The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)

​Best Film
Winner: ANORA
Runner-Up: THE BRUTALIST

Best Film Not In The English Language
Winner: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Runner-Up: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Best Director
Winner: Mohammad Rasoulof – THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Runner-Up: Sean Baker – ANORA

Best Documentary Film
Winner: NO OTHER LAND
Runner-Up: DAHOMEY

Best Screenplay
Winner: Jesse Eisenberg – A REAL PAIN
Runner-Up: Sean Baker – ANORA

Best Leading Performance
Winners: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – HARD TRUTHS & Mikey Madison – ANORA
Runners-Up: Demi Moore – THE SUBSTANCE & Fernanda Torres – I’M STILL HERE

Best Supporting Performer
Winners: Yura Borisov – ANORA & Kieran Culkin – A REAL PAIN
Runners-Up: Clarence Maclin – SING SING & Adam Pearson – A DIFFERENT MAN

Best Animated Film
Winner: FLOW
Runner-Up: CHICKEN FOR LINDA!

Best Editing
Winners: Nicholas Monsour – NICKEL BOYS & Hansjörg Weißbrich – SEPTEMBER 5 (TIE)

Best Production Design
Winner: Judy Becker – THE BRUTALIST
​Runner-Up: Adam Stockhausen – BLITZ

Best Music/Score
Winner: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – CHALLENGERS
Runner-Up: Eiko Ishibashi – EVIL DOES NOT EXIST

Best Cinematography
Winner: Jomo Fray – NICKEL BOYS
Runner-Up: Lol Crawley – THE BRUTALIST

New Generation
Vera Drew for THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

Douglas Edwards Experimental Film
THE HUMAN SURGE 3

The Boston Society Of Film Critics (BSFC)

Best Picture
Winner: Anora

Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World

Best Director
Winner: Sean Baker – Anora

Best Ensemble
Winner: Sing Sing

Best Actor
Winner: Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Nickel Boys

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Anora

Best New Filmmaker
Winner: Annie Baker – Janet Planet

Best Documentary
Winner: No Other Land

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Flow

Best Cinematography
Winner: The Brutalist

Best Editing
Winner: Challengers

Best Score
Winner: The Brutalist

The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)

Best Original Score:
“Blitz” – Hans Zimmer
WINNERS: “Challengers” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
“Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
“Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan
WINNERS: “The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers

Best Editing
WINNERS: “Anora” – Sean Baker
“Conclave” – Nick Emerson
WINNERS: “Dune: Part Two” – Joe Walker
“The Brutalist” – Dávid Jancsó
“Wicked” – Myron Kerstein

Best Cinematography
“Conclave” – Stéphane Fontaine
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray
WINNER: “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke
“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley

Best Production Design
“Dune: Part Two” – Patrice Vermette
“Gladiator II” – Arthur Max
“Nosferatu” – Craig Lathrop
“The Brutalist” – Judy Becker
WINNER: “Wicked” – Nathan Crowley

Best International Film
“Dahomey” – France, Senegal, Benin, Singapore
WINNER: “Emilia Pérez” – Mexico (setting), France, Belgium (shot)
“Flow” – Latvia, Belgium, France
“I’m Still Here” – Brazil, France
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – France, Iran (shot)

Best Documentary
“Dahomey” (MUBI)
“Daughters” (Netflix)
“Music by John Williams” (Disney+)
“No Other Land” (mTuckman Media)
WINNER: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Will & Harper” (Netflix)

Best Animated Feature
“Flow” (Sideshow / Janus Films)
“Inside Out 2” (Disney/Pixar)
“Memoir of a Snail” (IFC Films)
WINNER: “The Wild Robot” (Universal Pictures)
“Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” (Netflix)

Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: “Conclave” – written for the screen by Peter Straughan
“Dune: Part Two” – written for the screen by Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts
“Nickel Boys” – written for the screen by RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
“Sing Sing” – written for the screen by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
“Wicked” – written for the screen by Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

Best Original Screenplay
“Anora” – Sean Baker
WINNER: “A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
“Challengers” – Justin Kuritzkes
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

Best Youth Performance
Alisha Weir – “Abigail”
Alyla Browne – “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
WINNER: Elliott Heffernan – “Blitz”
Ian Foreman – “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
Isabel DeRoy–Olson – “Fancy Dance”
Izaac Wang – “Didi”
Zoe Ziegler – “Janet Planet”

Best Voice Performance
Amy Poehler – “Inside Out 2”
Auli’i Cravalho – “Moana 2”
Brian Tyree Henry – “Transformers One”
WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o – “The Wild Robot”
Maya Hawke – “Inside Out 2”

Best Acting Ensemble
“Anora” – Sean Baker, Emily Fleischer (casting associate)
WINNER: “Conclave” – Barbara Giordani, Nina Gold, Francesco Vedovati, Martin Ware
“Dune: Part Two” – Francine Maisler
“Sing Sing” – Greg Kwedar, Rita Powers (extras casting)
“The Brutalist” – Kristina Erdely, Cassandra Kulukundis
“Wicked” – Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey

Best Supporting Actress
Ariana Grande – “Wicked”
Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – “Nickel Boys”
WINNER: Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave”
Zoe Saldana – “Emilia Perez”

Best Supporting Actor
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II”
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist”
WINNER: Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Yura Borisov – “Anora”

Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked”
Demi Moore – “The Substance”
Karla Sofia Gascon – “Emilia Perez”
Marianne Jean–Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
WINNER: Mikey Madison – “Anora”

Best Actor
Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
WINNER: Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Daniel Craig – “Queer”
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave”
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”

Best Director
WINNER: Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two”
Edward Berger – “Conclave”
Jon M. Chu – “Wicked”
Sean Baker – “Anora”

Best Feature
“Anora” (Neon)
“Conclave” (Focus Features)
“Sing Sing” (A24)
“The Brutalist” (A24)
WINNER: “Wicked” (Universal Pictures)

The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards will be broadcast live on E! on Jan. 12, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET, with Chelsea Handler returning to host the show. The show will be available to stream the next day on Peacock. Before the main event, E! will host a special one-hour red carpet pre-show.The full list of nominees are below.

BEST PICTURE
A Complete Unknown
Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Hugh Grant – Heretic

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS
Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elliott Heffernan – Blitz
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass
Izaac Wang – Didi
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Anora
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker – Anora
Edward Berger – Conclave
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Jon M. Chu – Wicked
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sean Baker – Anora
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David – September 5
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold – The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Justin Kuritzkes – Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox – Wicked
Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley – Sing Sing
RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes – Nickel Boys
Peter Straughan – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts – Dune: Part Two

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jarin Blaschke – Nosferatu
Alice Brooks – Wicked
Lol Crawley – The Brutalist
Stéphane Fontaine – Conclave
Greig Fraser – Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia – The Brutalist
Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales – Wicked
Suzie Davies – Conclave
Craig Lathrop – Nosferatu
Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff – Gladiator II
Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau – Dune: Part Two

BEST EDITING
Sean Baker – Anora
Marco Costa – Challengers
Nick Emerson – Conclave
David Jancso – The Brutalist
Joe Walker – Dune: Part Two
Hansjörg Weißbrich – September 5

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lisy Christl – Conclave
Linda Muir – Nosferatu
Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria
Paul Tazewell – Wicked
Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two
Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two
Hair and Makeup Team – The Substance
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked
Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu
Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man
Visual Effects Team – The Substance
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apess

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

BEST COMEDY
A Real Pain
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hit Man
My Old Ass
Saturday Night
Thelma

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST SONG
“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Miley Cyrus
“Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris
“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two