SXSW 2024: Movie Scorecard

The 2024 South By Southwest Film Festival will be in full effect from March 8 to 16, with over 115 features and 80 short films on screen. With our SXSW 2024 Movie Scorecard, we’re featuring every movie that got enough reviews for a Tomatometer that’s playing the Austin fest. Check it out below, on top of our guide to 22 movies we can’t wait to see, which includes Cheech & Chong’s Lstt Movie, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s The Fall Guy, Sydney Sweeney’s Immaculate, Dev Patel directorial debut Monkey Man, and the Road House remake.

#1

Babes (2024)
Tomatometer icon 87%

#1
Adjusted Score: 94319%
Critics Consensus: Offering an uproariously unvarnished look at motherhood and female friendships, Babes finds Pamela Adlon making an assured feature-length directorial debut with a big assist from stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau.
Synopsis: BABES follows inseparable childhood friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly... [More]
Starring: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, John Carroll Lynch, Hasan Minhaj
Directed By: Pamela Adlon

#2

My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
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#2
Adjusted Score: 100211%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE is a dark comedy drama that follows the journey of Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green), a U.S. Army... [More]
Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman
Directed By: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes

#3

Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#3
Adjusted Score: 92706%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A feature documentary about two out of work actors attempting the impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet... [More]
Starring: Sam Crane, Mark Oosterveen, Jen Cohn
Directed By: Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane

#4

Oddity (2024)
Tomatometer icon 96%

#4
Adjusted Score: 103034%
Critics Consensus: An elegant and spooky ghost story punctuated with clever jolts, Oddity hews to the fundamentals of fright and achieves shout-inducing results.
Synopsis: When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects... [More]
Starring: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton
Directed By: Damian McCarthy

#5

Timestalker (2024)
Tomatometer icon 88%

#5
Adjusted Score: 89349%
Critics Consensus: Leveraging high-concept sci-fi to explore how bad life choices are evergreen, Timestalker is a clever and imaginative sophomore feature from director and star Alice Lowe.
Synopsis: Timestalker follows hapless heroine Agnes through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets... [More]
Starring: Natasia Demetriou, Jacob Anderson, Tanya Reynolds, Kate Dickie
Directed By: Alice Lowe

#6

Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
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#6
Adjusted Score: 100354%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and kept it going for... [More]
Starring:
Directed By: Jeremy Workman

#7
#7
Adjusted Score: 78736%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An American couple, on the verge of adopting a baby, goes on an Italian vacation -- an opportunity to reconnect... [More]
Starring: Nick Kroll, Andrew Rannells, Nunzia Schiano, Morgan Spector
Directed By: Brian Crano, David Joseph Craig

#8

An Army of Women (2024)
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#8
Adjusted Score: 56996%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: ... [More]
Starring:
Directed By: Julie Lunde Lillesæter

#9

Hunting Daze (2024)
Tomatometer icon 83%

#9
Adjusted Score: 70848%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Nina, a tempestuous young woman, joins a group of hunters at a remote cabin. In this male micro-society, she finally... [More]
Starring: Nahéma Ricci, Bruno Marcil, Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi, Marc Beaupré
Directed By: Annick Blanc

#10

Resynator (2024)
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#10
Adjusted Score: 78203%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In unearthing the revolutionary synthesizer her late father invented in the 1970s, Alison Tavel not only revives his mission to... [More]
Starring: Jon Anderson, Fred Armisen, Christian Castagno, Alison Tavel
Directed By: Alison Travel, Alison Tavel

#11

The Hobby (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89%

#11
Adjusted Score: 57262%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: ... [More]
Starring:
Directed By: Simon Ennis

#12

Monkey Man (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89%

#12
Adjusted Score: 109544%
Critics Consensus: An audacious effort from debuting director Dev Patel, Monkey Man dispenses action and sociopolitical commentary with equal aplomb.
Synopsis: Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, an... [More]
Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma
Directed By: Dev Patel

#13

Cold Wallet (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93%

#13
Adjusted Score: 93067%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After losing everything in a cryptocurrency scam, a ragtag team of vigilante Redditors attempt to kidnap the kingpin who screwed... [More]
Starring: Raúl Castillo, Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero, Josh Brener
Directed By: Cutter Hodierne

#14

The Fall Guy (2024)
Tomatometer icon 81%

#14
Adjusted Score: 106379%
Critics Consensus: With action, comedy, romance, and a pair of marvelously matched stars, The Fall Guy might be the rare mainstream movie with something to entertain everyone.
Synopsis: He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and... [More]
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu
Directed By: David Leitch

#15

Family (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78%

#15
Adjusted Score: 49963%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: ... [More]
Starring: Ruth Wilson, Ben Chaplin, Lucinda Lee Dawson Gray, Allan Corduner
Directed By: Benjamin Finkel

#16

Arcadian (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78%

#16
Adjusted Score: 85177%
Critics Consensus: Led by a trio of strong performances, Arcadian blends family drama and post-apocalyptic horror to visceral, emotionally stirring effect.
Synopsis: In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall
Directed By: Benjamin Brewer

#17

Civil War (2024)
Tomatometer icon 81%

#17
Adjusted Score: 107872%
Critics Consensus: Tough and unsettling by design, Civil War is a gripping close-up look at the violent uncertainty of life in a nation in crisis.
Synopsis: From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they... [More]
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen Henderson
Directed By: Alex Garland

#18

Azrael (2024)
Tomatometer icon 74%

#18
Adjusted Score: 78119%
Critics Consensus: Lead by another bloody fantastic performance from Samara Weaving, Azrael sacrifices depth on the altar of storytelling economy but delivers pure adrenaline in the bargain.
Synopsis: In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Samara... [More]
Starring: Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Eero Milonoff
Directed By: E.L. Katz

#19

Cuckoo (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78%

#19
Adjusted Score: 89585%
Critics Consensus: Directed with inventive flair by Tilman Singer while given flavorful personality by stars Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens, Cuckoo is a madcap madhouse horror that's on the right side of deranged.
Synopsis: Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in... [More]
Starring: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas
Directed By: Tilman Singer

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#21

Road House (2024)
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#21
Adjusted Score: 73576%
Critics Consensus: Road House updates a cult classic for a new generation, happily replicating the original's emphasis on cheesy brawn over narrative brains.
Synopsis: In this adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic, ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer... [More]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams
Directed By: Doug Liman

#22

Stormy (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71%

#22
Adjusted Score: 70931%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: From reporters to lawyers to politicians, many have attempted to define Stormy Daniels. Stormy tells the unvarnished truth about an... [More]
Starring: Stormy Daniels
Directed By: Sarah Gibson

#23

Immaculate (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71%

#23
Adjusted Score: 84291%
Critics Consensus: Immaculate in conception if not always in execution, this religiously themed horror outing is saved by a divine performance from Sydney Sweeney.
Synopsis: Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You, Euphoria, The White Lotus) stars as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on... [More]
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Simona Tabasco
Directed By: Michael Mohan

#24

Y2K (2024)
Tomatometer icon 63%

#24
Adjusted Score: 64138%
Critics Consensus: Y2K earns points for ambition and sheer audacity, even if it struggles to keep the laughs coming while maintaining a messy tonal blend.
Synopsis: On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves... [More]
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid LAROI
Directed By: Kyle Mooney

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