There is also an exciting slate ofA24 movies releasing in 2024that span across all genres.
Of these celebrated films, only two MoonlightandEverything Everywhere All At Once have won Best Picture.
Minariis a simple yet profound story about family ties and the roots that bound them.
The screenplay is one of the strongest qualities ofMinari.
However, its arguably hollow ending is one of its biggest detriments.
Roombecame the first A24 movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards in 2016.
Apart from Best Picture,Roomwasnominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
Brie Larson won Best Actress.
Roomis, in a word, devastating, but also delicately profound.
Twelve years later, they reconnect through social media, but their lives have diverged.
Past Livesis a poetic and thoughtful film that plays out a what-could-have-been scenario with narrative poise and refinement.
It’s also a stunning directorial debut for Song.
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2023’sThe Zone of Interestwas the other Best Picture entry at the 2024 Oscars.
The Zone of Interestleaves an indelible mark and is a cold reminder of the darkest side of humanity.
It’s a brutal yet crucial film not only for its message but for its achievements in cinematic design.
2020’s Minari is a Drama film that showcases a young boy’s upbringing by Korean immigrants in the United States in the 80s. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the film is a partial autobiography about his own experiences and stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Noel Kate Cho, and Alan Kim as a family trying to make it in rural Arkansas.
Lady Bird’s dreams clash with the overbearing wishes of her mother Marion, played by Laurie Metcalf.
Trevanate Rhodes stars as Black, one of the three iterations ofMoonlight’sprotagonist.
Moonlightis nearly perfect in its structure and should be considered Jenkins' masterpiece.
Everything Everywhere All At Onceis A24’s biggest achievement to date.
There’s no question thatEverything Everywhere All At Onceis A24’s most impressive feat on paper.
Based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue, Room stars Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay as Joy and Jack Newsome, a mother and son held captive by a madman in a one-room shed in his back yard. Born in “Room”, Jack has never experienced anything else, but when the opportunity presents itself to escape, he must brave the outside world in order to save his and his mother’s life.
In Past Lives, childhood sweethearts Na Young and Hae Sung lose contact when Na Young’s family moves abroad. Twelve years later, they reconnect through social media, but their lives have diverged. As they meet again, unresolved feelings surface, leading to poignant reflections on love, choices, and the complexities of relationships.
The Zone of Interest is a historical war drama by writer-director Jonathan Glazer. Set during World War 2, the film follows Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, as he tries to build a dream home right next door to the camp.
Acting as Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Lady Bird stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, a high school senior who dreams of leaving what she sees as a miserable existence in Sacramento, California, and going to college on the East Coast. Lady Bird’s dreams clash with the overbearing wishes of her mother Marion, played by Laurie Metcalf. As Lady Bird faces the social and emotional challenges of her final year of high school, her relationship with her mother becomes more and more strained the harder she attempts to break free.
Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, Moonlight follows Chiron (Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex Hibbert) during three stages of his life, starting in childhood and progressing all the way up through adulthood. The film explores themes of identity and sexuality, chronicling Chiron’s life as a gay black man growing up in Miami to an abusive, drug-addicted mother.
In Everything Everywhere All at Once, a middle-aged laundromat owner (Michelle Yeoh) is distracted from her financial and family issues by a multiversal crisis. With just her husband (Ke Huy Quan) to support her through the confusion, she must contend with her overbearing traditional father (James Hong), a pencil-pushing auditor (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her emotionally-distant daughter (Stephanie Hsu).
