Sean Baker’s Anora has been named Best Picture by the Online Film Critics Society. The film also won Best Actress for Mikey Madison and Best Original Screenplay. Elsewhere, The Substance took home awards for Best Director for Coralie Fargeat, Best Supporting Actress for Margaret Qualley, and a Technical Achievement Award for Makeup &/or Hairstyling.
In addition to the 2024 top film honors, the Online Film Critics Society recognizes the work and contributions of several professionals and organizations with their annual Special Achievement and Lifetime Achievement Awards. OFCS members are invited to nominate recipients of both awards, for achievements they deem worthy of these recognitions. Receiving this year’s Special Achievement Award is Ava DuVernay, for brilliant work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers; Barbara Crampton, super supporter of indie first time filmmakers; and Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.
Earning Lifetime Achievement Award recognition are industry titans Rick Baker, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Elaine May and Christine Vachon. The OFCS also recognizes a slate of ten international films as the best releases outside the U.S. in 2024.
Winners in bold below.
Best Picture:
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
Best Animated Feature:
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Best Directing:
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor:
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – A Different Man
Best Actress:
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Actor:
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Best Supporting Actress:
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez
Best Original Screenplay:
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
A Real Pain
The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing
Best Editing:
Anora
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Best Cinematography:
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Best Original Score:
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
The Wild Robot
Best Production Design:
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Costume Design:
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked
Best Visual Effects:
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Substance
Wicked
Best Debut Feature:
Annie Baker – Janet Planet
India Donaldson – Good One
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
Josh Margolin – Thelma
Best Film Not in the English Language:
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
Flow
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Documentary:
Dahomey
Daughters
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Sugarcane
Will & Harper
Top Ten (Ranked):
1. Anora
2. The Substance
3. The Brutalist
4. Challengers
5. Nickel Boys
6. Conclave
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Nosferatu
9. I Saw the TV Glow
10. Wicked
SPECIAL AWARDS
Technical Achievement Awards:
Choreography – Wicked
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – A Different Man
Makeup &/or Hairstyling – The Substance
Sound – Dune: Part Two
Stunts – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
Rick Baker
David Cronenberg
Clint Eastwood
Elaine May
Christine Vachon
Special Achievement Awards:
Ava DuVernay, for brilliant work of her own and for supporting a new generation of female filmmakers.
Barbara Crampton, super supporter of indie first time filmmakers.
Nicolas Cage, for his infinite capacity to constantly surprise everyone.
Best Non-U.S. Release:
Acting (Sophie Fiennes, United Kingdom)
The Adamant Girl (PS Vinothraj, India)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
Direct Action (Guillaume Cailleau & Ben Russell, France)
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story (Luck Razanajaona, Madagascar)
Dying (Matthias Glasner, Germany)
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Klára Tasovská, Czech Republic)
The Moon is Upside Down (Loren Taylor, New Zealand)
The Other Way Around (Jonas Trueba, Spain)
Subject: Filmmaking (Jörg Adolph & Edgar Reitz, Germany)
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