The best films and TV series of the first half of 2024 according to Metacritic

Metacritic continues to summarize the first half of 2024. The rating aggregator website has released two top lists — the best films and TV series released from January 1 to June 30.

The list was compiled based on the average score from critics. The best film was the comedy by the Romanian director Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, while the top five shows included the thriller about a stalker Deer, the historical drama Shogun, and the animated series X-Men '97.

Best films of the first half of 2024:

  1. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World — 95/100;
  2. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell — 94/100;
  3. Here — 93/100;
  4. Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus — 91/100;
  5. Totem — 91/100;
  6. Green Border — 91/100;
  7. La Chimera — 91/100;
  8. Pictures of Ghosts — 88/100;
  9. About Dry Grasses — 87/100;
  10. Janet Planet — 85/100;
  11. I Saw the TV Glow — 84/100;
  12. Chicken for Linda! — 84/100;
  13. Terrestrial Verses — 83/100;
  14. Evil Does Not Exist — 83/100;
  15. Ghostlight — 83/100;
  16. Inshallah a Boy — 83/100;
  17. Hit Man — 82/100;
  18. Challengers — 82/100;
  19. Aisha — 81/100;
  20. Skin Deep — 81/100.

Best TV series of the first half of 2024:

  1. Baby Reindeer — 88/100;
  2. Fantasmas — 87/100;
  3. Shogun — 85/100;
  4. Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show — 83/100;
  5. X-Men '97 — 82/100;
  6. In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon — 80/100;
  7. Boarders — 80/100;
  8. Mr. Bates vs. the Post — 80/100;
  9. The Sympathizer — 80/100;
  10. Nolly — 79/100;
  11. Diarra from Detroit — 79/100;
  12. Ren Faire — 79/100;
  13. We Were the Lucky Ones — 78/100;
  14. The Long Shadow — 78/100;
  15. The Vince Staples Show — 77/100;
  16. MaryLand — 76/100;
  17. One Day — 76/100;
  18. American Nightmare — 76/100;
  19. Ripley — 75/100;
  20. Mr. and Mrs. Smith — 75/100.

Previously, Metacritic released a similar top list dedicated to the best games.

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