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Although 2024 may have been a mediocre year for films, the best film performances of the year listed below were outstanding and deserve recognition. I include some under-the-radar work that you won't find on many other Year-End Lists. You'll see a few box-office bombs, a couple of ultra-low-budget experiments, and a substantial number of horror. In fact, some of these performances - particularly by women - were in horror, which made me very happy, given it's my favorite genre

Taken at the press screening of "Alien: Romulus" right before the film began. In 1979, "Alien" was unleashed upon the world, and the sci-fi/horror genre immediately had a new classic on its hands. Directed by relative newcomer (at that time) Ridley Scott, "Alien" took the world by storm and was the first of several sequels and prequels that would be released pretty regularly throughout the years. Excluding the films with "Predator" in the titles (the less said about those mov