It's that time of the year. I feel anxious if I haven't created this list. For the uninitiated, I have been making this list (mostly for myself—last year's post had 8 views lol who took their time to open a random movie blog) for a full 15 years now. Used to have this on Facebook then I moved it here and I haven't found a new place for this. Also this felt like a good habit to track movies I wanted to watch within the year.
Life update: none, really. But I started writing on Collider! If you see this, please do check out some of my articles. I've been wanting to start creating content on TikTok, so stay tuned next year for updates on this.
So it's the end of January and so far I have seen solid movies in cinemas. Saw Anyone But You (hot people, fun movie), Monster (speechless!), The Beekeeper (protect the hive!), and Anatomy of a Fall (no notes!). January isn't supposed to be this fun.
Without any further ado, here's the list! (*Bold = must watch for me)
JANUARY
The Beekeeper Jason Statham, Josh Hutcherson, David Ayer (director)
The Book of Clarence Lakeith Stanfield, James McAvoy, Jeymes Samuel (director)
FEBRUARY
Argylle Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Matthew Vaughn (director)
Madame Web Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, SJ Clarkson (director)
MARCH
Dune: Part Two Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Denis Villeneuve (director)
Immaculate Sydney Sweeney, Michael Mohan (director)
Kung Fu Panda 4 Jack Black, Mike Mitchell (director)
Love Lies Bleeding Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Rose Glass (director)
Godzilla x Kong Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Adam Wingard (director)
APRIL
Civil War Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Alex Garland (director)
Rebel Moon Part 2 - The Scargiver Zack Snyder (director)
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Guy Ritchie (director)
Monkey Man Dev Patel, Dev Patel (director)
MAY
Furiosa Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, George Miller (director)
The Fall Guy Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, David Leitch (director)
JUNE
Ballerina Ana De Armas, Len Wiseman (director)
Inside Out 2 Amy Poehler, Kelsey Mann (director)
A Quiet Place: Day One Djimon Hounsou, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Sarnoski (director)
Hit Man Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Richard Linklater (director)
The Bikeriders Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jeff Nichols (director)
JULY
Deadpool 3 Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy (director)
Twisters Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Lee Isaac Chung (director)
AUGUST
Alien: Romulus Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, Fede Alvarez (director)
Kraven The Hunter Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, JC Chandor (director)
SEPTEMBER
Wolfs George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jon Watts (director)
Beetlejuice 2 Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Tim Burton (director)
OCTOBER
Joker: Folie a Deux Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Todd Phillips (director)
NOVEMBER
Gladiator 2 Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Ridley Scott (director)
DECEMBER
Nosferatu Bill Skarsgard, Lily Rose-Depp, Robert Eggers (director)
Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan
Mufasa: The Lion King Barry Jenkins (director)
Hmm after seeing this list, there's not many big movies. There are even no MCU movies, Deadpool 3 somehow doesn't count. The other big movies are movies that I'd watch but I wouldn't go on first weekend, like Joker 2. My opinion might change after I see a trailer. There are also big franchises that opted to release their animated movies, like LOTR and Transformers. Might do big bucks, but I'm not trained to see animated movie spinoffs on the big screen.
I guess here's my top 10 most anticipated films of 2024:
10. Mickey 17, if it gets released this year, would be top 5
9. The Fall Guy - trailer looks great
8. Deadpool 3 - curious!
7. Civil War - trailer looks great
6. Ballerina - Ana De Armas!
5. Rebel Moon - the Snyder Cut version
4. Alien: Romulus - intrigued!
3. Gladiator 2 - curious!
2. Furiosa
1. Dune Part Two
