A24 Ranked (20-11)

A continuation of my own personal ranking of movies produced and distributed by independent studio A24.

A24 Movies Ranked 20-11:

20. Ex-Machina (2014)

Dir: Alex Garland

Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac

Synopsis: Caleb Smith, a young programmer, gets a chance to become a part of a strange scientific experiment where he is expected to assess artificial intelligence by interacting with a female robot.

19. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos

Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp

Synopsis: Steven Murphy, a surgeon, takes an awkward teenage boy, Martin, under his wing. But things get worse for the Murphys when they find out that Martin has a sinister agenda of his own.

18. Midsommar (2019)

Dir: Ari Aster

Cast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Will Poulter

Synopsis: Dani’s psychological trauma affects her relationship with Christian, her lover. However, when they visit their friend’s ancestral commune in an effort to mend things, it changes their lives forever.

17. A Ghost Story (2017)

Dir: David Lowery

Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Will Oldham, Liz Cardenas Franke, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky

Synopsis: A dead man returns to his home to console his wife but finds himself stuck in a spectral state. He embarks on a cosmic journey after he is forced to watch his wife leave.

16. The Witch (2015)

Dir: Robert Eggers

Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson

Synopsis: In the New England of the 17th century, a banished Puritan family sets up a farm by the edge of a huge remote forest where no other family lives. Soon, sinister forces then start haunting them.

15. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Dir: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis

Synopsis: A Chinese immigrant gets unwillingly embroiled in an epic adventure where she must connect different versions of herself in the parallel universe to stop someone who intends to harm the multiverse.

14. Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Dir: Rose Glass

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Ed Harris

Synopsis: Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who’s heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Check out my review of Love Lies Bleeding here.

13. The Iron Claw (2023)

Dir: Sean Durkin

Cast: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, Lily James

Synopsis: Tells the story of the Von Erich brothers as they make history in the highly competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

Check out my review of The Iron Claw here.

12. Hereditary (2018)

Dir: Ari Aster

Cast: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Gabriel Byrne

Synopsis: After her mother passes away, Annie and the rest of the family are grief-stricken. Soon, strange things start occurring and the horrifying truth about Annie’s ancestry begins to come to light.

11. Good Time (2017)

Dir: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Lennice Webster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi

Synopsis: After a robbery goes wrong, Connie’s younger brother Nick is arrested and sent to prison. Desperate to get him out, Connie does everything he can to pay Nick’s bail.

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  1. Excellent list once again of the best A24 movies. I definitely agree with your choices many of which are my favorite films of all-time. However, the film that stands out the most to me is “The Iron Claw”. I have never been an avid fan of the wrestling world, so I went into this movie unsure whether I would enjoy it. I was so pleased to discover that it wasn’t really about wrestling as it was the strong bonds between brothers. The story of the Von Enrich brothers’ strong bond over wrestling really moved me. It brought back memory of my unbreakable bond with my brother. Given how much I loved the film, I was shocked when it didn’t get a single Oscar nomination. It was completely ignored by the Academy Awards. So, thanks for including this film on the list. Here’s why I loved it:

    https://huilahimovie.reviews/2024/01/24/the-iron-claw-2023-movie-review/

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