Arts & Culture

Great movies you may have missed

WSHU | By Aisha Harris,

Glen Weldon, Bob Mondello, Hafsa Fathima, Jessica Reedy

Published January 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM EST

When one of her friends is injured at a rally, Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami, center) becomes increasingly supportive of the movement challenging Iran's authoritarian regime.

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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Hafsa Fathima

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Jessica Reedy

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