Finally putting a bow on the 2024 movie year, I can celebrate the best of the best and have something to compare to the Oscars this coming Sunday. 2024 has to be one of my strangest moviegoing years, probably not aided by my real life job being so hectic that we’re nearly in March as this drops. This movie year includes films that I technically saw in 2023, 2024, and 2025 (you can thank film festivals and the release window for this oddity). But, I was ultimately very happy with this breakdown and it came out to one of the most eclectic top 10’s I’ve ever made. 36 films received a nomination, which is down from 38 last year and while The Brutalist did not lead the nominations field, I did bestow upon it 7 wins with the only miss being screenplay. That’s the most films wins I’ve given out to a single film since 2022 when RRR blazed onto the screen and into my heart.
Best Picture
Anora
The Brutalist
Dìdi
Ghostlight
Hundreds of Beavers
I’m Still Here
Les Indésirables
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
Trap
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
Ladj Ly, Les Indésirables
Sean Wang, Dìdi
Best Actor
Adrian Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Izaac Wang, Dìdi
Best Actress
Lily Rose Depp, Nosferatu
Soheila Golestani, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Kim Hye-soo, Smugglers
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Mikey Madison, Anora
Best Supporting Actor
Austin Butler, Dune: Part Two
Zo In-sung, Smugglers
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Lucian Msmati, Conclave
Jason Schwartzman, Queer
Best Supporting Actress
Anna Baryshnikov, Love Lies Bleeding
Joan Chen, Dìdi
Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Ghostlight
Sophie Okenedo, Janet Planet
Alicia Witt, Longlegs
Original Screenplay
Anora
The Brutalist
Dìdi
Smugglers
Trap
Adapted Screenplay
The Beast
I’m Still Here
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
Film Editing
Anora
The Brutalist
Dìdi
I’m Still Here
Nosferatu
Cinematography
The Brutalist
The Girl with the Needle
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Vermiglio
Production Design
The Brutalist
Les Indésirables
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Twisters
Costume Design
Challengers
Hundreds of Beavers
Nosferatu
Queer
Wicked
Makeup and Hair
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Smugglers
The Substance
Visual Effects
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Hundreds of Beavers
Nosferatu
Twisters
Sound Mixing
Les Indésirables
Nosferatu
Twisters
Trap
Wicked
Sound Editing
Dune: Part Two
Longlegs
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Nosferatu
Twisters
Original Score
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
The Brutalist
Challengers
Nosferatu
Original Song
El Mal, Emilia Pérez
Jean Kayak and His Acme Applejack, Hundreds of Beavers
New Brain, Smile 2
Like a Bird, Sing Sing
My Stranger, Your Monster
Animated Feature
Flow
Transformers: One
Piece by Piece
Foreign Language Film
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Les Indésirables
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Smugglers
Documentary Feature
Dahomey
Piece by Piece
Sugarcane
Nominations / Wins
Nosferatu – 12 / 2 (Makeup and Hair, Sound Editing)
The Brutalist – 8 / 7 (Picture, Director, Actor, Film Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Original Score)
Dìdi – 6 / 2 (Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay)
I’m Still Here – 5 / 2 (Actress, Foreign Language Film)
Sing Sing – 5 / 2 (Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay)
Hundreds of Beavers – 4 / 2 (Visual Effects, Original Song)
Twisters – 4 / 1 (Sound Mixing)
Wicked – 2 / 1 (Costumes)
Dahomey – 1 / 1 (Documentary Film)
Flow – 1 / 1 (Animated Film)
Anora – 5 / 0
Les Indésirables – 5 / 0
Smugglers – 5 / 0
Dune: Part Two – 4 / 0
Challengers – 3 / 0
Emilia Pérez – 3 / 0
Ghostlight – 3 / 0
Longlegs – 3 / 0
Trap – 3 / 0
Conclave – 2 / 0
A Different Man – 2 / 0
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – 2 / 0
Piece by Piece – 2 / 0
Queer – 2 / 0
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – 2 / 0
The Beast – 1 / 0
The Girl with the Needle – 1 / 0
Janet Planet – 1 / 0
Love Lies Bleeding – 1 / 0
Nickel Boys – 1 / 0
Smile 2 – 1 / 0
The Substance – 1 / 0
Sugarcane – 1 / 0
Transformers: One – 1 / 0
Vermiglio – 1 / 0
Your Monster – 1 / 0