Critics Awards (Film)

2024 DiscussingFilm Global Film Critics Nominations

Erik Anderson December 29, 2024

The top nominees of DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards celebrating the films of 2024 were announced today, led by Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two with 12 nominations each, closely followed by Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu‘s total of 11 nominations. Coming just behind with 9 nominations are Sean Baker’s Anora, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, and Edward Berger’s Conclave, followed by RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys with 7 nominations.

Other notable nominees this year include Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw The TV Glow with 6 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing with 6 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, as well as Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez and Aaron Shimberg’s A Different Man all receiving 5 nominations each.

See the full list of nominations for DiscussingFilm’s Global Film Critics Awards below.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw The TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
The Substance

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw The TV Glow
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance

Best Actress

Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Chen – Dìdi
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best International Feature

All We Imagine As Light
The Beast
Dahomey
Emilia Pérez
Flow
The Girl With The Needle
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
No Other Land
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig

Best Ensemble

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

Best Stunt Ensemble

Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
The Shadow Strays

Best Original Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Real Pain
I Saw The TV Glow
The Substance

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Queer
Sing Sing

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Nickel Boys
The Substance

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Queer
The Substance

Best Costume Design

Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
María
Nosferatu
Wicked

Best Production Design

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Gladiator II
Nosferatu
The Substance

Best Film Editing

Anora
Challengers
Conclave
I Saw The TV Glow
Nickel Boys
The Substance

Best Sound

Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

Best Original Song

“Compress/Repress” – Challengers
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez
“Starburned And Unkissed” – I Saw The TV Glow
“Kiss The Sky” – The Wild Robot
“Harper And Will Go West” – Will & Harper

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Best Documentary Feature

Dahomey
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Sugarcane

Best Animated Feature

Chicken For Linda!
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir Of A Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Independent Feature

Bird
Dìdi
A Different Man
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Hundreds Of Beavers
Janet Planet
Late Night With The Devil
Love Lies Bleeding
Red Rooms
Strange Darling

Best Debut Feature

Dìdi
How To Have Sex
Janet Planet
The First Omen
The Piano Lesson
Woman Of The Hour

Best Breakthrough Performance

Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Juliette Gariépy – Red Rooms
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Lily-Rose Depp – Nosferatu
Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Horror Feature

I Saw The TV Glow
Late Night With The Devil
Longlegs
Nosferatu
Smile 2
The Substance

Best Comedy Feature

Anora
A Different Man
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
Hit Man
Hundreds Of Beavers
A Real Pain

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.