2024 Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Winners: ‘The Brutalist’ Named Best Picture, Margaret Qualley Nabs Supporting Actress for ‘The Substance’

After leading the nominations with 8, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist was the top winner of the 2024 Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC), earning top honors as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Score and Best Actor for Adrien Brody.

A Real Pain was a double winner, for Kieran Culkin in Supporting Actor and for director Jesse Eisenberg’s screenplay. Mikey Madison won Best Actress for Anora and Margaret Qualley was named Best Supporting Actress for The Substance.

Here is the full list of winners.

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist – WINNER
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist – WINNER
Robert Eggers, Nosferatu
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Best Actress

Lily-Rose Depp, Nosferatu
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
Demi Moore, The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance – WINNER
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Peter Straughan and Robert Harris, Conclave
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain – WINNER
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot – WINNER

Best Documentary

Copa ’71
Daughters
No Other Land
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – WINNER
Will & Harper

Best Foreign Language Film

All We Imagine as Light – WINNER
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
The Girl with the Needle
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu – WINNER
Alice Brooks, Wicked

Best Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist – WINNER
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Hans Zimmer, Dune: Part Two
Robin Carolan, Nosferatu
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Queer

Best Comedy Film

Anora – WINNER
Babes
The Fall Guy
Hit Man
Thelma

Best Science Fiction Film

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two – WINNER
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
The Wild Robot

Best Horror Film

Alien: Romulus
Heretic
Late Night with the Devil
Nosferatu – WINNER
The Substance