Comedies, detectives, and fantasies: IMDb named the top 10 most popular films of 2024
One of the largest movie platforms, IMDb, has released a list of the most watched films around the world. This year’s top ten includes films of various genres, including comedies, horror, fantasy, and detective stories.
The sequels to cult films, including Dune, Alien, Joker, and others, were very popular among international audiences. The full list of works can be found on the IMDb website.
1. “Deadpool and Wolverine”
The film directed by Shawn Levy reveals the story of two superheroes Deadpool and Wolverine. The former lives a quiet life until he is kidnapped by members of the Temporary Change Management. He will have to show his best skills to change the history of the Cinematic Universe. Wolverine, a member of the X-Men, will be able to help him.
2. “Dune: Part Two”
The fantasy action movie is a sequel to Dune, which was released in 2021. The film takes place in the desert on the planet Arakis, where a valuable substance called spice is mined. Viewers have the opportunity to observe the personal growth of the main character Paul Atrid from a stranger to the leader of the local people, the Fremen.
3. “Furiosa: Mad Max. The Saga”
The post-apocalyptic action movie, which is a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, tells the story of young Furiosa. The girl lived in a small settlement called Green Place of Many Mothers, which survived many disasters. She lived a quiet life in a commune ruled by women, and her main job was growing peaches and other crops, until she was captured by the gang leader Dementus. The film reveals the period of Furiosa’s growing up, when she plans to take revenge on her kidnapper and her mother’s murderer.
4. “Joker: Madness for Two”
The protagonist of the project, Arthur Fleck, is under round-the-clock supervision at the Arkham Psychiatric Hospital. While the failed comedian is on trial, he is constantly being bullied by guards and experiencing complete loneliness. But one day, everything changes when he meets a new patient, Harleen Quinzel.
5. “Alien: Romulus”
The story takes place on a gloomy planet whose inhabitants never see sunlight. Moreover, they are obliged to exist in absolute slavery to the Weyland-Yutani company. At one point, a group of young people decide to change their lives and escape from the planet, as they notice an abandoned station in outer space. However, after the escape, the problems did not end, as they encountered the most terrifying life form in the universe.
6. “Substance”
Over the years, the famous star Elizabeth Sparkle begins to lose her popularity. First, she is invited to act in films less and less, and then, on her 50th birthday, she is fired from a popular fitness show to restart the project with a younger host. All of these events make Sparkle feel terrible, so she decides to use an innovative product that is supposed to restore her beauty and youth. However, this experiment did not turn out exactly as the star wanted.
7. “Civil War”
The movie reveals the events of a large-scale civil war that broke out in the United States. At first, several regions expressed a desire to secede, and then this idea quickly spread throughout the country. The journalists decide to film all the events, and as a result, they witness crimes, terror, murder, and heroism.
8. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
The film takes place 36 years after the end of the first part. After surviving a family tragedy, three generations of the Dietz family return home to Winter River. The adult protagonist Lydia still can’t fully recover from her encounter with the ghost of the Beatles, when her daughter Astrid accidentally opens a portal to the afterlife. As soon as the spirit is able to return to the human world, it will wreak havoc.
9. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
The movie depicts events from the distant future, where people have returned to the Stone Age and gone wild. Now the world is ruled by apes, ruled by Caesar, who is shrouded in many stories of legendary feats. However, at one point, a representative of the dominant species questioned all the stories and decided to figure it all out on his own. To do this, he turned to a human girl who would help him understand the technologies created by her ancestors.
10. “Longlegs”
The investigation of a series of brutal serial murders is at a dead end, so the experts are forced to involve a young FBI agent, Lee Harker. She has a good intuition, so her colleagues hope to find the attacker as soon as possible. The unknown man has been committing gruesome murders for many years and leaving strange messages at the crime scenes. The woman will have to “plunge” into the world of the killer to solve the intricate mystery.
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