Great movies you may have missed

By Aisha Harris,

Glen Weldon, Bob Mondello, Walter Chaw, Rommel Wood, Hafsa Fathima, Liz Metzger, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published January 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM EST

(L-R) Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, and Setareh Maleki in The Seed of the Sacred Fig. — (L-R) Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, and Setareh Maleki in *The Seed of the Sacred Fig.*

We covered dozens of new movies in 2024, some we loved, some we didn't, and everything in between. And there are always a few favorites that we don't get a chance to talk about. Today, we're making recommendations for great movies we missed in 2024.

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Aisha Harris

Aisha Harris is a host of Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk.

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Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello, who jokes that he was a jinx at the beginning of his critical career — hired to write for every small paper that ever folded in Washington, just as it was about to collapse — saw that jinx broken in 1984 when he came to NPR.

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Walter Chaw

Rommel Wood

Hafsa Fathima

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Liz Metzger

Mike Katzif

Jessica Reedy

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