The Michigan Movie Critics Guild (MMCG) has announced its winners for the best films and performances of 2024. Anora was named best picture, and lead actress Mikey Madison received the guild’s best actress award and was honored as the year’s breakthrough performance; Anora also received the guild’s best screenplay award.
Honors also went to The Brutalist for Brady Corbet’s direction as well as the performances of Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce, who were honored as best actor and best supporting actor, respectively. Wicked’s Ariana Grande was named best supporting actress, and the papal drama Conclave was recognized for its ensemble. The guild also voted to include cinematography as a new category in 2025.
Here is the complete list of winners.
Best Picture
Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
The Substance
Wicked
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
Jon M. Chu, Wicked
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist – WINNER
Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Actor
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked – WINNER
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Supporting Actor
Yura Burisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist – WINNER
Adam Pearson, A Different Man
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Best Animated Film
Flow
Inside Out 2
Piece by Piece
Transformers One
The Wild Robot – WINNER
Best Documentary
Daughters
Music By John Williams
No Other Land
Piece By Piece
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – WINNER
Will & Harper
Best Ensemble
Conclave – WINNER
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Saturday Night
Wicked
Best Screenplay (Adapted or Original)
Anora – WINNER
The Brutalist
Challengers
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Breakthrough Award
Mikey Madison, actress, Anora – WINNER
Giovanni Ribisi, cinematographer, Strange Darling
Jane Schoenbrun, director, I Saw the TV Glow
Maisy Stella, actress, My Old Ass
Zelda Williams, director, Lisa Frankenstein
Stunts
Deadpool & Wolverine
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kill
Monkey Man – WINNER
Road House
The MMCG Award for Film Excellence (presented to a filmmaker, writer, actor, crew member etc. who has Michigan ties or to a film made or set in Michigan)
The Fire Inside (set in Flint, lead actress Ryan Destiny Detroit native) – WINNER
Francis Ford Coppola, writer/director, Megalopolis
Hundreds of Beavers (partially filmed in Michigan)
Keegan-Michael Key, actor, IF/Transformers One/Dear Santa
J.K. Simmons, actor, Saturday Night/Red One/Juror #2
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