The Complete 2024 Dataset
This is not a curated top-10. This is the full data dump. VirtueVigil scored 93 films from 2024. Here is every single one, ranked by Woke Score from highest to lowest. The most comprehensive woke movie list on the internet. Real scores. Real data. No editorializing about which films "feel" woke. Just the numbers.
Some surprises in the bottom half. Some films marked as "safe" or "family friendly" carry measurable progressive content. Some traditionally-scoring films you would expect to be on the woke side landed in the middle. Check your favorites below.
The data: 93 films scored. 51 score woke-leaning or higher. 42 score traditional-leaning or higher. The #1 most woke film (Conclave, +42.6 woke margin) is separated from the #93 least-woke film (Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, +27.1 trad margin) by an ideological canyon. VirtueVigil exists to make that visible.
Sections below: Top 10 Wokest (featured), then complete rankings table.
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1
Conclave (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -39 WOKEThe most woke film of 2024 by a wide margin. A Vatican thriller that systematically deconstructs religious authority, treating the Catholic Church as an institution built to suppress truth and protect power. Ralph Fiennes is extraordinary in a film whose climactic revelation is designed to challenge every traditional assumption about gender and institutional legitimacy. Woke Score: 42.6, Traditional Score: 3.85.
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Heretic (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -27 WOKEHugh Grant lures Mormon missionaries into his home to dismantle their faith. The film frames organized religion as a mechanism of control and positions its villain's arguments as more intellectually compelling than his victims' belief. Horror as anti-faith treatise. Woke Score: 41, Traditional Score: 14.
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Anora (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -26 WOKEThe Palme d'Or winner frames wealth, family authority, and traditional social structures as inherently oppressive. A class-warfare narrative dressed as a Cinderella story. The critical establishment loved it because it validates the idea that institutions exist to crush the marginalized. Woke Score: 36, Traditional Score: 10.
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The Substance (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -24 WOKEBody horror as feminist manifesto. The male gaze is a literal monster. Aging is systemic injustice. Demi Moore commits fully to a film that uses graphic physical transformation to indict Hollywood beauty standards and patriarchal control. Directed with genuine visual flair. Woke Score: 37, Traditional Score: 13.
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Emilia Perez (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -22 WOKEA musical about a cartel boss who transitions genders and becomes a humanitarian. The film treats gender transition as moral redemption. Multiple award wins could not overcome the audience backlash when viewers realized what they were watching. Woke Score: 28, Traditional Score: 6.
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Immaculate (2024)
STRONGLY WOKE -21 WOKESydney Sweeney in a convent horror film that frames the Catholic Church as an institution of reproductive coercion. The horror is explicitly about bodily autonomy being stolen by religious men. Woke Score: 29, Traditional Score: 8.
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MaXXXine (2024)
WOKE -18 WOKETi West's trilogy closer treats conservative Christian activism as the true horror of 1980s LA. Traditional morality is the villain. Sexual liberation is the hero's journey. Stylish but ideologically unsubtle. Woke Score: 32, Traditional Score: 14.
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
WOKE -17 WOKEA neo-noir queer romance that treats rural American masculinity as the source of all violence. Beautifully shot, ideologically loaded. Woke Score: 26, Traditional Score: 9.
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Babygirl (2024)
WOKE -15 WOKENicole Kidman in an erotic thriller that frames female desire as inherently revolutionary and traditional power dynamics in relationships as inherently corrupt. The film's sexual politics are its entire reason for existing. Woke Score: 19.22, Traditional Score: 4.4.
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The Apprentice (2024)
WOKE -14 WOKEA biographical drama about young Donald Trump designed as a character assassination with plausible deniability. The film frames ambition, wealth accumulation, and transactional relationships as uniquely American pathologies. Whatever your politics, the timing and framing tell you everything about intent. Woke Score: 21, Traditional Score: 6.65.
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Monkey Man (2024)
WOKE -14 WOKEDev Patel's directorial debut uses its Indian setting to frame religious nationalism and patriarchal power structures as systemic evils. The action is visceral but the politics are unmistakable. Woke Score: 28, Traditional Score: 14.
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Queer (2024)
WOKE -13 WOKELuca Guadagnino adapts William S. Burroughs with Daniel Craig. The film's identity is in the title. Woke Score: 17.5, Traditional Score: 4.2.
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Nickel Boys (2024)
WOKE -13 WOKEBased on Colson Whitehead's novel about a Jim Crow-era reform school. Institutional racism is the explicit subject. The film's first-person camera technique is innovative, but the ideological framework treats American institutions as fundamentally, irredeemably broken. Woke Score: 21.84, Traditional Score: 8.74.
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Megalopolis (2024)
WOKE -12 WOKEFrancis Ford Coppola's passion project: a Rome-meets-New York epic that treats democratic institutions as decadent and frames utopian reinvention as the only solution. Messy, ambitious, and ideologically incoherent in ways that still land on the woke side of the ledger. Woke Score: 20.83, Traditional Score: 8.98.
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Wicked (2024)
WOKE -11 WOKEThe Broadway adaptation carries the musical's core thesis: the authorities lied, the outcast was right, and the system punishes those who challenge it. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande deliver star-making performances inside a story that frames institutional authority as inherently corrupt. Woke Score: 28.42, Traditional Score: 17.44.
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Borderlands (2024)
WOKE LEAN -9 WOKEThe video game adaptation flopped spectacularly, grossing $33 million against a $120 million budget. Gender-swapped casting, a ragtag-outcasts-vs-corporation structure, and Cate Blanchett apparently in a different film from everyone else. Woke Score: 17.5, Traditional Score: 8.26.
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Dune: Part Two (2024)
WOKE LEAN -8 WOKEDenis Villeneuve's epic reframes Paul Atreides as a false messiah and treats religious faith as a manufactured tool of political control. Visually stunning, narratively ambitious, and ideologically pointed in its deconstruction of charismatic leadership. Woke Score: 19.36, Traditional Score: 11.55.
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Kinds of Kindness (2024)
WOKE LEAN -7 WOKEYorgos Lanthimos's triptych treats power, control, and human relationships as inherently transactional. Woke Score: 9, Traditional Score: 2.
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Mean Girls (2024)
WOKE LEAN -6 WOKEThe musical adaptation updates Tina Fey's original with contemporary diversity casting and social media commentary. The satire is gentler, the casting more inclusive, and the ideological updates unmistakable even when the jokes still land. Woke Score: 15.9, Traditional Score: 9.6.
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
WOKE LEAN -5 WOKEDiablo Cody's horror comedy about a teen girl who reanimates a corpse. Mild progressive framing around female agency and suburban satire. Woke Score: 7, Traditional Score: 2.
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Madame Web (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKESony's Spider-Verse adjacent entry: an all-female superhero origin story that grossed $100 million against an $80 million budget. The girl-power framing is present but the bigger problem is the filmmaking itself. Woke Score: 13.42, Traditional Score: 9.15.
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The Room Next Door (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKEPedro Almodovar's English-language debut about euthanasia, featuring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Treats the right to die as a settled moral question. Woke Score: 16, Traditional Score: 12.
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKETim Burton's belated sequel updates the original's anarchic energy with contemporary progressive touches. Jenna Ortega's character carries feminist framing, and the film's authority figures are uniformly incompetent or corrupt. Entertaining but ideologically updated. Woke Score: 16, Traditional Score: 12.
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Challengers (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKELuca Guadagnino's tennis love triangle deconstructs monogamy and traditional relationship structures. Zendaya's character manipulates two men for over a decade. Stylish and morally vacant by design. Woke Score: 7, Traditional Score: 3.
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Civil War (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKEAlex Garland's near-future thriller about American collapse avoids easy partisan framing but still lands woke-lean. The film's refusal to assign clear political sides reads as both its greatest strength and an implicit critique of American institutions. Woke Score: 22, Traditional Score: 18.
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Blitz (2024)
WOKE LEAN -4 WOKESteve McQueen's WWII drama centers a mixed-race boy's experience during the London Blitz, reframing Britain's "finest hour" through the lens of racial injustice. Technically accomplished, ideologically pointed. Woke Score: 11, Traditional Score: 7.
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The Brutalist (2024)
WOKE LEAN -3 WOKEBrady Corbet's epic about a Hungarian-Jewish architect in postwar America. A meditation on the immigrant experience, patronage, and exploitation. The framing positions American opportunity as a trap rather than a promise. Woke Score: 9, Traditional Score: 6.
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28
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
WOKE LEAN -3 WOKEThe MCU's R-rated team-up relies on meta-humor and franchise nostalgia. Progressive casting choices and corporate-mandated diversity keep the woke score above neutral despite Deadpool's irreverent tone. Barely woke, mostly corporate. Woke Score: 11, Traditional Score: 8.
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29
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
WOKE LEAN -3 WOKEThe franchise's fourth installment introduces a female thief as co-lead and reduces Po's established mentor role. Mild progressive touches in a mostly inoffensive family film. Woke Score: 10, Traditional Score: 7.
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Speak No Evil (2024)
WOKE LEAN -2 WOKEThe American remake of the Danish horror film. James McAvoy menaces a family whose politeness prevents them from confronting danger. Mild progressive framing around masculinity and social compliance. Woke Score: 9.18, Traditional Score: 6.78.
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31
Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)
WOKE LEAN -2 WOKETodd Phillips spent $200 million to tell his own fanbase they were wrong for connecting with Arthur Fleck. The sequel systematically dismantles the original's anti-hero, punishing him for resonating with disaffected male audiences. It grossed $58 million. The market noticed. Woke Score: 24.5, Traditional Score: 22.13.
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Atlas (2024)
WOKE LEAN -1 WOKEJennifer Lopez in a sci-fi action film about trusting AI. Mild girl-boss framing and corporate-dystopia themes keep it on the woke side by a thin margin. Woke Score: 12.2, Traditional Score: 10.82.
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
WOKE LEAN -1 WOKEThe prequel to the Quiet Place franchise shifts focus from the Abbott family to a diverse New York cast. Barely woke, with the franchise's traditional survival themes still intact but diluted by expanded progressive casting and urban-setting framing. Woke Score: 12.6, Traditional Score: 11.62.
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Complete 2024 Rankings: All 93 Films
Every film VirtueVigil scored in 2024, ranked by Woke Score from highest to lowest. Films with a higher Traditional Score than Woke Score are actually pulling toward the traditional side despite appearing on this list.
| Rank | Film | Woke Score | Trad Score | Verdict |
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| #1 | Conclave | 42.6 | 3.85 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #2 | Heretic | 41 | 14 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #3 | The Substance | 37 | 13 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #4 | Anora | 36 | 10 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #5 | MaXXXine | 32 | 14 | WOKE |
| #6 | Immaculate | 29 | 8 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #7 | Wicked | 28.42 | 17.44 | WOKE |
| #8 | Monkey Man | 28 | 14 | WOKE |
| #9 | Emilia Pérez | 28 | 6 | STRONGLY WOKE |
| #10 | Love Lies Bleeding | 26 | 9 | WOKE |
| #11 | Joker: Folie a Deux | 24.5 | 22.13 | WOKE LEAN |
| #12 | Civil War | 22 | 18 | WOKE LEAN |
| #13 | Nickel Boys | 21.84 | 8.74 | WOKE |
| #14 | The Apprentice | 21 | 6.65 | WOKE |
| #15 | Megalopolis | 20.83 | 8.98 | WOKE |
| #16 | Dune: Part Two | 19.36 | 11.55 | WOKE LEAN |
| #17 | Babygirl | 19.22 | 4.4 | WOKE |
| #18 | Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver | 18 | 24 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #19 | Borderlands | 17.5 | 8.26 | WOKE LEAN |
| #20 | Queer | 17.5 | 4.2 | WOKE |
| #21 | The Room Next Door | 16 | 12 | WOKE LEAN |
| #22 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) | 16 | 12 | WOKE LEAN |
| #23 | Mean Girls | 15.9 | 9.6 | WOKE LEAN |
| #24 | Mufasa: The Lion King | 14.2 | 22.8 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #25 | A Complete Unknown (2024) | 14 | 16 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #26 | Trap | 13.5 | 14.24 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #27 | Madame Web | 13.42 | 9.15 | WOKE LEAN |
| #28 | Moana 2 (2024) | 13 | 17 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #29 | A Quiet Place: Day One | 12.6 | 11.62 | WOKE LEAN |
| #30 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | 12.6 | 14.2 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #31 | Atlas | 12.2 | 10.82 | WOKE LEAN |
| #32 | It Ends with Us | 12.18 | 17.6 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #33 | Argylle | 11.2 | 13 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #34 | Deadpool & Wolverine | 11 | 8 | WOKE LEAN |
| #35 | Blitz | 11 | 7 | WOKE LEAN |
| #36 | Bob Marley: One Love | 11 | 16 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #37 | I'm Still Here | 10.54 | 17.24 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #38 | The Order | 10.14 | 10.99 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #39 | Inside Out 2 | 10.08 | 20.16 | TRADITIONAL |
| #40 | Twisters | 10.08 | 24.64 | TRADITIONAL |
| #41 | Better Man | 10 | 12 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #42 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | 10 | 7 | WOKE LEAN |
| #43 | Speak No Evil | 9.18 | 6.78 | WOKE LEAN |
| #44 | The Penguin | 9 | 14 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #45 | The Brutalist | 9 | 6 | WOKE LEAN |
| #46 | Kinds of Kindness | 9 | 2 | WOKE LEAN |
| #47 | Sing Sing | 8.84 | 16.24 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #48 | We Live in Time | 8.8 | 13.44 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #49 | Terrifier 3 | 8.22 | 10.92 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #50 | Rebel Ridge | 8.18 | 18.5 | TRADITIONAL |
| #51 | Smile 2 | 8.1 | 10.92 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #52 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 8 | 22 | TRADITIONAL |
| #53 | The Wild Robot (2024) | 7.12 | 27.93 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
| #54 | Gladiator II (2024) | 7 | 22.84 | TRADITIONAL |
| #55 | Challengers | 7 | 3 | WOKE LEAN |
| #56 | Lisa Frankenstein | 7 | 2 | WOKE LEAN |
| #57 | Mufasa: The Lion King | 6.8 | 16.4 | TRADITIONAL |
| #58 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | 6.35 | 28.98 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
| #59 | Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | 6 | 14 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #60 | Longlegs | 6 | 11 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #61 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | 6 | 8 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #62 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | 6 | 10 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #63 | Shogun | 5.88 | 24.64 | TRADITIONAL |
| #64 | Flow | 5.78 | 10.64 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #65 | Landman | 5.6 | 20.3 | TRADITIONAL |
| #66 | The Bikeriders | 5.5 | 23.1 | TRADITIONAL |
| #67 | Kraven the Hunter | 5.4 | 11.2 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #68 | September 5 | 5.4 | 12.6 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #69 | Red One | 5.35 | 16.44 | TRADITIONAL |
| #70 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | 5.2 | 11.8 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #71 | A Real Pain | 5 | 7 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #72 | Alien: Romulus | 5 | 8 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #73 | The Bear | 5 | 9 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #74 | The Beekeeper | 4.25 | 25.48 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
| #75 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | 4.2 | 18.34 | TRADITIONAL |
| #76 | Nosferatu | 4 | 9 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #77 | Hit Man | 4 | 4 | MIXED |
| #78 | IF (Imaginary Friends) | 4 | 9 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #79 | Road House | 4 | 18 | TRADITIONAL |
| #80 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | 4 | 15 | TRADITIONAL |
| #81 | Am I Racist? | 3.7 | 33.81 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
| #82 | Venom: The Last Dance | 3.5 | 17.07 | TRADITIONAL |
| #83 | The Fall Guy | 3 | 8 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #84 | Despicable Me 4 | 3 | 10 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #85 | Abigail | 3 | 6 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #86 | Cabrini | 3 | 15 | TRADITIONAL |
| #87 | Carry-On | 3 | 20.23 | TRADITIONAL |
| #88 | Reagan | 2.4 | 44.28 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
| #89 | Transformers One | 2 | 18.48 | TRADITIONAL |
| #90 | Paddington in Peru | 2 | 9 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #91 | Thelma | 2 | 12 | TRADITIONAL |
| #92 | The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | 2 | 11 | TRADITIONAL LEAN |
| #93 | Solo Leveling: ReAwakening | 1.26 | 28.35 | STRONGLY TRADITIONAL |
The Full 2024 Verdict
93 films. 51 scoring woke-leaning or higher. 42 scoring traditional-leaning or higher. The gap from Conclave at the top to Solo Leveling: ReAwakening at the bottom spans more than 70 points of ideological distance. 2024 was not a monolith. It was a bifurcated year where the award-circuit darlings went hard left and the mainstream entertainment mostly held the center or tilted traditional.
What this data proves: Hollywood has two parallel industries. The prestige lane (Conclave, Heretic, Anora, The Substance) runs openly progressive and collects trophies. The commercial lane (Twisters, Inside Out 2, The Wild Robot, Reagan) delivers traditional values and collects money. The critical establishment covers one. VirtueVigil covers both.
Browse all 2024 reviews at virtuevigil.com/reviews/, or check our Most Woke Movies of 2025 (So Far) and Best Traditional Movies of 2024. Return to VirtueVigil home.