Award Winning Independent Cinema

Our wonderful staff and volunteers have taken our annual vote on our favourite films of 2024. 

Each of us voted for our top 3 films. Plymouth Arts Cinema screened 162 films this year, and we all have wide and varied tastes, so as usual we don’t have a lot of consensus!

The most popular film, with 5 votes, is Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar winning gothic masterpiece.

In joint second place, with 3 votes each, are The Zone Of Interest, All of Us Strangers, and Kneecap.

What were your top films of 2024? Let us know in the comments!

Here are some of our mini reviews and honourable mentions:

“All of Us Strangers had me absolutely in bits… twice!! Beautiful film.”
Maria, Volunteer

“The Outrun – I’ve never seen a full cinema of people so absolutely silent and riveted to the screen. Amazingly powerful acting from Saorise Ronan.
The Zone Of Interest -The use of sound and visuals was so innovative, it felt like the film expanded out of the screen – it’s more than ‘just’ a film in many ways. The sense of cognitive dissonance, of going on with daily life, with genocide taking place over the garden wall, is as much a comment on Nazi Germany as a warning for our world today.
La Chimera – Rambunctious and rambling yet ever so delicate, La Chimera has haunted me for months. I loved its retro European arthouse feel, blended with mythology and a touch of magic.”
Charlotte, Marketing Manager

“Something local (Remembrance), something French (The Marching Band), and something about art (Van Gogh – Poets and Lovers)! Honourable mention to That They May Face the Rising Sun for its sincerity”
Emmanuel, Volunteer

“I could have selected more as there are soooo many good films I’ve watched this year it was very hard to decide my best three.” (The Promised Land, Wicked Little Letters, and The Zen Diary)
Ruth, Front of House Manager

“Moving, informative and introspective films that highlight the human experience.” (All of Us Strangers, Frida, and Driving Mum)
Oscar, Volunteer

“Bye Bye Tiberias: I was deeply moved by the film’s portrayal of Palestinian lives, mother-daughter relationships, exile and family bonds.
Kneecap: Hilarious and thought-provoking about languages.
Bird: Andrea Arnold forever!
A special prize to Paddington in Peru for filling my heart with happiness and making me shed tears of joy at the end. Best marmalade sandwich ever!”
Manon, Operations Manager

“No Other Land – the nearest I’ve come to walking out of a PAC screening in disgust (- at the Israeli demolitions/expropriations!)”
Simon, Volunteer

“The Zone of Interest proved that cinema can still shock and stun in equal measure when dealing with subjects we think we already know about.”
Anna, Director and Film Programmer