Films I've seen for the first time in 2024
by DougWonnacott | created - 4 months ago | updated - 1 day ago | PublicThis is all the films I've seen for the first time in 2024 in order of when I saw them.
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1. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
TV-PG | 29 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.
Director: Nick Park | Stars: Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Sarah Laborde, Ben Whitehead
Votes: 18,345
2. Three Ages (1923)
Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy
The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts
Votes: 5,205
3. Monkey Business (1931)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers, Chico Marx
Votes: 14,283
4. A Night at the Opera (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 34,772 | Gross: $2.54M
5. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax
Votes: 20,280
6. Men in Black (1934)
G | 19 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges become doctors at a large hospital where they disrupt patients and staff alike.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Carmen Andre
Votes: 1,472
7. Horse Feathers (1932)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers
Votes: 13,403
8. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
TV-G | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
Directors: Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed | Stars: Craig Foster, Tom Foster
Votes: 63,878
9. The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
159 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tsunehiko Watase, Masaomi Kondô
Votes: 593
10. The Boy and the Heron (2023)
PG-13 | 124 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon
Votes: 51,161
11. Jungle Book (1942)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia
Votes: 4,701 | Gross: $2.83M
12. Freaks (1932)
Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Horror
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 50,631 | Gross: $0.63M
13. 12 Hours of Terror (1990)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Red Army aims to assassinate the Daka Lama in Singapore. Ling May, with a rare blood type, encounters them. Terrorists strike. Authorities seek a donor match as Ling's boyfriend and a conman intervene, racing against time.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Alan Tam, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang, Ka-Yan Leung
Votes: 502
14. Samurai Wolf (1966)
75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A charismatic ronin gets snared into a conflict between officials at a waystation, and gains the enmity of a group of thugs.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono, Tatsuo Endô
Votes: 777
15. Long Arm of the Law (1984)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four men sneak into Hong Kong to rob a jewelry store. Before the robbery, they're hired by a local triad to kill a man, who turns out to be a cop. They have to execute the heist while hiding from the police hunting them down.
Director: Johnny Mak | Stars: Jing Chen, Lung Chiang, Ling Chow, Pak Fei
Votes: 972
16. Samurai Wolf II (1967)
72 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kiba is caught in the intrigue between a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical, betrayed swordsman, a manipulative lady and an arrogant dojo master.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Ichirô Nakatani, Bin Amatsu, Yûko Kusunoki
Votes: 499
17. Shadow (2018)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a Chinese royal court, an army commander secretly trains a "shadow" to retake a city against the wishes of the king.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang
Votes: 18,227 | Gross: $0.52M
18. Undeclared War (1990)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Danny Lee, Olivia Hussey, Peter Liapis, Rosamund Kwan
Votes: 388
19. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,841
20. BuyBust (2018)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An anti-drug enforcement agency stages a massive drug bust in the slums of Manila.
Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Anne Curtis, Brandon Vera, Victor Neri, Arjo Atayde
Votes: 2,116 | Gross: $0.18M
21. Gold (1974)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Thriller
A South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 2,510 | Gross: $0.96M
22. Street Law (1974)
76 min | Action, Thriller
An engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete, Barbara Bach, Renzo Palmer
Votes: 1,771
23. International Assassin (1976)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
Director: Shan-Hsi Ting | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Angela Mao, George Lazenby, Chun-Hsiung Ko
Votes: 133
24. Yellow-Faced Tiger (1974)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
Director: Wei Lo | Stars: Chuck Norris, Sylvia Chang, Don Wong, Wang Tsun
Votes: 729
25. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,634 | Gross: $2.11M
26. Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs reads "Hiawatha" and winds up being hunted by him.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 824
27. Meet John Doughboy (1941)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce, Robert Clampett
Votes: 396
28. The Inspector Wears Skirts II (1989)
96 min | Action, Comedy
Four new recruits join the newly established police academy's female training program, SKIRTS, with petty competitiveness and infighting ruling the proceedings.
Director: Wellson Chin | Stars: Sibelle Hu, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Billy Lau, Regina Kent
Votes: 195
29. Prey (I) (2022)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp
Votes: 227,403
30. Hannie Caulder (1971)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Western
After she is raped and her husband murdered, a woman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can get her revenge on the three outlaws responsible.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam
Votes: 4,175 | Gross: $0.46M
31. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 858,121 | Gross: $108.33M
32. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
PG-13 | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace
Votes: 30,490
33. The Sound of 007 (2022)
88 min | Documentary, Music
Follows the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, going behind the lens into one of the greatest movie franchise and the iconic 007 theme song.
Director: Mat Whitecross | Stars: Rami Malek, Daniel Craig, Michael Caine, Hans Zimmer
Votes: 2,179
34. New Kid in town (1990)
88 min | Action
Two exceptional kung fu students leave the mainland to work for their uncle in Hong Kong. Before long the students and their cousin, delectable Asian babe Moon Lee, get mixed up in a drug ... See full summary »
Director: Kar-Yung Lau | Stars: Siu-Ho Chin, Moon Lee, Chia-Liang Liu, Eddie Maher
Votes: 144
35. The Gold Rush (1925)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman
Votes: 118,694 | Gross: $5.45M
36. Monkey Man (2024)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.
Director: Dev Patel | Stars: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Jatin Malik
Votes: 34,817
37. Miao tan shuang long (1989)
Unrated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Martial arts adventure about a tough FBI cop (Cynthia Rothrock) high-kicking her way to the final showdown with a Chinese Mafia boss.
Director: Chia-Yung Liu | Stars: Michael Kiu Wai Miu, Cynthia Rothrock, Ken Tong, Suki Kwan
Votes: 332
38. Killer's Mission (1969)
90 min | Drama
A shogunate secret agent is sent to investigate a secret deal with a Dutch warship involving repeating rifles to be used in an uprising against the Shogun, but finds there's more going on than previously suspected.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yumiko Nogawa, Tomoko Mayama, Satoshi Tianjin
Votes: 146
39. Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984 TV Movie)
72 min | Crime, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland
Votes: 598
40. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,668 | Gross: $8.21M
41. Road House (2024)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, Billy Magnussen
Votes: 114,160
42. Return of the Tiger (1977)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime
Shrewd and suave Chang Wong, and his redoubtable female partner, devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin drug ring led by the flatulent and nefarious Paul.
Director: Jimmy Shaw | Stars: Bruce Li, Paul L. Smith, Yi Chang, Angela Mao
Votes: 251
43. Night Vision (1997)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A homicide investigator goes after a media-obsessed serial murderer who videotapes his victims's deaths
Director: Gil Bettman | Stars: Fred Williamson, Cynthia Rothrock, Robert Forster, Frank Pesce
Votes: 593
44. The Pink Panther (1963)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Votes: 56,693 | Gross: $10.88M
45. The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama
Supposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Jack Long, Yi-Min Li, Kuan-Wu Lung, Siu-Tin Yuen
Votes: 727
46. Yi dai jian wang (1968)
85 min | Action
Tsai Ying-Chieh (Tien Ping) is on a 20 year long mission of revenge against the man who killed his parents. Anyone who gets in his way must be punished by his swordplay skills. Another ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien, Meng-Hua Yang, Nan Chiang
Votes: 109
47. Alligator (1980)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger
Votes: 15,881
48. The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime
Hitman Narumi is asked to rescue a kidnapped businessman who is involved in an air defense project. Narumi nearly succeeds but a stray shot kills the hostage. Nevertheless the person who hired Narumi now has another mission for him.
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Yôko Ichiji, Daigo Kusano
Votes: 233
49. Black Mask (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.
Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Karen Mok, Françoise Yip
Votes: 12,285 | Gross: $12.49M
50. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 960,601 | Gross: $53.37M
51. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,604 | Gross: $0.16M
52. The Rink (1916)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Short
After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley, Eric Campbell
Votes: 4,284
53. The Killing Game (1978)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After making a sensational hit, Narumi has gone into hiding for 5 years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared 5 years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to ... See full summary »
Director: Tôru Murakawa | Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Yutaka Nakajima, Gajirô Satô, Kai Atô
Votes: 147
54. The Inspector Wears Skirts III (1990)
96 min | Action, Comedy
Now married to Madam Wu who has quit the force, Inspector Kan regroups SKIRTS and begins preparing them for a new undercover mission aboard a floating casino.
Director: Wellson Chin | Stars: Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Sibelle Hu, Kara Wai, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung
Votes: 74
55. The Inspector Wears Skirts IV (1992)
93 min | Action, Comedy
After all the old members of SKIRTS have retired, and a new batch of graduates almost all resigned, two remaining graduates try to convince old members to rejoin in order to save SKIRTS from becoming defunct.
Director: Wellson Chin | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Moon Lee, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Wan-Yee Tse
Votes: 83
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