Top 10 Most Searched Movies on Google in 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, Google’s Year in Search report provides a captivating look at the movies that shaped conversations and captured imaginations worldwide. This year’s most searched films tell a story of diversity in cinematic preferences, spanning everything from sequels to beloved classics, spine-chilling horrors, and grand sci-fi spectacles.

Among the standout titles are Inside Out 2, which brought audiences back to the emotional depths of Riley’s mind, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a nostalgia-fueled sequel that delighted fans of the original. These films, along with other chart-toppers, highlight how storytelling continues to evolve, connecting with audiences on emotional, nostalgic, and thrilling levels.

Dive into the Top 10 Most Searched Movies on Google in 2024 to uncover the films that defined the year, sparked global discussions, and cemented their places in cinematic history.

List of Top 10 Most Searched Movies on Google in 2024:

Here are the top 10 Google’s most searched movies in 20224.

Inside Out 2
Deadpool & Wolverine
Saltburn
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Dune: Part Two
It Ends with Us
Oppenheimer
Kung Fu Panda 4
Alien: Romulus
Terrifier 3

Inside Out 2

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Released on: June 14, 2024
Director: Kelsey Mann
Starring: Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Walter Hauser
Watch On: Disney Plus.

Riley is growing into a young teenager and with that comes a whole new set of emotions. Where before Anger, Joy, Sadness, Fear, and Disgust were in control now they have company. When Anxiety turns up, headquarters are demolished and everything looks set to change for good.
It is the sequel to Inside Out (2015) and received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $1.699 billion worldwide, breaking multiple box-office records, including becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time.

Deadpool & Wolverine

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Superhero
Released on: July 26, 2024
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, Matthew Macfadyen
Watch On: Disney Plus

The film is based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Deadpool and Wolverine. It is the 34th film as part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018).
In this multiverse story Deadpool is approached by a man named Paradox who intends on vaporizing his entire universe because apparently it’s not supposed to go on living without the now deceased hero Wolverine. Deadpool kidnaps another version of Wolverine to replace but this only results in Paradox banishing both Deadpool and Wolverine.

Saltburn

Genres: Black comedy, thriller, drama
Released on: 17 November 2023
Director: Emerald Fennell
Starring: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan
Watch On: Amazon Prime Video

Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family’s estate.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released on: September 6, 2024
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe
Watch On: Max

It is a sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film of the Beetlejuice franchise. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences.
The Deetz family return to their ancestral home at Winter River. Brought together again by a tragic happening, three generations of the family unite. Lydia’s teenage daughter Astrid is curious and defiant, refusing to heed the warnings of her mother. Eventually she opens the portal to the Afterlife and unleashes the demon Beetlejuice.

Dune: Part Two

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Released on: March 1, 2024
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem
Watch On: Max

The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert. The film “largely received rave reviews from critics”, and was praised for its visual effects and cast performances. Some reviews considered it one of the greatest science fiction films ever made.
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

It Ends with Us

Genres: Romantic, Drama
Released on: August 9, 2024
Director: Justin Baldoni
Starring: Blake Lively alongside Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj
Watch On: Netflix

IT ENDS WITH US, the first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the compelling story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, Lily begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realizes she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.

Oppenheimer

Genres: Drama, History, War Drama, Biopics
Released on: July 21, 2023
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh
Watch On: Amazon Prime Video

J. Robert Oppenheimer was a gifted and driven theoretical physicist. He was a leading figure of the Manhattan Project – a codename for the effort to develop weapons strong enough to lead the Allied Forces to victory and tightly secure the United States’ role as a world’s super power. The events of the film take place during the Second World War while Oppenheimer worked for the Los Alamos Laboratory where the bombs were created. Charting his personal relationship to the science behind the atomic bomb all the way to the political fallout of his later life, Oppenheimer’s journey is laid bare as he navigates the new world he helped create.

Kung Fu Panda 4

Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released on: March 8, 2024
Director: Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Ma Stine (co-directed)
Starring: Jack Black, Ian McShane, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Awkwafina, Ke Huy Quan, Ronny Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, Viola Davis
Watch On: Peacock, Netflix

It is the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success.
In the film, Po (Black), who must find and train his successor as the new Dragon Warrior, teams up with fox bandit Zhen (Awkwafina) to defeat evil sorceress The Chameleon (Davis) before she steals the kung-fu abilities of all masters in China.

Alien: Romulus

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Released on: August 16, 2024
Director: Fede Álvarez
Starring: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu
Watch On: Hulu

It is part of the Alien franchise, set between the events of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986).
Young interstellar travellers find themselves stranded on an alien planet across the galaxy. Forsaken in an unfamiliar landscape they are met by the most terrifying predator in the universe. The troupe must work together to survive against the odds.

Terrifier 3

Genres: Christmas supernatural slasher, Horror
Released on: October 11, 2024
Director: Damien Leone
Starring: David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Elliott Fullam, and Samantha Scaffidi
Watch On:

It is the sequel to Terrifier 2 (2022) and the third installment in the Terrifier film series.
Five years after surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they’re safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.