Favourite First-Watches and Discoveries of 2024
Here are my Favorite Pre-2022 First-Watches and Discoveries of 2024:
“The Son of the White Mare”
“Pin: A Plastic Nightmare”
“Simple Men”
“Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles” /
“Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons”
“The Devils” (1971)
“Henry Fool” / “Fay Grim” / “Ned Rifle”
“My Heart Is That Eternal Rose”
“Gangster No. 1”
“Camouflage” (1977)
“Perfect Love” (1996)
“Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease” /
“The Supplement” (2002)
“White Heat”
“The Strangler” (1970)
“Felicia’s Journey”
“Act of Violence”
“Code 46”
“The Vast of Night”
“Lost Illusions” (2021)
“The Kid Detective”
“The Bed You Sleep In”
“The Public Eye” (1992)
“Hotel” (2004)
“Scene of the Crime” (1986)
“Exile” (“Exil”) (2020)
“Hold Your Man”
“The Boy Who Cried Bitch”
“Hester Street”
“A Matter Of Life and Death”
“Cry-Baby”
“Lovely Rita”
“The Burnt Orange Heresy”
“Edge of Tomorrow”
“Daughter of the Nile”
“The Woman in the Fifth”
“The Crucible” (1996)
“The Structure of Crystal”
“Madame Bovery” (1991)
“A Running Jump”
“Road House” (1989)
“A Mighty Wind”
“The Promise” (1995)
“Black Rain”
“Deadbeat At Dawn”
“Lourdes” (2009)
“Whore” (1991)
“Caligula: The Ultimate Cut”
“Fireworks” (“Hana-Bi”)
“The Ref”
“Hard Core Logo”
“Ayka”
“Nest” (2022)
“The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne”
“The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales”
“The Relic” (1997)
“Paradise: Faith”
“The Pages of Madness” (Live Score by Anju Singh)
“Ride with the Devil”
“Stavisky…”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990)
“Mother’s Boys”
“The Efficiency Expert (“Spotswood”)
“Killing Them Softly”
“Gothic”
“The Possessed” (“The Lady of the Lake”) (1965)
“To the Stars” (Colour Version)
“Pleasure”
“Blow the Man Down”
“Illumination” (1973)
“Joe” (1970)
“Waking the Dead”
“Flirt” (1995)
“Yeast” (2008)
“Dirty Like an Angel”
“Someone’s Watching Me!”
“Anatomy of Hell”
“Sweet Country”
“Spun” (Unrated)
“Theeb”
“Snake Eyes” (1998)
“The Candidate” (“The Realm”)
“The Woods”
“Klondike”
“Deep Blue Sea”
“Fall”
“Kotoko”
“50 First Dates”
“Broken English” (2007)
“Crossing Delancey”
“Resurrection” (1980)
“Pretty Woman”
“Bullet Ballet” (1998)
“Meanwhile” (2011)
“Sharp Stick”
“The Last Island”
“Mermaids” (1990)
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
“In Bed with Victoria” (“Victoria”)
“Hamlet” (2000)
“Pioneer” (2011)
“Alison’s Birthday”
“The Crush”
“Earthquake” (1974)
“Thriller: A Cruel Picture” (“They Call Her One Eye”)
First-Watches of Films: January 2024
“Poor Things” (x2)
“Eileen” (2023) (x2)
“The Devils” (1971)
“Godzilla Minus One” (x2)
“Godland”
“Dream Scenario”
“The Strangler” (1970)
“Sweet Country”
“Killing Them Softly”
“Ride with the Devil”
“birth/rebirth”
“The Eight Mountains”
“The Candidate” (“The Realm”)
“The Woods”
“Tuning Out the Noise”
“The Night of the 12th”
“Întregalde”
“Afire”
“Brooklyn 45”
“Talk to Me” (2023)
“The Year Between”
“Big Fat Liar”
“When Evil Lurks”
“Amanda” (2022)
“Granny’s Dancing on the Table”
“The Running Man” (1987)
Rewatches of Films: January 2024
“Beauty & the Beast” (1991) (x2)
“My Fair Lady”
“The Spirit of the Beehive”
“Best in Show”
“Sick of Myself”
“The Negotiator”
“Suitable Flesh”
“May December”
“Slums in Beverly Hills”
“One Night in Soho”
“The Quick and the Dead”
“Strangers with Candy”
First-Watches of Films: February 2024
“Simple Men”
“Henry Fool” / “Fay Grim” / “Ned Rifle”
“The Crime is Mine” (“Mon Crime”)
“Scene of the Crime” (1986)
“Daughter of the Nile”
“The Teachers’ Lounge”
“Snake Eyes” (1998)
“The Passenger” (2023) (x2)
“Flirt” (1995)
“Pioneer” (2011)
“Resurrection” (1980)
“Meanwhile” (2011)
“Thriller: A Cruel Picture” (“They Call Her One Eye”)
“Hideaway” (1995)
“Not as a Stranger”
“The Book of Life”
“She Came to Me”
“The Cassandra Crossing”
“Frankenhooker” (Needs More Louise Lasser)
Rewatches of Films: February 2024
“Solaris” (2002)
“Full Metal Jacket”
“Poor Things”
“Trust” (1990)
“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color”
“Surviving Desire”
“Amateur” (1994)
“Ever After”
“Suitable Flesh”
“Rosewood”
“Holy Spider”
“The Unbelievable Truth”
“Hitchcock/Truffaut”
“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”
First-Watches of Films: March 2024
“About Dry Grasses”
“Snack Shack”
“Gangster No. 1”
“Club Zero”
“Felicia’s Journey”
“Code 46”
“Memory” (2023)
“Dreamin’ Wild”
“Passages”
“Hundreds of Beavers”
“All of Us Strangers”
“The Efficiency Expert (“Spotswood”)
“To Catch a Killer” (“Misanthrope”) (2023)
“Klondike”
“Sharp Stick”
“Cymbeline”
“Deep Blue Sea”
“Savage Messiah”
“The Road Dance”
“The Wicker Man: Director’s Cut” (2006)
“The Cassandra Cat”
“Horrible Bosses”
“American Fiction”
“Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia”
“Stopmotion”
“The Devil Wears Prada”
Rewatches of Films: March 2024
“Sexy Beast” (x2)
“Claire Dolan”
“In the Line of Fire”
“24 Hour Party People”
“The Blair Witch Project”
“Altered States”
“House of Gucci”
“The Center Of The World”
“Eraser”
“The Edge”
“One From the Heart: Reprise”
“The Crimson Rivers”
“Mrs. Doubtfire”
“Sleepwalkers” (1992)
“American Pie”
“American Wedding”
“American Pie 2”
First-Watches of Films: April 2024
“Don’t Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
“Lost Illusions” (2021)
“Perfect Days”
“The Vast of Night” (x2)
“Ferrari” (x2)
“A Matter Of Life and Death”
“Black Rain”
“Cry-Baby” (x2)
“Blow the Man Down” (x2)
“Joe” (1970)
“Waking the Dead”
“How To Have Sex”
“Luzifer”
“Thing from the Factory by the Field”
“The Beast” (2023)
“Coup de Chance”
“Coma” (2022)
“Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison”
“The Sweet East”
“Landscape by Invisible Hand”
“Cosi”
“A Dirty Shame”
“Throw Momma From the Train”
“When Strangers Marry”
“Caddyshack”
“Smile”
Rewatches of Films: April 2024
“Birth” (2004)
“La Cérémonie” (“A Judgement in Stone”) (1995)
“The Zone of Interest”
“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
“Under the Skin” (2013)
“The Unknown Known”
“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (1947)
“Love Unto Death”
“Elizabeth Harvest”
“Cinderella” (1950)
“True Lies” (1994)
“Code 46”
“Winter’s Bone”
“Rollercoaster” (1999)
“National Lampoon’s Animal House”
“Hairspray” (1988)
“40-Love” (2014)
“Existenz”
First-Watches of Films: May 2024
“The Son of the White Mare”
“Fireworks” (“Hana-Bi”)
“Hit Man” (2023)
“The Kid Detective” (x2)
“Last Stop in Yuma County” (x2)
“Edge of Tomorrow”
“Blackout” (2023)
“Whore” (1991)
“Pleasure”
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
“The Boy Who Cried Bitch”
“The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne”
“In Bed with Victoria” (“Victoria”)
“Kotoko”
“Mother’s Boys”
“Broken English” (2007)
“Bullet Ballet” (1998)
“Johnny Corncob”
“Pretty Woman”
“The Artifice Girl”
“Polyester”
“Dark Harvest” (2023)
“London Boulevard”
“Gabi on the Roof of July”
“Dark Blue” (2002)
“Themroc”
“Immaculate”
“Night Shift” (“Police”) (2020)
“Down in Shadowland”
“The Tide King”
“Special Unit” (2017)
“Vita & Virginia”
“The Fall Guy” (2024)
“Nightsiren”
Rewatches of Films: May 2024
“Casino”
“Vengeance is Mine” (1984)
“3:10 to Yuma” (1957)
“The Color Wheel”
“The Iron Claw”
“Snack Shack”
“Clockwatchers”
“Chameleon Street”
“Cruising”
“8 Women”
“Taking Lives”
“Con Air”
“Terror in the Prairies”
“Four Weddings and a Funeral”
“Water for Elephants”
First-Watches of Films: June 2024
“The Coffee Table” (x2)
“Mars Express” (x2)
“The Burnt Orange Heresy”
“Robot Dreams”
“Hotel” (2004)
“The Woman in the Fifth”
“The Relic” (1997)
“Monster” (“Kaibutsu”)
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (1990)
“Gothic” (x2)
“New Life” (2023)
“Love Lies Bleeding” (2024)
“The Day the Earth Caught Fire”
“In a Violent Nature”
“Skin Deep” (2022)
“Songs of Earth”
“Candy Land” (2022)
“Banel & Adama”
“Limbo” (2023)
“The Bikeriders”
“You’ll Never Find Me”
“Dead End Drive-In”
“Killing God”
“Everyone Loves Jeanne”
Rewatches of Films: June 2024
“Affliction” (1997)
“An Officer and a Gentleman”
“Red Rooms”
“Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996)
“Avalon” (1990)
“Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence”
“Friends with Money”
“The Taste of Things”
“Hercules” (1997)
“Tangled” (2010)
“Hit Man” (2023)
“Copycat” (1995)
“Dancer in the Dark”
“Jurassic Park”
“The Rescuers” (1997)
“Falling Down” (1993)
“The Rescuers Down Under”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Witches” (1990)
“The Aristocats”
First-Watches of Films: July 2024
“Pin: A Plastic Nightmare” (x2)
“Music” (2023)
“Perfect Love” (1996)
“The Bed You Sleep In”
“Deadbeat At Dawn”
“Handling the Dead”
“Nest” (2022)
“Hester Street”
“The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales”
“Yeast” (2008)
“Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One”
“Hamlet” (2000)
“Spun” (Unrated)
“Dirty Like an Angel”
“The Witch’s Mirror”
“A Fish in the Bathtub”
“You Won’t Be Alone”
“Beyond the Sea”
“ME” (Short, 2024)
“The Batwoman” (1968)
“Eye of the Beholder”
“Blue Strait”
“Brainstorm” (1965)
“Irma la Douce”
“Postcards from the Edge”
“Maxxxine”
“10 Things I Hate About You”
“The Devil’s Harmony”
Rewatches of Films: July 2024
“The Terminator”
“The Lion King” (1994)
“Irréversible” (Straight Cut)
“Dead Presidents”
“Bonjour tristesse” (1958)
“Go” (1999)
“Amélie”
“The Bridges of Madison County”
“A Real Young Girl”
“The Birdcage”
“The Midwife”
“It’s A Beautiful Day”
“New Life” (2023)
“The Teacher’s Lounge”
First-Watches of Films: August 2024
“My Heart Is That Eternal Rose”
“Act of Violence”
“What Remains: The Confession of a Serial Killer”
“Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease Camouflage” (1977)
“White Heat”
“The Supplement” (2002)
“The Promise” (1995)
“Lovely Rita”
“Kinds of Kindness”
“Lourdes” (2009)
“The Structure of Crystal”
“Property” (2022)
“The Public Eye” (1992)
“Drive-Away Dolls”
“The Last Island”
“Illumination” (1973)
“50 First Dates”
“Anatomy of Hell”
“Theeb”
“Crossing Delancey”
“Caligula: The Ultimate Cut”
“Close Your Eyes”
“Old Dads”
“The Manson Family”
“Broken Mirrors” (1984)
“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”
“A Big Hand for the Little Lady”
“Hackers”
“Touch” (1997)
“Life Kills Me”
“Shortcomings”
“U.S. Marshals”
“Mental” (2012)
“How To Blow Up A Pipeline”
“10 Things I Hate About You”
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”
Rewatches of Films: August 2024
“There Will Be Blood”
“Mishima”
“Children of Men”
“Stop Making Sense”
“Muriel’s Wedding”
“The Constant Factor”
“One Hour Photo”
“The Guard” (2011)
“Club Zero”
“Love Lies Bleeding”
“The Big Lebowski”
“Showgirls”
“Nick of Time”
“The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas”
“Can’t Hardly Wait”
First-Watches of Films: September 2024
“THE SUBSTANCE” (x2)
Including the short film “Reality+”
“Sharp Corner”
“His Three Daughters”
“Daddio”
“The Girl With the Needle”
“Anora”
“A Mighty Wind”
“Janet Planet”
“The New Year That Never Came”
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
“Stavisky…”
“The Possessed” (“The Lady of the Lake”) (1965)
“Kim’s Video”
“To the Stars” (Colour Version)
“Paradise: Faith”
“Rebel Ridge”
“Fall”
“Earthquake” (1974)
“The Vourdalak”
“Problemista”
“Tuesday”
“A Different Man”
“Paradise: Hope”
“Wineville”
“Green Border”
“Else”
“Am I Racist?”
“The Crush”
“My Old Ass”
“Timestalker”
“Congo”
“Conclave”
“Three Thousand Years of Longing”
“I Saw the TV Glow”
Rewatches of Films: September 2024
“Sunset Blvd.”
“Seven Samurai”
“The Player”
“Beetlejuice”
“Ladies & Gentlemen: Final Cut”
“Quills”
“Thelma & Louise”
“Blood and Wine”
“Memory” (2023)
“The Deep End” (2001)
“The Strangler” (1970)
“Graduation” (2016)
“Little Voice”
“Drive-Away Dolls”
“As Good As It Gets”
“Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls”
“Emily the Criminal”
“Dark Harvest”
First-Watches of Films: October 2024
“Armand”
“Joan the Maid, Part 1: The Battles”
“Joan the Maid, Part 2: The Prisons”
“Strange Darling” (x2)
“The Sparrow in the Chimney”
“Between the Temples”
“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point”
“Eephus”
“Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers”
“The Crucible” (1996)
“Good One”
“Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara”
“Carnival is Over”
“Caught by the Tides”
“Brief History of a Family”
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
“The Vicious Kind”
“Bonnard: Pierre and Marthe”
“Pandemonium” (2023)
“Megalopolis”
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
“Mission: Impossible III”
“Nowhere Special”
“Fréwaka”
“The Novice” (2021)
“Spaceman”
“Choke” (2008)
“Everyday” (2012)
“Sound of Freedom”
“Love with the Proper Stranger”
“Souleymane’s Story”
“Murder by Numbers” (2002)
“Preface to a History”
Rewatches of Films: October 2024
“THE SUBSTANCE” (x3)
“The Witches of Eastwick”
“The Fall” (Restored 4K Director’s Cut)
“The Double Life of Veronique”
“Sleepy Hollow”
“Eyes Wide Shut”
“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”
“Janet Planet”
“The Night of the Hunter” (1955)
“Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
“The Addams Family Values”
“Mousehunt”
“Single White Female”
“The Crime is Mine”
“Scream 3”
“In & Out” (1997)
“The Faculty” (1998)
This was one the greatest months I’ve ever enjoyed as a moviegoer. Happy Halloween!
First-Watches of Films: November 2024
“Memoirs of a Snail”
“Hold Your Man”
“Exile” (“Exil”) (2020)
“Hard Core Logo”
“Madame Bovery” (1991)
“The Pages of Madness” (Live Score by Anju Singh)
“Ayka”
“Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection”
“Heretic”
“Juror #2”
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
“The Silent Twins”
“Alison’s Birthday”
“The Show” (1996)
“Sybil”
“The First Omen”
“High School Confidential”
“St. Elmo’s Fire”
“Equalibrium”
“Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th”
Rewatches of Films: November 2024
“THE SUBSTANCE”
“Happiness”
“Fight Club”
“Breakdown”
“Swimming Pool”
“The Artificial Girl”
“The Canyons”
“Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask”
“Candy Land”
“Dennis the Menace”
First-Watches of Films: December 2024
“The Apprentice” (2024) (x2)
“The Ref”
“A Running Jump”
“Road House” (1989)
“Someone’s Watching Me!”
“Obsessed with Light”
“Sebastian”
“The Dancing Pig” (1907)
“Mermaids” (1990)
“Longlegs”
“My First Film”
“Dahomey”
“Voyage of Time: An IMAX Documentary”
“I’ll Be Right There”
“Striptease” (1996)
“The Green Inferno” (2013)
Rewatches of Films: December 2024
“Beauty & the Beast” (x3)
“Boogie Nights”
“The Shawshank Redemption”
“Gremlins”
“The Wrong Trousers”
“The Girl with the Needle”
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (1966)
“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point”
“When Harry Met Sally…”
“Robot Dreams”
“Crisis”
“A Charlie Brown Christmas”
“The Twentieth Century”
“Monster” (“Kaibutsu”)
Total Films Watched in 2024: 528
First-Watches: 332
Rewatches: 196
© 2008 – 2025, CINELATION | Movie Reviews by Chris Beaubien. All rights reserved.
