2024 DiscussingFilm Critics Awards: ‘Nickel Boys’ Wins Best Picture, ‘The Substance’ Tops with 5 Awards

DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards for the films of 2024 have been announced and leading the winners are Nickel Boys in Best Picture, followed by The Substance and Anora receiving the Silver and Bronze awards in the category.

The Substance took home five total wins, followed by a tie between Anora, Sing Sing and Challengers with 3 wins each. Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) received the organization’s Best Director prize, while the acting winners were rounded out by Mikey Madison (Anora), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson), and Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing). 

Here is the complete list of winners, plus second and third placements.

BEST PICTURE

Nickel Boys – WINNER

The Substance – Silver Award

Anora – Bronze Award

Other nominees: The Brutalist, Challengers, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, I Saw the TV Glow, Nosferatu, Sing Sing

BEST DIRECTOR

Coralie Fargeat – The Substance – WINNER

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys – Silver Award

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two , Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow, Sean Baker – Anora

BEST ACTRESS

Mikey Madison – Anora – WINNER

Demi Moore – The Substance – Silver Award

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Angelina Jolie – Maria, Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here, Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu

BEST ACTOR

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – WINNER

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – Silver Award

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Daniel Craig – Queer, Ralph Fiennes – Conclave, Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing – WINNER

Adam Pearson – A Different Man – Silver Award

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Denzel Washington – Gladiator II, Guy Pearce – The Brutalist, Yura Borisov – Anora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson – WINNER

Ariana Grande – Wicked – Silver Award

Margaret Qualley – The Substance – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys, Joan Chen – Dìdi, Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Perez

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

No Other Land – WINNER

All We Imagine As Light – Silver Award

Emilia Pérez – Bronze Award

Other nominees: The Beast, Dahomey, Flow, The Girl with the Needle, I’m Still Here, Kneecap, The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST FILM ENSEMBLE

Sing Sing – WINNER

Conclave – Silver Award

Dune: Part Two – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Anora, The Brutalist, Nosferatu

BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – WINNER

The Fall Guy – Silver Award

The Shadow Strays – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Substance – WINNER

Anora – Silver Award

I Saw the TV Glow – Bronze Award

Other nominees: A Real Pain, The Brutalist, Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Nickel Boys – WINNER

Nosferatu – Silver Award

Conclave – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Dune: Part Two, Sing Sing, Queer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nosferatu – WINNER

Nickel Boys – Silver Award

The Brutalist – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Conclave, Dune: Part Two, The Substance

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Challengers – WINNER

The Brutalist – Silver Award

Conclave – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Dune: Part Two, The Substance, Queer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Nosferatu – WINNER

Wicked – Silver Award

Gladiator II – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Maria

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Wicked – WINNER

Nosferatu – Silver Award

The Brutalist – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, The Substance

BEST FILM EDITING

Challengers – WINNER

The Substance – Silver Award

Conclave – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Anora, I Saw the TV Glow, Nickel Boys

BEST SOUND

The Substance – WINNER

Dune: Part Two – Silver Award

Nosferatu – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Emilia Pérez, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Wicked

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

The Substance – WINNER

Nosferatu – Silver Award

A Different Man – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Compress/Repress” – Challengers – WINNER

”Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Silver Award

“Starburned and Unkissed” – I Saw the TV Glow – Bronze Award

Other nominees: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez, “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez, ”Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Dune: Part Two – WINNER

Alien: Romulus – Silver Award

Better Man – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

No Other Land – WINNER

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – Silver Award

Will & Harper – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Dahomey, Daughters, Sugarcane

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Wild Robot – WINNER

Flow – Silver Award

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Chicken for Linda!, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail

BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE

Dìdi – WINNER

Hundreds of Beavers – Silver Award

Red Rooms – Bronze Award

Other nominees: A Different Man, Bird, Exhibiting Forgiveness, Janet Planet, Late Night with the Devil, Love Lies Bleeding, Strange Darling

BEST DEBUT FEATURE

The First Omen – WINNER

How to Have Sex – Silver Award

Dìdi – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Janet Planet, The Piano Lesson, Woman of the Hour

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Mikey Madison – Anora – WINNER

Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu – Silver Award

Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing – Bronze Award

Other nominees: Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding, Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys, Juliette Gariépy – Red Rooms

BEST COMEDY FEATURE

Anora – WINNER

Hit Man – Silver Award

Hundreds of Beavers – Bronze Award

Other nominees: A Different Man, A Real Pain, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

BEST HORROR FEATURE

The Substance – WINNER

Nosferatu – Silver Award

Longlegs – Bronze Award

Other nominees: I Saw the TV Glow, Late Night with the Devil, Smile 2