A24 has emerged as one of the most original production companies in recent years. And while the films it produces span every genre — from horror to documentary to comedy and beyond — the entertainment house has become synonymous with a certain aesthetic.
The company has attracted singular filmmakers like Sofia Coppola, Ari Aster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Barry Jenkins, who have helped define the company’s creative ethos to the point that it’s often easy to recognize a film as being an A24 production. And its films are not just underground hits, either. Many of them, like Minari, The Zone of Interest and Everything Everywhere All at Once, have also won Oscars.
While HBO Max is the premier destination to stream the most A24 films, you can find some of its best movies across several free streaming services such as Kanopy, Tubi Pluto TV and Plex. This March, catch acclaimed films like The Bling Ring, Midsommar and Aftersun — and loads more, which have all recently arrived to these services.
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Here are some of our favorite A24 hits that you can now watch without spending a dime.
The 2022 drama Aftersun stars Paul Mescal as Calum, the young father of an 11-year-old named Sophie (Frankie Corio). The two take a holiday to a Turkish beach resort together, and the film is a moving, lovely character study of their relationship and a reflection on their fleeting, shared moments together. We later see an adult Sophie watching the camcorder footage she shot, reconnecting with the memories of her past. The critically acclaimed film is available on several platforms this month, including Tubi, Pluto TV and Kanopy.
Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, 20th Century Women is a semi-autobiographical drama inspired by director Mike Mills’ life. The coming of age film stars Lucas Jade Zumann as a 15-year-old kid growing up with his single mom (Annette Bening) and the boarders living in their house, 24-year-old Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and a carpenter named William (Billy Crudup), and dealing with his feelings for his best friend Julie (Elle Fanning). Bening earned a Golden Globe nomination for her role and the film received an Oscar nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Amy Winehouse died in 2011 from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. If you were only familiar with Winehouse from her near-constant presence in the tabloids, the 2015 documentary Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia, will make you realize just how talented she was. Amy is a devastating look at a young woman with otherworldly talents who struggled under the weight of fame. The film features interviews with her closest friends, as well as colleagues like Mark Ronson, Mos Def and Tony Bennett, and never-before-seen footage before and during her rise to fame.
The 2013 crime drama The Bling Ring was directed by Sofia Coppola and features Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Katie Chang and Israel Broussard as part of a group of thieves known as the Bling Ring. Based on real criminals, the thieves would target celebrities and steal from their homes. The film features cameos from real-life theft victims Kirsten Dunst and Paris Hilton, who appear in the film as themselves. The Bling Ring is out now on Kanopy, Tubi and Pluto TV.
The Zone of Interest, which won Best International Feature at the Oscars in 2024, is written and directed by Jonathan Glazer and loosely based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis. The film takes a look at the idyllic life of German Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss who, along with his wife Hedwig, raise their five children in the shadow of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Separated only by a garden wall, the family goes about their seemingly normal, every day lives as countless people are imprisoned and killed just beyond the gates of their home.
Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror Midsommar stars Florence Pugh as Dani, an American student who visits Sweden with her boyfriend and some friends to take part in a midsummer festival on a commune. Things get dicey as it turns out that the cult requires new guests like Dani and her friends to participate in mating and sacrifice rituals that are hardly the fun Scandinavian holiday of their dreams.
Minari is a semi-autobiographical story based on director Lee Isaac Chung’s upbringing. Nominated for six Oscars, the film is the story of a family of South Korean immigrants who relocate from California to Arkansas during the 1980s. Youn Yuh-jung won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Soon-ja, the family matriarch who emigrates from South Korea to live with the family, and the film co-stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri and Alan Kim.
Stephan is the sports journalist for the Maple Grove Report.
