]

Parks was great in Tusk

[@victorvargas2924]

Thanks for the long video Dan! I¿ve only watched 15 of these movies although most of them are in the bottom of your list. I gotta say I disagree with a lot of the placements and was very surprised. I guess I have to check out Green Room and Saint Maud which are the only movies in your top 10 I haven't watched. I'll recommend you to rewatch Climax at some point now that you know where it goes and the pacing.

[@TVandManga]

Great video Dan!

[@motherplayer]

I admit I do disagree on "MaXXXine" and "Dream Scenario" opinions, but always fun to see a Dan list.

[@1mrjimm]

Inspired video. Well executed. Bravo.

[@MellowFelloh]

Oh man I thought I was the only one who watched Pearl (not literally but I never really saw anyone talk about it). The main actress is incredible in that movie and completely agree she should have not only been nominated but won best actress that year. The ending shot of that movie is ENGRAVED in my brain. I have never been so unsettled by a movie as that shot and while I was alone in the movie theater, it gave me goosebumps.

[@eliasmochan]

it's one of my favorite movies. Definitely my favorite in this list (of the ones I've watched).

[@omeshsingh8091]

I haven't seen that many. 1. Midsommar 2. Saint Maude 3. I saw the TV glow 4. Hereditary 5. The Lighthouse

[@katherinegouwens5769]

Dan making this list: I don’t need this menu (other movies) I already know just what I want (Hereditary at #1)

[@guysimchony309]

Dan I like how you praised Under the Skin for using minimalistic filmmaking to clue the audience in on what’s going on, whereas I got almost none of the insight you described from the movie😂 (still loved it though)

[@AlistairCampbell]

I was scared that UNDER THE SKIN & THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER would not make the list.!

[@waywardmind]

Dan, you're insane, sir. But goshdarnit, I respect you for this.

[@calhenning7219]

super fun i love the A24 meter lol

[@matheuslascasas134]

I actually think a better version of Bodies bodies bodies is a movie Netflix released this month called It’s what’s inside

[@ConnerNielsen6]

I think Dream Scenario and Talk to Me would rank near the bottom of my list. Felt like the former was made by a person who is so terminally online and has not lived in the real world for years, and the latter was clearly made by inexperienced filmmakers not so much in craft but it the way they observe human behavior through horror.

[@DelorienAz]

I love Hereditary but I have only been able to watch it once all the way through and a second time right up until the last 20 minutes and then I had to stop. You're a brave man seeing it six times. It absolutely wrecked me and I love it for that but I can't be feeling that way all the time and still function, lol.

[@NoCountryforBadMovies]

We love you Dan ❤

[@hamilpatel4025]

I was JUST thinking about watching something horror and A24. I'm watching intently.

[@JakeGottfriedStudios]

As a MaXXXine lover, for me it works perfectly because of the themes of sacrifice for stardom where Pearl gave up her dreams and struggled to be "normal" by other people's standards, X shows Maxines journey of survival and because of that she's willing in MaXXXine to sacrifice who she was to be a star which is parallel with how Pearl ends with her smiling head and raw emotion and this one with just a lifeless double that represents how removed she is from whom she was in X

[@2025Productions]

Maxxxineheads, rise up.

[@eliasmochan]

for me it's the worst of the trillogy, but I still like it. The stand out moment for me is when Kevin Bacon is stalking her and she just gets out of her car and punches him in the face with her car keys.

[@intoxicatedmasculinity]

The spookeist time of year and I'm not talking tax time!

[@greggibson33]

The answer to the question to what is the "It" that Comes At Night.... nothing.... nothing comes.

[@brandonkelleher2651]

Overall a great list. Would definitely have put The Lighthouse at #1 for me but I guess Dan just isn’t as found of lobster as me.

[@andrewsharpe8326]

Dan understanding what the KZbin audience wants

[@Hideotronic]

1:17:21 Thanks for the list of horror recommendations, Mother 🫡

[@stealintomorrow]

It's the spookiest time of year ... and not just because it's tax season!

[@damienfenton3880]

The imdb today sent an email also ranking A24 horrors. I thought it was deja vu when I saw the title of this video.

[@jonathanortega753]

Yeah I feel Hereditary is number 1 because of Toni's strong performance and everybody did really marvelous work and killing a child was really horrifying and disturbing

[@pettespizzaparlor3245]

He's still doing the intro, and the only question I have is: Why is there a creepy posesing hand behind you Dan????!?

[@Kevo6492]

I can see why Men is that low but it was actually my favorite film of 2022, so it would definitely rank higher for me.

[@adog1138]

You’ve seen Hereditary 6 times?!?! You’re insane! Haha nice and I agree it’s No. 1 but I don’t go near it with a ten foot pole anymore

[@TrekBeatTK]

Midsommar ticked me off. He didn’t deserve to burn alive.

[@Goo_kazoo]

Hereditary is one of the best movies this century. I love that film.

[@joe.osullivan]

I am beyond grateful a studio like A24 is out there giving people massive creative control to make extremely interesting films. That said, there are very few A24 films I enjoy whatsoever. I have a genuine disdain for more movies produced by A24 than films I have enjoyed at the bare minimum. I dont think this is bad per say. I'll always go and see a movie that seems interesting, and A24 films are almost always interesting and they do what a movie should always do, impact you on an emotional level. The problem is that emotion for me is anger, annoyance, and sometimes hatred

[@btprange]

First Cow is pretty freakin’ scary!

[@deeinny821]

I've loved most A24 movies.. but Under the Skin is my #1.

[@ChinchillaDave]

If that wasn't your number one, I'd have eaten all my shoes

[@Noirlore]

Dan how do you find a movie’s budget? And is imdbs number usually accurate?

[@kellybrincks]

Killg of a Sacred Deer is horror/dark comedy ❤

[@ntcnetwork9934]

I’m so tired of the “are they crazy, or is it actually happening”trope. Because it’s always actually happening. Honestly I wanna see a movie where they actually were going crazy, but like they get their mental health in order by the climax and the film just ends with nothing actually happening. 😂

[@ChrisMeadows92]

@1:00:13 - Gummo (1997) would like to have a word with you, Daniel.

[@karendover6001]

Who else took a solid minute to figure out the "How A24?" scale adds up to 24?😂

[@jonathanortega753]

I watched The Lighthouse so many times during pandemic and yeah 😅

[@godspeedrebirth]

I haven’t seen the video fully, but I know Hereditary is top 5, if not #1

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

So bold

[@godspeedrebirth]

@@Y.d.o.b.o.nRight?😂

[@iheardyourprayer2599]

You just Have a talk to me hand? Wth lmaooo

[@travisspazz1624]

Maybe I need to rewatch Talk to Me. Very mixed on it when I first saw it.

[@jonathanortega753]

I was planning to see the front room when the trailer drops but when the reviews are in it was a big oof but glad I didn't spend my money and saw it.

[@JScotty4Reel]

If it’s not Hereditary and Midsommar in the number 1 & 2 spots, I don’t want it Edit: Forgot about Talk To Me. No arguments

[@michaeltylerable]

Mia Goth was also great in Suspiria