A24 Films, Ranked

Won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture at the 2023 ceremony, and remains A24's highest-grossing film to date. The Daniels' maximalist multiverse epic redefined what an indie studio could achieve at the Oscars.

Won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017 in a famously chaotic envelope mix-up. Barry Jenkins' triptych coming-of-age drama is widely regarded as one of the finest American films of the century.

Ari Aster's feature debut is considered one of the most terrifying horror films of its generation, anchored by Toni Collette's tour-de-force performance. It became a benchmark for A24's elevated-horror reputation.

Jonathan Glazer's Holocaust drama won the Academy Awards for Best International Feature and Best Sound at the 2024 ceremony. Its clinical portrait of a commandant's domestic life beside Auschwitz is a landmark of formal daring.

The Safdie brothers' anxiety-inducing thriller features a career-best dramatic turn from Adam Sandler as a self-destructive jeweler. Its relentless tension made it an instant modern classic.

Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut earned five Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Director. Its warm, specific Sacramento coming-of-age story became a critical darling.

Alex Garland's cerebral AI thriller won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects on a modest budget, an upset at the 2016 ceremony. It remains one of the sharpest science-fiction films about artificial consciousness.

Robert Eggers' meticulously researched 1630s New England folk horror announced a major new filmmaker. Its period-accurate dread and Black Phillip made it a cult phenomenon.

Celine Song's debut earned Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations in 2024. Its aching meditation on fate and roads not taken drew near-universal acclaim.

Robert Eggers' black-and-white two-hander pits Willem Dafoe against Robert Pattinson in a descent into madness. Its 1.19:1 aspect ratio and briny dialogue made it an arthouse sensation.

Ari Aster's daylight folk-horror set among a Swedish cult became a divisive but influential breakup movie in disguise. Florence Pugh's performance and its floral dread are widely praised.

Brie Larson won the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 2016 ceremony for this harrowing captivity drama, an A24 U.S. release. Told partly through a child's eyes, it balances trauma with tenderness.

Sean Baker's portrait of childhood in the shadow of Disney World earned Willem Dafoe a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Its vibrant, empathetic realism marked a high point for the studio.

Charlotte Wells' debut earned Paul Mescal a Best Actor Oscar nomination for its tender father-daughter holiday memory. Its emotional restraint made it a critics' favorite of 2022.

Harmony Korine's neon-soaked provocation, one of A24's earliest releases, cast former Disney stars against James Franco's 'Alien' in a candy-colored crime fever dream. Polarizing but undeniably a cultural moment.

David Lowery's Arthurian fantasy starring Dev Patel divided audiences with its deliberate pace and dense symbolism. Visually stunning, though its ambiguity frustrated as many as it enthralled.

Ari Aster's three-hour surrealist odyssey with Joaquin Phoenix was his most polarizing and least commercially successful film. Ambitious to a fault, it left many viewers baffled.

Alex Garland's folk-horror allegory about a widow and Rory Kinnear's many roles drew heavy criticism for its heavy-handed metaphors. Its grotesque finale split critics sharply.