The 30 Best A24 Movies


20 Love Lies Bleeding, 2024

Love Lies Bleeding

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Director: Rose Glass
Writers: Rose Glass, Weronika Tofilska
Starring: Katy O’Brian, Kristen Stewart, Ed Harris
Box office: $8 683 000

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19 Causeway, 2022

Causeway

Having suffered a severe injury while serving in Afghanistan as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, emotionally scarred Lynsey returns to her home town of New Orleans to recuperate. And as the heavily medicated former officer struggles to find purpose outside rehab and the military, working hard to reclaim her life, Lynsey strikes up an unexpected relationship with sweet-natured local mechanic James, a broken soul offering companionship. But Lynsey is itching to redeploy to find her place in the world. When well-buried traumas stand in the way of new beginnings, can time take the edge off the pain and heal the open wounds of the past?

Director: Lila Neugebauer
Writers: Ottessa Moshfegh, Luke Goebel, Elizabeth Sanders
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Danny Wolohan

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18 After Yang, 2021

After Yang

When his young daughter’s beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn’t know was there.

Director: Kogonada
Writers: Kogonada, Alexander Weinstein
Starring: Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Haley Lu Richardson
Box office: $729 000

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17 Sharper, 2022

Sharper

No one is who they seem in Sharper, a neo-noir thriller of secrets and lies, set amongst New York City’s bedrooms, barrooms and boardrooms. Characters compete for riches and power in a high stakes game of ambition, greed, lust and jealousy that will keep audiences guessing until the final moment.

Director: Benjamin Caron
Writer: Alessandro Tanaka
Starring: Sebastian Stan, Julianne Moore, John Lithgow

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16 Beau Is Afraid, 2023

Beau Is Afraid

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.

Director: Ari Aster
Writer: Ari Aster
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan
Budget: $35 000 000
Box office: $11 955 000

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15 Uncut Gems, 2019

Uncut Gems

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Writers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
Starring: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel
Budget: $19 000 000
Box office: $50 023 000

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14 Dream Scenario, 2023

Dream Scenario

Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.

Director: Kristoffer Borgli
Writer: Kristoffer Borgli
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Bird
Box office: $11 342 000

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13 Eighth Grade, 2018

Eighth Grade

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Director: Bo Burnham
Writer: Bo Burnham
Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson
Box office: $14 347 000

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12 Pearl, 2022

Pearl

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.

Director: Ti West
Writers: Mia Goth, Ti West
Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright
Box office: $9 747 000

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11 Men, 2022

Men

In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s (Ex Machina, Annihilation) feverish, shape-shifting new horror film.

Director: Alex Garland
Writer: Alex Garland
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Gayle Rankin
Box office: $11 152 000

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