Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

No we are in the second half of the year, it is time for me to refresh my most anticipated movie list for the remainder of 2024. From my original list posted at the beginning of the year, 6 of my most anticipated 2024 movies have been released: “Dune: Part Two”, “Challengers”, “Civil War”, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, “A Quiet Place: Day One” and “The Bikeriders”. For the most part, these films have not disappointed, with all but the latter appearing in my mid-year Top 10 films of 2024.

Three of the yet to be released movies previously listed as my most anticipated movies of the year: “Joker: Folie A Deux”, “Nosferatu” and “Alien: Romulus” have shot to the top of the revised list with Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” dropping out having been pushed back to 2025. New entries onto the list include Oscar hopefuls: “Blitz”, “Conclave”, “Anora”, “Maria” and “Queer”.

There are also a couple of already released films that I am yet to check out, including Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “Kinds of Kindness” and the third instalment in Ti West‘s “X” series “MaXXXine”.

My most anticipated movie releases of 2024:

1. Joker: Folie a Deux

Dir: Todd Phillips

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener

UK Release Date: 4th October 2024

Synopsis: Failed comedian Arthur Fleck meets the love of his life, Harley Quinn, while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital. Upon his release, the two of them embark on a doomed romantic misadventure.

2. Nosferatu

Dir: Robert Eggers

Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe

UK Release Date: 3rd January 2025

Synopsis: A remake of the classic 1922 German expressionist film of the same name, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake

3. Alien: Romulus

Isabela Merced as Kay in 20th Century Studios’ ALIEN: ROMULUS. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Dir: Fede Alvarez

Cast: Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu

UK Release Date: 16th August 2024

Synopsis: Young people on a distant world find themselves confronting the most terrifying life-form in the universe.

4. Blitz

Dir: Steve McQueen

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliot Heffernan, Leigh Gill, Harris Dickinson, Erin Kellyman, Stephen Graham, Paul Weller

UK Release Date: 1st November 2024

Synopsis: The film is set in London during World War II. The synopsis reads, “George, defiant and determined to return home to Rita and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, ensues on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.”

5. Anora

Dir: Sean Baker

Cast: Mike Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov

UK Release Date: 1st November 2024

Synopsis: Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

6. Conclave

Dir: Edward Berger

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini

UK Release Date: 15th November 2024

Synopsis: Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting a new pope. Finding himself at the centre of a conspiracy, he discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.

7. Longlegs

Dir: Osgood Perkins

Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby

UK Release Date: 12th July 2024

Synopsis: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

8. Twisters

Dir: Lee Isaac Chung

Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos

UK Release Date: 17th July 2024

Synopsis: Haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper gets lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi, to test a ground-breaking new tracking system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens, a charming but reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma.

9. Queer

Dir: Luca Guadagnino

Cast: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Henry Zaga

UK Release Date: Q4 2024

Synopsis: Set in 1940s Mexico City, it follows Lee who, after fleeing from a drug bust in New Orleans, wanders around the city’s clubs and becomes infatuated with drug user Allerton, a discharged American Navy serviceman.

10. Maria

Dir: Pablo Larrain

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Haluk Bilginer