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Film Highlights for 2024

2024 Film Release Schedule for UK

Likely Best Picture Oscar Contenders for 2024

As usual - I didn’t get around to seeing all I wanted to in 2023 - and I still have some films to catch up on. Saltburn would definitely have been in the list had I watched it in time - and no doubt there are a few more that I overlooked.

 

No film I watched in 2023 was wholly flawless - and nothing came close to say Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite. I’m hoping his Mickey 17 is going to be one of the stand-out’s for this year. I enjoyed a  whole load of films - but all were flawed to degrees, and some were a little bit disappointing. And while several did not come up to expectations - there was enough within them to hold my interest.

 

There was nothing quite as wild or as creative as Everything Everywhere All At Once - so finger’s crossed that we get something spectacular this year!

 

Several of the Oscar contenders don’t particularly interest me - so unlike typical years where I try to catch up on all the key Oscar contenders - this year I’m mostly going to stick with what appeals to me. And I will then try and catch up on anything I overlooked at year end - as per this year.

 

I’ve named 19 key Oscar Contenders - while my gut tells me it’s going to Oppenheimer’s year - and there are 10 finalists which are a little more critically acclaimed than the chasing pack.

 

There are 20 films in my Most Anticipated listing - with my sort of 16 favourites in the grid - I’m hoping that there are going to be some vintage films there that stand repeat viewings.


10 Favourite Films from 2023 [where / how watched]

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1 : The Creator [Cinema / Cineworld]
2 : Asteroid City [Cinema / Cineworld]
3 : Wonka [Cinema / Cineworld]
4 : Oppenheimer [Amazon Prime]
5 : John Wick : Chapter 4 [Cinema / Cineworld]
6 : M3gan [Cinema / Cineworld]
7 : Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One [Cinema / Cineworld]
8 : Suzume [Crunchyroll]
9 : Maestro [Netflix]
10 : Rebel Moon : A Child of Fire [Netflix]


Most Likely 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees / Contenders (Aggregated & Alphabetical)

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  • All of Us Strangers - Film 4 / Searchlight Pictures, Dir. Andrew Haigh
  • American Fiction - Orion Pictures, Dir. Cord Jefferson
  • Anatomy of a Fall - Les Films Pelléas & de Pierre / Neon, Dir. Justine Triet
  • Asteroid City - Searchlight Pictures, Dir. Wes Anderson
  • Barbie - Warner Bros, Dir. Greta Gerwig
  • The Boy and the Heron - Studio Ghibli, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
  • The Colour Purple (Musical) - Amblin Entertainment / Warner Brows, Dir. Blitz Bazawule
  • The Holdovers - Universal, Dir. Alexander Payne
  • Killers of the Flower Moon - Apple / Paramount, Dir. Martin Scorsese
  • Maestro - Netflix, Dir. Bradley Cooper
  • May December - MountainA / Netflix, Dir. Todd Haynes
  • Napoleon - Apple Studios, Dir. Ridley Scott
  • Oppenheimer - Syncopy / Universal, Dir. Christopher Nolan
  • Past Lives - A24, Dir. Celine Song
  • Poor Things - Disney, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Saltburn - Amazon / MGM, Dir. Emerald Fennell
  • Society of the Snow - Netflix, Dir. J.A. Bayona
  • Spider-Man : Across the Spider-Verse - Sony, Dir. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K.
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  • The Zone of Interest - A24, Dir. Jonathan Glazer

20 Most Anticipated Films for 2024 [UK] (By Release Date)

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  • Poor Things (Jan 12th) - Disney, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
  • The Holdovers (Jan 19th) - Universal, Dir. Alexander Payne (Sideways)
  • The Zone of Interest (Feb 2nd) - A24, Dir. Jonathan Glazer
  • Dune : Part II (March 1st) - Warner Bros, Dir. Denis Villeneuve
  • Ghostbusters : Frozen Empire (March 29th) - Sony, Dir. Gil Kenan
  • Mickey 17 (March 29th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Bong Joon-ho
  • Rebel Moon Part Two : The Scargiver (April 19th) - Netflix, Dir. Zack Snyder
  • The Fall Guy (May 3rd) - Universal. Dir. David Leitch
  • Back to Black : Amy Winehouse Biopic (May 10th) - Focus Features, Dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Furiosa (May 24th) - Warner Bros, Dir. George Miller
  • Ballerina (June 7th) - Lionsgate, Dir. Len Wiseman
  • A Quiet Place : Day One (June 28th) - Paramount, Dir. Michael Sarnoski
  • Deadpool 3 (July 26th) - Marvel Studios, Dir. Shawn Levy
  • Borderlands (August 9th) - Lionsgate, Dir. Eli Roth
  • Alien : Romulus (August 16th) - 20th Century Studios, Dir. Fede Alvarez
  • Kraven The Hunter (August 30th) - Sony, Dir. J. C. Chandor
  • Beetlejuice 2 (September 6th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Tim Burton
  • Joker : Folie A Deux (October 4th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Todd Phillips
  • Gladiator 2 (November 22nd) - Warner Bros, Dir. Ridley Scott
  • Lord Of The Rings : The War Of The Rohirrim (December 13th) - Warner Bros Animation, Dir. Kenji Kamiyama

UK RELEASE SCHEDULE BY MONTH / DATE : Personal Highlights *Asterisked!

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JANUARY

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  • All Of Us Strangers (Jan 26th) - Disney, Dir. Andrew Haigh
  • The Beekeeper (Jan 12th) - Studiocanal / Sky, Dir. David Ayer
  • Blank (Jan 5th) - Sparky, Dir. Natalie Kennedy
  • The Blessed Pot (Jan 26th) - Verve, Dir. Marc Isaacs
  • The Book of Clarence (Jan 19th) - Sony, Dir. Jeymes Samuel
  • The Boys in the Boat (Jan 12th) - Warner Bros, Dir. George Clooney
  • Carmen : Met Opera (Jan 27th) - Trafalgar, Dir. Carrie Cracknell
  • The Colour Purple (Jan 26th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Blitz Bazawule
  • Dear England : National Theatre (Jan 25th) - National Theatre, Dir. Rupert Goold
  • The End We Start From (Jan 19th) - Signature, Dir. Mahalia Belo
  • Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jan 19th) - BFI, Dir. Werner Herzog
  • Forever Young (Jan 26th) - Miracle, Dir. Henk Pretorius
  • Freaks vs The Reich (Jan 12th) - Miracle / Dazzler, Dir. Gabriele Mainetti
  • Giselle : Dutch National Ballet (Jan 21st) - Piece of Magic, Dir. Marius Petipa
  • * The Holdovers (Jan 19th) - Universal, Dir. Alexander Payne (Sideways)
  • Jackdaw (Jan 26th) - Vertigo, Dir. Jamie Childs
  • * Mean Girls 2024 (Jan 17th) - Paramount, Dir. Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr
  • Nabucco : Met Opera (Jan 6th) - Trafalgar, Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
  • Night Swim (Jan 5th) - Blumhouse / Universal, Dir. Bryce McGuire
  • One Life (Jan 5th) - Warner Bros, Dir. James Hawes
  • * Poor Things (Jan 12th) - Disney, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
  • Rusalka : ROH (Jan 24th) - ROH, Dir. Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee
  • Samsara (Jan 26th) - Curzon, Dir. Lois Patiño
  • Scala!!! (Jan 5th) - BFI, Dir. Jane Giles, Ali Catterall
  • The Tiger's Apprentice (Jan 26th) - Paramount, Dir. Raman Hui
  • Two Tickets to Greece (Jan 19th) - Parkland, Dir. Marc Fitoussi (Call My Agent)
  • Werner Herzog : Radical Dreamer (Jan 19th) - BFI, Dir. Thomas von Steinaecker

FEBRUARY

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  • American Fiction (Feb 2nd) - Curzon, Dir. Cord Jefferson
  • * Argylle (Feb 2nd) - Universal, Dir. Matthew Vaughn
  • Bob Marley : One Love (Feb 14th) - Paramount, Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
  • Colleen Hover's It Ends With Us (Feb 9th) - Sony, Dir. Justin Baldoni
  • * Drive-Away Dolls (Feb 23rd) Working Title Films, Dir. Ethan Coen
  • Exhibition On Screen : Painting The Modern Garden - Monet To Matisse 20 (Feb 27th), Seventh Art, Dir. David Bickerstaff
  • Gassed Up (Feb 9th) - Vertigo, Dir. George Amponsah
  • Getting It Back : The Story of Cymande (Feb 16th) - BFI, Dir. Tim Mackenzie-Smith
  • The Iron Claw (Feb 9th) - Lionsgate, Dir. Sean Durkin
  • The Jungle Bunch 2 : World Tour (Feb 9th) - Signature, Dir. Laurent Bru, Yannick Moulin, Benoît Somville
  • Les Miserables (Feb 16th) - Universal, Dir. Tom Hooper
  • Madame Web (Feb 16th) - Sony, Dir. S. J. Clarkson
  • Manon : ROH (Feb 7th) - ROH, Dir. Kenneth MacMillan
  • Memory (Feb 9th) - Bohemia, Dir. Michel Franco
  • Migration (Feb 2nd) - Universal, Dir. Benjamin Renner
  • Occupied City (Feb 9th) - Modern, Dir. Steve McQueen
  • Orion and the Dark (Feb 2nd) - DreamWorks Animation / Netflix, Dir. Sean Charmatz
  • Out Of Darkness (Feb 9th) - Signature, Dir. Andrew Cumming
  • Perfect Days (Feb 9th) - Mubi, Dir. Wim Wenders
  • The Persian Version (Feb 2nd) - Sony, Dir. Maryam Keshavarz
  • The Promised Land (Feb 2nd) - Icon, Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
  • Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son (Feb 9th) - Dartmouth, Dir. Lorna Tucker
  • The Taste of Things (Feb 16th) - Picturehouse, Dir. Trần Anh Hùng
  • The Trouble with Jessica (Feb 9th) - Jade, Dir. Matt Winn
  • Vanya : National Theater (Feb 22nd) - National Theatre, Dir. Sam Yates
  • Wicked Little Letters (Feb 23rd) - Studiocanal, Dir. Thea Sharrock
  • Your Fat Friend (Feb 9th) - Tull, Dir. Jeanie Finlay
  • * The Zone of Interest (Feb 2nd) - A24, Dir. Jonathan Glazer

MARCH

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  • Banel & Adama (March 15th) - We Are Parable, Dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy
  • Caligula : The Ultimate Cut (March 8th) - Vertigo, Dir. Thomas Negovan
  • Copa 71 (March 8th) - Dogwoof, Dir. James Erskine
  • Damsel (March 8th) - Netflix, Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
  • Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World (March 8th) - Sovereign, Dir.
  • Drive-Away Dolls (March 21st), Universal, Dir. Radu Jude
  • * Dune : Part II (March 1st) - Warner Bros, Dir. Denis Villeneuve
  • Elaha (March 15th) - 606, Dir. Milena Aboyan
  • Evil Does Not Exist (March 1st) - Modern, Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
  • Fantastic Machine (March 15th) - Picturehouse, Dir. Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck
  • * Ghostbusters : Frozen Empire (March 29th) - Sony, Dir. Gil Kenan
  • Imaginary (March 8th) - Lionsgate / Blumhouse, Dir. Jeff Wadlow
  • Io Capitano (March 8th) - Altitude, Dir. Matteo Garrone
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 (March 29th) - Universal, Dir. Mike Mitchell
  • La Forza Del Destino : Met Opera (March 9th) - Met Opera, Dir. Yannick Nézet-Ségui
  • Lisa Frankenstein (March 22nd) - Universal, Dir. Zelda Williams
  • Madama Butterfly : ROH (March 26th) - ROH, Dir. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
  • * Mickey 17 (March 29th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Bong Joon-ho
  • Monster (March 29th) - Picturehouse, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Roadhouse (March 21st) - Amazon Prime Video, Dir. Doug Liman
  • Romeo Et Juliette : Met Opera (March 23rd) - Met Opera, Dir. Bartlett Sher
  • Shayda (March 1st) - Vertigo, Dir. Noora Niasari
  • Yodha (March 15th) - Moviegoers, Dir. Sagar Ambre, Pushkar Ojha

APRIL

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  • Challengers (April 26th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Luca Guadagnino
  • Civil War (April 26th) - A24, Dir. Alex Garland
  • Exhibition On Screen : John Singer Sargent 2024 (April 16th) - Seventh Art, Dir. David Bickerstaff
  • Godzilla x Kong (April 12th) - Legendary Entertainment, Dir. Adam Wingard
  • La Rondine : Met Opera (April 20th) - Trafalgar, Dir. Marco Armiliato
  • Macmillan Triple : ROH (April 9th) - ROH, Dir.  Kenneth MacMillan
  • Opponent (April 12th) - MetFilm, Dir. Milad Alami
  • Orlando, My Political Biography (April 19th) - Picturehouse, Dir. Paul B. Preciado
  • * Rebel Moon Part Two : The Scargiver (April 19th) - Netflix, Dir. Zack Snyder
  • Swan Lake : ROH (April 24th) - ROH : Dir. Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

MAY

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  • * Back to Black : Amy Winehouse Biopic (May 10th) - Focus Features, Dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Carmen : ROH (May 1st) - ROH, Dir. Damiano Michieletto
  • * The Fall Guy (May 3rd) - Universal. Dir. David Leitch
  • * Furiosa (May 24th) - Warner Bros, Dir. George Miller
  • Garfield (May 24th) - Sony, Dir. Peter Hewitt
  • IF (May 24th) - Paramount, Dir. John Krasinski
  • Kingdom Of The Planets Of The Apes (May 24th) - Disney, Dir Wes Ball
  • Madama Butterfly : ROH (May 11th) - ROH, Dir. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier
  • Message In A Bottle : ROH (May 30th) - ROH, Dir. Kate Prince
  • My Ex-Friend's Wedding (May 10th) - Sony, Dir. Kay Cannon
  • The Winter’s Tale : ROH (May 22nd) - ROH, Dir. Christopher Wheeldon

JUNE

  • * A Quiet Place : Day One (June 28th) - Paramount, Dir. Michael Sarnoski
  • Andrea Chénier : ROH (June 11th) - ROH, Dir. David McVicar
  • Bad Boys 4 (June 14th) - Columbia Pictures / Sony, Dir/ Adil & Bilall
  • * Ballerina (June 7th) - Lionsgate, Dir. Len Wiseman
  • Exhibition On Screen : My National Gallery 2024 (June 4th) - Seventh Art, Dir. Phil Grabsky, Ali Ray
  • Horizon : An American Saga Chapter 1 (June 28th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Kevin Costner
  • Inside Out 2 (June 14th) - Disney / Pixar, Dir. Kelsey Mann

JULY

  • * Deadpool 3 (July 26th) - Marvel Studios, Dir. Shawn Levy
  • Despicable Me 4 (July 5th) - Universal, Dir. Chris Renaud
  • Touch (July 12th) - Focus Features / RVK Studios, Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
  • Twisters (July 19th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Lee Isaac Chung

AUGUST

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  • * Alien : Romulus (August 16th) - 20th Century Studios, Dir. Fede Alvarez
  • * Borderlands (August 9th) - Lionsgate, Dir. Eli Roth
  • Harold And The Purple Crayon (August 2nd) - Sony, Dir. Carlos Saldanha
  • Horizon : An American Saga Chapter 2 (August 16th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Kevin Costner
  • * Kraven The Hunter (August 30th) - Sony, Dir. J. C. Chandor
  • Speak No Evil (August 9th) - Universal. Blumhouse, Dir. James Watkins
  • Trap (August 2nd) - Warner Bros, Dir. M. Night Shyamalan

SEPTEMBER

* Beetlejuice 2 (September 6th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Tim Burton


OCTOBER

  • * Joker : Folie A Deux (October 4th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Todd Phillips
  • Transformers One (October 18th) - Paramount, Dir. Josh Cooley
  • Wolf Man (October 25th) - Universal / Blumhouse, Dir/ Leigh Whannel

NOVEMBER

  • Alto Knights (November 15th) - Warner Bros, Dir. Barry Levinson
  • The Amateur (November 8th) - Disney, Dir. James Hawes
  • * Gladiator 2 (November 22nd) - Warner Bros, Dir. Ridley Scott
  • Paddington In Peru (November 8th) - Studiocanal, Dir. Dougal Wilson
  • Red One (November 15th) - Amazon MGM Studios, Dir. Jake Kasdan
  • Terminator : Rise of Skynet (November 13th) - Constantino Films, Dir. Rui Constantino
  • Venom 3 (November 8th) - Columbia Pictures / Sony, Dir. Kelly Marcel
  • Wicked : Part One (November 29th) - Universal, Dir. Jon M. Chu

DECEMBER

  • Karate Kid 2024 (December 13th) - Sony, Dir. Jonathan Entwistle
  • * Lord Of The Rings : The War Of The Rohirrim (December 13th) - Warner Bros Animation, Dir. Kenji Kamiyama
  • Mufasa : The Lion King (December 20th) - Disney, Dir. Barry Jenkins
  • Nosferatu (December 27th) - Focus Features, Dir. Robert Eggers
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (December 20th) - Paramount, Dir. Jeff Fowler
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