The year 2024 proved that big budgets aren’t everything, with a new wave of independent filmmakers crafting stories that resonated with audiences and critics alike. These underdogs of the silver screen reminded us that sometimes, the smallest films cast the biggest shadows.

While the majority of the best sci-fi movies of 2024 are additions to already well-established franchises, there's also a special pla

Despite the trend to claim 'no CGI' was used, VFX continued to play a crucial role in most big movies in 2024. It helped create fictional worlds like Arrakis in Dune, fantastical creatures like the xenomorphs in Alien: Romulus and all-out magic in Wicked (also see our pick of the best CGI movie moments of all time).

From aliens to superheroes, here’s our list of the best action movies of 2024. From self-aiming guns that look like something out of Call of Duty to an impressive zero-gravity scene, Alien: Romulus is a whole lot of fun.